To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the past, one must understand what was different there, and that s the path to understanding the connections. So when you see Captain Jefferson Kidd (Hanks) reading extracts from the daily papers in candlelit rooms to residents of towns and cities in post-Civil War Texas, it seems alien. At the same time, he has the gravitas of an evening news anchor. He s somewhere between a respected man of letters and a traveling sideshow act, and he s fully aware of his tenuous situation in life. It s not a rich man s occupation, he explains, which is why he finds himself in the unexpected position of taking a lost child to her family.
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Paul Greengrass Celebrates Christmas Opening of ‘News of the World : ‘We’re Only Going to Recover by Daring to Release Movies’
“As an expression of faith in our business and faith in the healing power of the movies, I think that what we gain is beyond measure,” director saysSteve Pond | December 16, 2020 @ 2:49 PM
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Director Paul Greengrass applauded Universal Pictures on Wednesday for its decision not to follow other studios by pushing big releases like his Christmas Day-bound Tom Hanks drama “News of the World” into 2021 and beyond.
“I’m proud that they’re doing it, and I think it’s … an expression of belief in our future,” Greengrass told TheWrap. Although his large-scale Western starring Hanks and Helena Zengel will open in a limited number of theaters due to the pandemic, it will largely be seen in its subsequent VOD release.