http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/sam+mendes/default.aspxTags: sam mendesenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2008/12/26/quot-revolutionary-road-quot-by-richard-yates.aspxFri, 26 Dec 2008 22:04:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1070MediaPhile@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1070http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2008/12/26/quot-revolutionary-road-quot-by-richard-yates.aspx#comments<p><a target="_self" href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/Xrevolutionary%20road&amp;l=&amp;m=&amp;b=&amp;SORT=D&amp;Da=&amp;Db=/Xrevolutionary%20road&amp;l=&amp;m=&amp;b=&amp;SORT=D&amp;Da=&amp;Db=&amp;SUBKEY=revolutionary%20road/1%2C31%2C31%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=Xrevolutionary%20road&amp;l=&amp;m=&amp;b=&amp;SORT=D&amp;Da=&amp;Db=&amp;2%2C2%2C" title="evpl catalog"><img width="178" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0307454622" alt="revolutionary road" height="227" style="float:left;margin:10px;border:black 1px solid;" /></a></p> <p>I just&nbsp;finished&nbsp;this 1961 novel by Richard Yates.&nbsp; The paperback edition&#39;s cover, published to coincide with the release of the new movie,&nbsp;caught my attention.&nbsp; </p> <p>Directed by Sam Mendes of &quot;American Beauty&quot; fame, &quot;Revolutionary Road&quot; stars his wife,&nbsp;Kate Winslet, and Leo DiCaprio.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is in&nbsp;the running for all the top&nbsp;Golden Globe Awards in drama, including Best Motion Picture,&nbsp;Best Performance by an Actress,&nbsp;Best Performance by an Actor,&nbsp;and Best Director.</p> <p>The setting is a Connecticut suburb in the late 1950&#39;s.&nbsp; Frank Wheeler (DiCaprio) and his wife April (Winslet) have settled into tame middle class existence (due to an unexpected early pregnancy), but feel like they are play-acting.&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank delights in skewering all the people who live in their suburb, as well as those he works with in Manhattan.&nbsp; April seems&nbsp;resigned to her fate but has hidden depths.&nbsp; Will&nbsp;the Wheelers&#39; make a &quot;revolutionary&quot; move to Europe or continue their humdrum existence? &quot;There&#39;s the rub,&quot; as Hamlet would say.</p> <p>Just put into limited release, the movie has yet to make it to Evansville.&nbsp; As always, I am looking forward to seeing how closely my understanding of the novel coincides with the movie version.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1070" width="1" height="1">reviewsrevolutionary roadrichard yatesleo dicapriosam mendeskate winslet