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The Virtuoso Dir Nick Stagliano on Anthony Hopkins, Film s Luck
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Filmmaker Nick Stagliano produced, directed and co-wrote
The Virtuoso. A thriller which taps into film noir mainstays, the movie boasts Oscar-winning Anthony Hopkins amongst its cast alongside the likes of Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish and David Morse, and delivers a twist on lone gunman tropes.
Ahead of the film’s release today, Stagliano took time out to talk to Martin Carr about his process, those casting choices and certain cinematic influences. Watch the interview here, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more videos and exclusive content…
Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Anson Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins). Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must identify his mysterious mark from among several possible targets, including a local sheriff (David Morse). Meanwhile, a chance encounter with an alluring w
“The Virtuoso” – Not exactly Joshua Bell [MOVIE REVIEW]
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Anson Mount as The Virtuoso in “The Virtuoso.” Photo Credit: Jessica Kourkounis
“The Virtuoso,” written by James C. Wolf and directed by Nick Stagliano, tries to emulate film noire of the past, or at least that’s what Stagliano would like to believe. Certainly there are some of the elements but The Virtuoso is not a flawed hero, he’s a paid assassin. And therein lies part of the problem.
The Virtuoso is a skilled hitman whose assignments from The Mentor are delivered via an external non-USPS mail box. The Virtuoso prides himself on his planning and meticulous execution (pun intended). All goes awry, however, when he is given an emergency, but highly lucrative, assignment for which he has been unable to scrupulously plan. He analyzes the set up and, like many a previous job, not everything goes as expected. Had he had the time, he would never have chosen this location; he would have known the target�
When Wile E. Coyote wasn’t busy in his eternally fruitless pursuit of the Road Runner, he also appeared in a second string of shorts opposite Bugs Bunny, in which he d inform Bugs that he was going to catch and eat him and that there was nothing to be done because he was so obviously Bugs’ intellectual superior. Inevitably, the next few minutes would find the Coyote enduring one painful mishap after another caused, in most cases, by the combination of his ego-driven overconfidence and his spectacular incompetence at the very things he professed to be his specialties. If you ve ever wondered what it would be like to see one of those cartoons stretched to a feature-length running time, transformed into live-action, and presented within the context of a story with only inadvertent laughs, then “The Virtuoso” is for you.
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