Ground Floor Theatre
Idiotic Review Also Makes a Mistake
RECEIVED Tue., Aug. 10, 2004
Dear Editor,
I could use up several pages criticizing Marc Savlov's idiotic review of The Village ["Film Reviews," Aug. 6] (a review which focuses exclusively on the film's predictable plot twists and lack of "scares," to the exclusion of all of the film's superior qualities – a classic "Hollywood zombie" way of looking at the film), but I've decided to focus on one curious question:
According to Savlov, Sigourney Weaver plays William Hurt's wife. Does this mean that the characters played by Joaquin Phoenix and Bryce Dallas Howard (playing her son and his daughter) are committing incest? Or is Savlov just wrong (again)?
I could use up several pages criticizing Marc Savlov's idiotic review of The Village ["Film Reviews," Aug. 6] (a review which focuses exclusively on the film's predictable plot twists and lack of "scares," to the exclusion of all of the film's superior qualities – a classic "Hollywood zombie" way of looking at the film), but I've decided to focus on one curious question:
According to Savlov, Sigourney Weaver plays William Hurt's wife. Does this mean that the characters played by Joaquin Phoenix and Bryce Dallas Howard (playing her son and his daughter) are committing incest? Or is Savlov just wrong (again)?
Matthew Diedrich
[Ed.'s note: Marc Savlov's review of The Village misstates the relationship of the two village elders. The characters Edgar Walker and Alice Hunt, played by William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, are not married and any intimations of incest between the characters' offspring were not intended. We regret the error.]
