Todd Haynes took on an icon when he decided to film MILDRED PIERCE. Even though his adaptation sticks to the James
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M. Cain novel with a loving fidelity, he was surprised by how much spectre of Joan Crawford in the title role of Michael Curtiz’s classic noir still looms. Addressing that issue when I spoke with him on March 24, 2011, as well as the good and bad of having five hours in which to get all the details right in his version, he also took time to praise star Kate Winslet for teaching herself how to chop up a chicken the way Mildred would, and why he inserts a little politics into the film.
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