Julia Stiles Hears the Cry of the Owl

Summary

Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine will co-star in "Cry of the Owl," an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith book about the bizarre complications that arise from a woman's attraction to her stalker. Back to Article
Gordon Franklin Terry Sr

Gordon Franklin Terry Sr on 11-6-2009 04:55 AM

Wow; kind of like "The Stockholm Syndrome" where the hostages begin to empathize with their captors.

In the right hands "CRY OF THE OWL" can be better than FATAL ATTRACTION.

of course in the wrong hands--like the critic on NPR said of THE PRISIONOR TV series remake on AMC--CRY OF THE OWL will just be another film of scenes with actors yelling at one another and "flash-cutting" to Quote--BLOW the audience out of their seats--end-quote.

Part of what makes a scene real is its truthfulness and KNOWING how a real person will respond to a very real situation.
Instead of "contriving" a character out of a "collage" of "stock-cliches" to "blow the audience" (innuendo: BLOW). a "Blow" isn't the real experience.

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