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Peter Bart: In Movies As In Politics, Young Protagonists Are Scarce These Days
Peter Bart writes that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an absence of vital young protagonists.
The post-studio “indie era” delivered unexpected protagonists like Billy Beane in Moneyball(Brad Pitt) or Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything(Eddie Redmayne) or John Nash in A Beautiful Mind(Russell Crowe). The “big roles” created for Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon or Adam Driver in Ferrari didn’t produce either strong reviews or buoyant box office. The newest iteration, titled Ripley and now unfolding on Netflix, is artfully shot in black and white by Robert Elswit and represents the first directing effort of Steven Zaillian, whose writing credits include Schindler’s List and The Irishman.
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