Posted: July 30, 2017 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Algee Smith, Anthony Mackie, Detroit, John Boyega, John Krakowski, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Will Poulter | 1,595 Comments »
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Warning: SPOILERS
Two movies have opened within two weeks of each other, both by recognized filmmakers and both based on actual events.
However, apart from the fact that their titles are single words of two syllables each beginning with the letter “D”, the two couldn’t be more different in approach, tone and style.
One is writer/director Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and the second, more recently, is writer Mark Boal’s and director Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit.
And though Nolan’s movie is a masterful piece of filmmaking, impressive and even ultimately quite moving, it is ferociously put to shame by Boal and Bigelow’s Detroit. Read the rest of this entry »
