Ridley Scott’s upcoming 14th century drama “The Last Duel” marks Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first screenplay together since “Good Will Hunting,” which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But Damon and Affleck aren’t the only ones with “Last Duel” screenplay credit. The duo wrote the script with Nicole Holofcener, an Oscar nominee for co-writing “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and the writer-director of “Walking and Talking,” “Friends with Money,” and “Enough Said.” While Affleck, Damon, and Holofcener are a surprising trio, the narrative structure of “The Last Duel” allowed the writers to work on different parts of the script.
“The Last Duel” takes a page from Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” in telling the same event from three varying perspectives. The story centers around a duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after the former accuses the latter of raping his wife,...
“The Last Duel” takes a page from Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” in telling the same event from three varying perspectives. The story centers around a duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after the former accuses the latter of raping his wife,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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