This week sees the UK release of The Visitor, a drama about an economics professor (Richard Jenkins) who discovers two illegal immigrants living in his New York apartment.
I recently spoke to Richard Jenkins and writer-director Tom McCarthy about the film.
Richard is probably best known for his supporting roles in films such as Flirting With Disaster, The Man Who Wasn’t There and as the ghost of Nathaniel Fisher in HBO’s Six Feet Under.
Tom made his debut as a writer-director with The Station Agent in 2003 and has acted in films such as Good Night, and Good Luck, Flags of Our Fathers and the TV shows The Wire and Law & Order.
You can listen to the interviews here:
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The Visitor is out in UK cinemas from Friday
> Download this interview as an MP3 file
> Richard Jenkins and Tom McCarthy at the IMDb
> Official site for The Visitor
> Trailer and clips of the film at Take Part
> Video of Tom McCarthy discussing the issues of the film at the ACLU
> The Lost Children – A feature in The New Yorker by Margaret Talbot about US immigration and detention
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[...] Everyone had already seen the mystery movie, so it was fun to try to piece together what it was. Richard Jenkins was mentioned, and how the director turned down financing because he had to have him as the lead. [...]
[...] movie was The Visitor, from Tom McCarthy, who also did The Station Agent. After The Station Agent, he got the usual studio offers to do [...]
I saw THE VISITOR in London. Thought it was truly moving. But being a bit soppy, I really hoped for a happy ending – if only more than the hint of a long term relationship between Walter (what an actor!) and the mother. Thank you John and all concerned with this movie. Ron Moss
i really loved this film and have decided to write my dissertation about this film. would mind if you have Tom MaCarthy’s email address, send to me?!
my email address is;
uksohrab@yahoo.co.uk
thank you