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Oct 2, 2008 · Mendes, who worked with Newman on the Oscar-nominated gangster epic 'Road to Perdition,' had many memories of their time together, some funny, some inspirational, all moving. Intelligencer The Cut
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- American Beauty
- Road to Perdition
- Jarhead
- Revolutionary Road
- Skyfall
- Spectre
It's remarkable to think that Sam Mendes had never directed a movie prior to American Beauty. He was, in fact, a celebrated stage director who was lured to Hollywood by DreamWorks Studios co-founder Steven Spielberg. The studio was looking for a filmmaker to helm acerbic satire American Beauty, and Mendes eventually got the gig, bringing lush yet p...
Mendes switched genres with his second feature film. This adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel tells the story of mob hitman Michael Sullivan (an atypically morose Tom Hanks), who takes to the road with his son after the latter witnesses the execution of their family. Road to Perdition is draped in style: its evocation of Depression-era Americ...
This is perhaps the overlooked Newman-Mendes score, and for good reason. Whereas American Beauty reveled in its exotic, often exuberant sound, and Road to Perdition offered engrossing passages of gorgeous tragedy, Jarhead is far more experimental. But then, one shouldn't expect a thematically-driven score about the madness of the Gulf War. Mendes a...
It was back to suburbia for Newman and Mendes with this adaptation of Richard Yates' novel. However, whereas American Beauty mixed laughs and despair, Revolutionary Road is almost entirely comprised of the latter, looking at how a young couple's attempts to rail against convention lead to disaster. Titanic duo Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reu...
The James Bond scores were once the stronghold of John Barry, but several composers have given it a go over the course of the franchise. The likes of Marvin Hamlisch, Bill Conti and Michael Kamen stepped in before David Arnold became a regular composer during the Pierce Brosnan era and the first two Daniel Craig movies. Thomas Newman got his chance...
Newman's score for Skyfall was somewhat controversial among hardened Bond fans. It only occasionally engaged with the beautiful tones of John Barry, and was said to be lacking the energy of David Arnold's work. Unfortunately for the haters, Newman engaged the same approach for Skyfall follow-up Spectre, which even goes to the extent of re-using act...
- Every performance is brilliant. To assert this may seem obvious, with the powerhouse cast of Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Paul Newman (Oscar-nominated), and Daniel Craig.
- Its resonant themes about retribution and loyalty. The film does not shy away from the themes of revenge. This is not an obvious lesson showing that seeking revenge stokes hostility, but a much more sophisticated idea about the self-respect involved in avenging wrongs.
- Features a more complex, less-than-noble hero. Tom Hanks’ career was built on playing decent, compassionate Everymen. As a hitman, basically, in Perdition, the audience’s sense of the actor is immediately thrown off.
- Its ending walks the fine line between melancholy and uplift. As with many effective films about complex heroes, Road to Perdition does not end happily–at least not in traditional ways.
Jul 11, 2022 · at 20: The Most Mournful and Serene of All Mob Films. Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition is, in many ways, a film about finality. Featuring a story about a father’s last-ditch effort to protect what’s left of his family, the film similarly serves as a swansong for some legendary careers. Boasting not only Paul Newman’s final live-action ...
Jan 10, 2020 · Film composer Thomas Newman has worked with Sam Mendes since the director’s first film, 1999’s “American Beauty.” But he’s never done a film quite like “1917,” where the 14-time ...
Sam Mendes on Daniel Craig Well before he played Bond, Daniel Craig got a big career boost when he was cast in Mendes’s second film, Road to Perdition, as the calamitous younger brother of Tom ...
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Dec 30, 2019 · “Sam really wanted that to be a musically driven moment,” Newman said. “I must have written five or six ideas — I’d had pretty good ideas, and Sam would like 60% or 70%.
