Body of Lies, round 1

"With Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio interpreting a script by William Monahan (The Departed), Body of Lies puts on prominent display deceptions, betrayals and dispensable attitudes toward humanity that might be essential to United States intelligence work overseas, but that seem especially challenging at a time when studios appear happy to mollify audiences with hormone-based comedies and superhero epics. It''s true that some classics of American cinema, like Chinatown and the Godfather films, have taken the darkest view of power and human nature. But those films come out of a Hollywood that seems long gone. Body of Lies is as nostalgic in its moral ambiguity as it is immediate in its subject matter." John Anderson talks with director Ridley Scott, Donald De Line (one of the producers), DiCaprio and David Ignatius (who wrote the book the movie''s based on) for the New York Times. Posted by: dwhudson    Source