Michael Douglas: Son of Spartacus, Messenger of Peace
Peter Guber, one of Shootout's hosts, has recently interviewed Michael Douglas and shares his thoughts about the actor in his blog:
Michael Douglas in his readings of the Dalton Trumbo letters in the documentary of the same name has a particular insight on the subject of this film. His father Kirk in Spartacus lived through the attempt to rob Trumbo of his writing credit with the arrival of Stanley Kubrick, the filmmaker of record, on the scene. He saw his father not buckle under the political pressure and indifference of some of the important creative and studio folks involved with his film. There is no doubt that this steely resolve has found its way into his son's persona. And while he takes some pretty outspoken positions politically there is no doubt about his authenticity. His feet, tongue, head, heart and wallet all go in the same direction and while he already has won the Oscar for best picture as the producer for Cuckoo’s Nest, and as an actor for Wall Street, he will win his greatest as a humanitarian. He is already a U.N. Messenger of Peace and it’s a role that he was bred for. Bravo!
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PS Peter and Peter, I forgot! Love your show, and watch each weekend. You guys are real and informative, so please keep up the great work...
Hello, Mr. Guber, regarding your conversation with Peter Barth,on today's show...I think movie producers need to rediscover what novelists have known for a long time. You address current problems in stories set in a different historical place and time. This gives audiences the distance to reflect on the issue in a way that is less emotionally costly to them. I predict, with its issues of war and religious conflict, Elizabeth, the Golden Age will be the suprise hit of the season.
Thanks for a great show.
On last weeks show, I can say as a film buff, that I will not see any politially motivated film coming out. Musicals were important in the 40's and 50's to lift peoples spirits, and as the previous comment wrote, to escape our real world.
Not only do current films fail to answer or give hope to our situation, they seem to be down, and depressing.
Not that you can't address these things when this war ends, if it ever does.
Also, the actors that claim to be politicians are not always well educated.
They just parrot what they hear from others. The general public just doesn't want polital views thrown down their throats. Where have creative Musicals gone? Stories with hope and love? Stories that Inspire? Where are the beautiful scores that would bring emotion into the film? This Beatles Movie looks cute, but, gosh, we all grew up with those tunes, and the industry needs to come up with new creative, ideas. No more comic book heros, or political setups. We need to focus on films that bring the world together, not apart, and speak to everyone.
Titanic sunk in 1912, and the most memorable film regarding it happened only recently.
Please, let's focus on the beauty of life, the gift of time we all have, and give the politics a rest in film.