Not exact matches
Benicio Del Toro, a confessed horror geek, was the prime mover behind The Wolfman; with producer Rick Yorn (The Aviator, Gangs of New York) he managed to sell Universal
on the idea of an old - school monster movie that would keep the digital effects to a minimum and instead focus
on audience identification with the star and his makeup.
Without a high level of mystical intrigue and unnerving eeriness fuelling the story, the plot fails to ignite
on a level that would allow for
audience investment and
identification.
In focusing
on the family trauma at the heart of The Brood, Breitz pays tribute to Cronenberg's ability to draw
audiences into psychological
identification with his characters, suggestively adding the voices of her own family to a palimpsest that already folds Cronenberg's family narrative into that of the fictional family in The Brood.
She also has provided technical assistance and conducted training for a variety of different
audiences on such topics as evaluation design, data analysis, and using data for program improvement, with a special focus
on identification and measurement of child and family outcomes.