Posts Tagged ‘Christian Bale’

Public Enemies Hits an Optic Nerve

To hear the digital-age aesthetes tell it, you’d think the ugly “look” of Public Enemies, Michael Mann’s latest, was a flat-out accident. They imagine Mann and Dante Spinotti (his cinematographer for decades) slumping down in their chairs at a screening in Los Angeles, covering their faces with their coats, exchanging panicky whispers: “Why is [...]

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Bale Out

You shouldn’t punch your mom in the face, we can all agree, but I would argue that the recent, web-omnipresent recording of Christian Bale’s on-set tirade is no rock solid proof that the phenomenal child actor (recall: Empire of the Sun v. A.I. and be honest with yourself about which teenager really holds [...]

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