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Brian Klugman And Lee Sternthal's The Words

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The Words (2012), written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, is an intriguing movie which keeps the spectators captivated. This movie was filmed in Canada and had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival (“Filming and Production”). It stars famous actors like Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, and Nora Arnezeder (Holden). The Words does a resplendent job with depicting that words have a million emotions hidden behind them and exhibiting that writing is more than just continuously typing in front of a screen. Writing is about feeling each word on the paper because each word is in some way related to someone’s life experiences and the emotions they undergo. Words is cinematically very appealing due to the way it portrays a tale of a tale within a tale in a span of one hour and forty-two minutes (Holden). The movie begins with Clayton Hammond—played by Dennis Quaid— a successful author who is publicly reading his novel to a large audience and giving them a glimpse of what his book is about. Clay’s book tells the story of Rory Jansen—played by Bradley Cooper—a young …show more content…

Especially the acting of Bradley Cooper. Anyone can discern Cooper’s shame, guilt, grief, and happiness throughout the movie because his eyes spoke a lot. For example, when Bradley Cooper is drunk his eyes reflect his inner conflicts and the slur in his speech displays the inner battle he is having with his heart. In addition, when he asks if his wife still loves him, the audience can easily tell he is insecure and petrified that he’s going to lose everything. Another impressive aspect of the movie was the editing. The crew did a good job at editing the scenes when the movie was going into a flashback; the sepia tone really made those scenes stand out. They highlighted the importance of the scene and the importance of the old man reciting us his

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