Gone Baby Gone: What does the writer Dennis Lehane think of Ben Affleck’s adaptation?

Gone Baby Gone: What does the writer Dennis Lehane think of Ben Affleck’s adaptation?



Gone baby he left : a disappeared girl

In 2007, Ben Affleck went for the first time to realize with Gone baby he left. A thriller located in the popular districts of Boston who knows well and for which he entrusted the main role to his brother Casey Affleck. That of Patrick Kenzie, a private detective who teams up with his girlfriend Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan). When their granddaughter of Amanda disappears, Bea (Amy Madigan) and Lionel McCree (Titus Weliver) call the duo to investigate his part, parallel to the police investigations.

Knowing the family district perfectly, Patrick and Angie are aware that little Amanda was neglected by her mother Helene (Amy Ryan), drug addict. On the other hand, what are not expected to discover is a question in which they merge well and evil, where they oppose the notions of law and justice. A question that will change them forever.

And Harris, Morgan Freeman and John Ashton complete the distribution of the thriller, which Ben Affleck wanted Deals with the utmost authenticity. Knowing the places where the film takes place, the actor thought he would be able to stage him. As for his brother Casey, he had no problems sliding as Patrick Kenzie, as he explains during the promotion (via Allociné)

Playing where you grew up, in the middle of the inhabitants of your neighborhood, has a huge advantage. I knew the emphasis, attitudes and expressions of the region – important and very difficult details to be assimilated when you are not from the corner.

Gone baby he left
Gone Baby Gone © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Dennis Lehane conquered by Ben Affleck’s film

It was this authenticity that won the writer Dennis Lehane, author of the novel Gone baby he leftFourth work focused on the polls of Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro after One last drink before the war,, The darkness take my hand AND Sacred. Questioned by First In 2017, the writer said he prefers this film Mystic River By Clint Eastwood, Shutter Island by Martin Scorsese or even When the night arrives By Michaël R. Roskam:

Of all my adaptations, Gone baby he left It is my favorite because it understands Boston from the inside. It is made by someone who comes from there. The others are made by people who dive into the city but always remain a little later: there is always an “anthropological” aspect. They look inside the house, but through the window. Well, he is an employee …

Source: Cine Serie

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