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...tempting to speculate, especially since writer-director Rebecca Miller is so quick to deflect the subject, that Jack could embody some aspect of her father Arthur. Tempting but fruitless, since the real kinship is with the work of another playwright, dead nearly 500 years. Jack is a blend of Prospero, lord of his fantasy island, and Lear, the mad king with a loving daughter. Rose is his Miranda, his Cordelia...
...belief systems. Self-esteem, mutual regard and tolerance have given way to self-loathing, mutual disregard and ethnic and religious intolerance. Africa needs a cultural revolution that will heal old wounds, break down artificial boundaries and re-emphasize the traditional African view of the commonality of people. Fola Arthur-Worrey Lagos, Nigeria...
...couple in question, Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller, have pretty good ancestry for revolutionaries. He's the son of British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon. She's the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath. They met in 1996 at an early screening of The Crucible, a film of her father's play. By that time Day-Lewis, already an Oscar-winning actor (for My Left Foot), had been offered, and had turned down, a role in one of Rebecca Miller's movies. Their new film, The Ballad of Jack and Rose...
...recluse, Day-Lewis is very chatty. He and Miller are easy with each other, looking at each other as they speak, seeming at times as if they were on a date rather than being interviewed. The only time silence descends is when talk turns to parenting. Miller's father Arthur is recently deceased. But in an interview, as in a play or film, the silences can be as eloquent as the words...
...Happiness is the feeling you enjoy between periods of unhappiness. And when you experience it, remember to say thank you and relish it while it lasts. Arthur T. Himmelman Minneapolis, Minnesota...