RICHARD YATES 1961 novel, Revolutionary Road, is far from the kind of property that typically becomes a big Hollywood movie, especially one starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in their first post-Titanic outing together. For one thing, the book is set back in the mid-20th century — an era that, until Mad Men came along to exhume it, was thought to have about as much entertainment potential as the Bronze Age. The story requires armies of boring fedora-wearing commuters to disembark from Grand Central every morning. The characters wear dopey clothes and drive boatlike cars, and everyone drinks and smokes too much — even pregnant women.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, star in Revolutionary Road
RICHARD YATES 1961 novel, Revolutionary Road, is far from the kind of property that typically becomes a big Hollywood movie, especially one starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in their first post-Titanic outing together. For one thing, the book is set back in the mid-20th century — an era that, until Mad Men came along to exhume it, was thought to have about as much entertainment potential as the Bronze Age. The story requires armies of boring fedora-wearing commuters to disembark from Grand Central every morning. The characters wear dopey clothes and drive boatlike cars, and everyone drinks and smokes too much — even pregnant women.
