{"id":537,"date":"2012-03-26T13:14:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T23:09:06","slug":"the-stone-golem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2012\/03\/26\/the-stone-golem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stone Golem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Brothers Bloom<\/a><\/i> is a mess of film. And yet, I own it and watch it a bit. It is the kind of film that is better on DVD because of all the stuff that comes with the film. In particular, it comes with almost 40 minutes of deleted scenes. As is often the case, the best stuff was left on the cutting room floor. What’s more, the deleted scenes show an original that is far richer and more complex. I can see why they cut it as they did. Even in its original version, the film was a mess. Why writer\/director Rian Johnson didn’t see that his screenplay desperately needed at least one more draft, I can’t say.<\/p>\n

And yet, the film is filled with some much that is wonderful, I’m glad it was made. There are two scenes that really stand out. The first is the opening of the film that tells the story of how the bothers started on their life of crime. It is narrated in verse and can be seen on YouTube<\/a>. The second stand out scene is not in the film. It is very simple. The Curator, played brilliantly by Robbie Coltrane, tells the story of the death of his daughter and the stone golem.<\/p>\n

I’ve been checking for the last year to see if anyone had put this scene on YouTube, but I guess no one could be bothered. It may be that the scene speaks more to me than to others. Certainly no one I have shown it to has thought as much of it as I do. I love story telling and this is just one man telling a story. But what a story and what a telling! So I went ahead and put it on YouTube. Enjoy!<\/p>\n