<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

Posts by Darrel Manson:

An L.A. Minute – Fickleness of Fame

An L.A. Minute – Fickleness of Fame

Aug 24, 2018

An L.A. Minute seeks to be a satire focused on the place fame has in our culture. It clearly makes a point that fame and success are not all that many might hope for, but it misses opportunities to truly speak to cultural issues. Ted Gould (Gabriel Byrne) is a...

Papillon – From Savagery to Resurrection

Papillon – From Savagery to Resurrection

Aug 22, 2018

?It?s not rehabilitation?we know that?s worthless?so we do our best to break you.? Papillon is inspired by semi-autobiographical bestselling books (Papillon and Banco) and the 1973 film with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman (with a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo).?...

Alone on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

Alone on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

Aug 21, 2018

Every year many fourth grade students read Island of the Blue Dolphins in school. ?The book is a fictional account based in a historic tale of a Native American woman who spent eighteen years alone on San Nicolas Island (part of California?s Channel Islands). Alone on...

Memoir of War – Morass of Emotion

Memoir of War – Morass of Emotion

Aug 17, 2018

Memoir of War (La Douleur) is a semi-autobiographical story of writer Marguerite Duras recounting her time late in World War II and its aftermath. Duras was a part of the French Resistance and went on after the war to have a career as a writer and a filmmaker...

The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment

The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment

Aug 14, 2018

This may be the perfect time for The Wife to find its way to the screen. It seems almost tailor made for the Time?s Up movement. Perhaps the fact that Jane Anderson?s screenplay (and Meg Wolitzer?s book it is based on) is fifteen years old reflects the way women have...