Comments on: Cate Blanchett Serves Up ‘The Dinner’ For Her Directorial Debut, Oren Moverman Writing The Script https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-20130919/ Fri, 13 May 2016 08:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: j https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-20130919/#comment-44726 Fri, 13 May 2016 08:59:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-93440/#comment-44726 I would say something that small-scale would be incredibly challenging for a first time director (rather than 'very easy' – and c'mon, no film is 'very easy' to direct).

Maintaining audience interest in something so limited takes enormous directorial skill. Although Blanchett's nous as an actor will certainly help.

]]> By: Guest https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-20130919/#comment-44727 Fri, 13 May 2016 08:59:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-93440/#comment-44727 I've been looking forward to a directorial debut from her for a long time. This is excellent.

]]> By: JJ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-20130919/#comment-44728 Fri, 13 May 2016 08:59:44 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cate-blanchett-serves-up-the-dinner-for-her-directorial-debut-oren-moverman-writing-the-script-93440/#comment-44728 Not trying to nitpick, just adding some info: the novel is from The Netherlands, and there's a Dutch adaptation of it in the works there aswell. I think it'll be released somewhere in the first months of 2014.

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