Liev Schreiber in Jonathan Demme's 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate.
[Also published on Letterboxd.]
Can't write anything cohesive on Jonathan Demme, who died today of complications from esophageal cancer. He meant too much to me, and I'd like to save many of the thoughts I have for a longer-form piece of work. So, some fragments:
- I met Demme a few times in life, most recently on February 4th of this year, at a special Film Society of Lincoln Center screening of his ebullient concert documentary (and now final feature) Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids. I recorded his brief introduction, which I've embedded here. At the end, he dedicates the screening to Judge James Robart, who put the kibosh on Donald Trump and company's first Muslim travel ban.
