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The Canadian Press - Margaret Laurence’s cautionary tale of repressed passion and regret hits the big screen Friday, with Canadian director Kari Skogland describing her take on “The Stone Angel” as the “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” version of the iconic novel.
Starring Ellen Burstyn as the stubborn Hagar, Christine Horne as her younger self, and including a brief appearance from “it” girl Ellen Page, the movie recounts the story a headstrong woman who struggles to reconcile her life’s destructive choices as she nears death.
The Toronto-raised Skogland - whose other projects have included directing the TV shows “Terminal City,” “The L Word,” and “Queer As Folk” - says she loved “The Stone Angel” when she read it in school as a teen, and discovered she loved it even more as an adult when she revisited the book while searching for a possible film project.
“I found a lot of passion in the story that I don’t think I had recognized as a teenager, mostly because of the language of the novel,” Skogland said during an interview last year at the Toronto International Film Festival… [Full Story]
