Oliver Stone, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks Behind the Scenes of W.
By Mali Elfman
Oliver Stone’s new film W. hits theaters this weekend, just weeks shy of the election. Although this film was intentionally placed directly before even hits the voting booths, the goal of the film is not to scare people away from Republicans or further bash Bush. The movie is about how George Jr. grew into President George W. Bush, simple and plan. The results that it has on the election are completely unknown. Although Stone and Brolin both openly support the Democrats, the film was not made to slam Bush but to “humanize him” as Brolin says. Yes, they used many of W.’s “famous” (or are they “infamous”?) quotes, but those were all real and simply used to make this story relevant.
Below is a little clip with Oliver Stone, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, and more describing what inspired them to make the film and what they hope will become of it.
What do you think? Are they trying to humilate W. or shed some light on him?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:40PM
The timing is suspect if what they wanted to do was “humanize” him. If it came after the election, in his last few days of office it may have been more timely. Though this movie itself seems like a tough sell. You can just watch the news to see Bush humiliate himself, and Bush supporters may be turned off when they find that Oliver Stone is behind it. So who is this movie aimed at?
Friday, October 24, 2008 2:49PM
Josh Brolin did a convincing Dubya, though he reminded me a lot of his cowboy character from No Country for Old Men… over all, i don’t doubt that ‘W.’ will have the effect Oliver Stone desired