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December 29, 2008
Taking a Wrong Turn on Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is not a story about suburban angst; it's a story about the illusions people create to sustain their belief in who they are and who they wish they were. Lee Siegel, writing for The Wall Street Journal, has a piece up titled "Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs? America's Long Artistic Tradition of Claiming Spiritual Death By Station Wagon," which unfortunately completely misreads both the film Revolutionary Road and the book from which it was adapted.
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Posted by kvoynar at December 29, 2008 05:47 PM
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