Obscuring the terrifically expressive and sometimes terrifying (12 Years a Slave) face of actor Michael Fassbender may seem like sacrilege, but that’s just what director Lenny Abrahamson (What Richard Did) does in Frank, a film that premiered at Sundance but is—appropriately, for reasons that will be explained—also playing this week at South By Southwest. Screenwriters Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) have expanded on a memoir by Ronson to create a wholly unique, comi-tragic portrait of one band’s evolution.
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Director Lenny Abrahamson on Michael Fassbender’s Giant Head, Faking SXSW in ‘Frank’ & More
