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Sam Mendes Takes Us Down Revolutionary Road |
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Written by BARRY BRECHEISEN
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
There’s not many film director’s that have a debut like the one Sam Mendes did with American Beauty. The 1999 drama was both critically and commercially successful worldwide. In the end the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Not bad for your first time out. Since then he’s had success with the period piece Road to Perdition starring Tom Hanks and the last on-screen appearance by Paul Newman and the Operation Desert Shield war picture, Jarhead. Revolutionary Road is his latest and is based on the 1961 novel of the same name starring his wife Kate Winslet and reuniting her with her costar of Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio. The film takes place in the late fifties and is a sobering look at a couple whose ideal life and realities are two quite different things. The film is now out on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Revolutionary Road |
 Entertainment
 Art
Special Features
Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Richard Yates and screenplay by Justin Haythe
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon
Rated R
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Revolutionary Road takes us on a journey of the complexities of the relationship between man and woman. From the innocence of young love to the highs and lows that life can deliver in marriage life, Revolutionary Road takes us on a journey that is at times hard to watch.
Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a World War II vet who meets an aspiring actress named April (Kate Winslet) at a party. With their whole lives ahead of them, they have instant chemistry and the two fall in love. Although the two consider themselves different and special compared to the every day person, they still find themselves getting married, having kids and moving to the Connecticut countryside in the upscale suburbs on Revolutionary Road. Frank gets an office job and April takes up being a house wife. However on Frank’s thirtieth birthday, April sees once last chance for them to get their lives back on track when she proposes they uproot their entire family and head to Paris. However a suddenly unwanted pregnancy may stop their new bohemian dreams from happening.
Revolutionary Road isn’t a first date movie. It’s a very sobering look into how reality can get in the away of one’s dreams and the sunny side of life isn’t always around the bend. DiCaprio and Winslet once again shine on the screen directed by one of the best out there today.
Extras
The film comes with a commentary track with director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe who go into great details about the film in both the making of and the symbolism within it as well. Both of the featurettes clock in at over twenty minutes and are in HD. Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road shows us the behind the scenes and interviews with the cast and director. Richard Yates: Wages of Truth gives us an in-depth look into the writer.
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