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Monday, November 12, 2007

Day-Lewis on 'Blood'

“I was deeply unsettled by the script...For me, that is a sure sign. If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you’ve already taken a step toward it. When I’m drawn to something, I take a resolute step backward, and I ask myself if I can really serve this story as well as it needs to be served. If I don’t think I can do that, no matter how appealing, I will decline. What finally takes over, what took over with this movie, is an illusion of inevitability.”

**From this weekend's New York Times Magazine cover story.  I don't think any critic this year will so clearly convey what this film does to a person.

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