Un escritor fantasma, contratado para completar las memorias de un antiguo primer ministro británico, descubre un secreto que pondrá su propia vida en peligro.Un escritor fantasma, contratado para completar las memorias de un antiguo primer ministro británico, descubre un secreto que pondrá su propia vida en peligro.Un escritor fantasma, contratado para completar las memorias de un antiguo primer ministro británico, descubre un secreto que pondrá su propia vida en peligro.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 34 premios ganados y 57 nominaciones en total
- John Maddox
- (as James Belushi)
Opiniones destacadas
Yes, it's a thriller, and as such parts of it are fast paced, but what it does so well is to misdirect your attention for a while before snapping you back to focus.
There are no wasted words, nor gratuitous scenes in this movie. Just like a Hitchcock movie, the scenes are all necessary, even if they are symbolic.
The acting is first rate, and I say that because much of the tension in the movie comes from the way the characters act, not special effects, not plot points hammered in over and over again.
It is a very dark movie, and the darkness is nicely set off by humor and sarcasm in a few spots.
Inspite of the dvd being in my drawer for a decade, I never felt the urge to go ahead.
What a fool I was cos this is an amazing thriller with a top notch performance by Gregor.
The cinematography is excellent n the best part is the script.
The movie inspite of being a simple thriller has lots of tension n it is very captivating from the go.
The plot has been described countless times and will be spared here. What instead fascinates is the depiction of Ewan McGregor as the nameless protagonist. He has no family, no real attachments so to speak, and no real drive. Like Johnny Depp's "book detective" in 'The Ninth Gate' his reason for existence seems to be to serve those higher in society. McGregor plays the party well, never completely convincing in one state or the other. Even when under duress his physical movements speak much more about his mental state than his mannerisms. This could be interpreted as Polanski's examination of apathy within larger society. What I mean by that is to say that it is through the Ghost's lack of interest that one can observe the world.
Shot by Pawel Edelman, who has collaborated with Polanski in the past as well as with other heavyweight Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, the images of 'The Ghost Writer' suggest a cool bleakness. Accompanied by a poetic score by the always reliable Alexandre Desplat the film suggests a constant looming menace, embodied by the rain of the New England island. The camera often remains static, sometimes zeroing in for reactions, but always showing a complete action through a singular movement or lack of movement. Often times the characters seem resigned to their fates. The roles each person plays in the story are very clearly defined. Former-PM Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), surrounded by his lackeys, anti-war protesters, etc. all seem just pieces of grander scale. Polanski's world view is so thoroughly and crisply represented through this visual style it is as if the individual events are not as important as the atmosphere in general.
This is precisely why the film works, because of a director so in command of his craft. The film runs over 2 hours but every decision feels completely blocked and planned out. Every image carefully composed, every moment of information tightly plotted. 'The Ghost Writer' works terrifically by raising your blood level in this manner. Some will inevitably complain it makes the film seem merely serviceable when such expected plot twists occur. Yet I can think of few filmmakers so readily able to create such a vivid world and sustain it greatly. There are some pacing issues and the music can be overbearing. These are not unlike the problems facing Martin Scorsese's 'Shutter Island'. The talent of all involved makes the film exceed a workmanlike thriller even though the atmosphere on set was so mathematical.
A very enjoyable, meticulous film that demands and rewards patience. Worth seeing.
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- TriviaThe end title designer forgot to use punctuation when writing the end credits. This resulted in all assistants being listed as "ass designer" or "ass painter" etc.
- ErroresRuth's accent changes randomly between very English posh and slightly Estuary (lower-class). This could be a clue that she has had to 'improve' her accent as she has ascended Lang's ladder and finds it difficult, as English people do, to keep up the pretence, especially at times of emotional stress.
- Citas
Adam Lang: Spare me the bleeding-heart bullshit! Do you know what I'd do if I was in power again? I'd have two queues at airports: one for flights where we'd done no background checks, infringed on no one's civil bloody liberties, used no intelligence gained by torture. And on the other flight we'd do everything we possibly could to make it perfectly safe. And then we'd see which plane the Rycarts of this world would put their bloody kids on! And you can put that in the book!
- Créditos curiososThere are no opening credits. The title and cast list do not appear until after the last scene of the movie.
- Versiones alternativasUS version was cut for language to secure a PG-13 rating (the usage of the words "fuck" and "shit" was severely toned down).
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Sitios oficiales
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- The Ghost Writer
- Locaciones de filmación
- Peenemünde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Alemania(as Martha's Vineyard)
- Productoras
- Ver más créditos de la compañía en IMDbPro
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 45,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 15,541,549
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 183,009
- 21 feb 2010
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 60,331,447
- Tiempo de ejecución2 horas 8 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1