I hope everyone with a TV will watch tonight’s episode of The Closer on TNT (9 pm Eastern/8 pm Central). It’s directed by the awesome Nicole Kassell, who is the director of my movie.
Nicky directed The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, so I’m especially interested to see her work with Sedgwick in a completely different role. Have you seen The Woodsman? I highly recommend it. It’s a difficult subject beautifully handled — totally non-gratuitous, totally unsentimental, a very light touch on what in other hands would be material so heavy that it would be unbearable. It’s a tough movie that doesn’t flinch, doesn’t tolerate cliches, doesn’t tell you what to think about any of the characters, and includes moments of joy, hope, recognition, the world turned upside down and then beginning to come together again… I am excited that Nicky’s sensibility, control and obvious love of character is part of my first screenwriting experience.
So go watch some TV. Enjoy Kyra Sedgwick and the always-cool Tom Skerritt (guest-starring), and raise a glass to the minds and hearts behind these stories — the director, the writer, the producer, the crew who help bring it all to life. They’re just as invested, just as stone in love with story, and just as jazzed to see it on screen as any of us who look forward every week to watching our favorite shows.