Christian Bale has transformed himself in all sorts of ways, but his turn as Irving Rosenfeld is something else again. It’s such a striking transformation that the camera can’t tear away from Bale’s body throughout the opening scene of American Hustle. His pasty beer gut juts forward proudly, suggesting chronic constipation. We watch him construct […]
Posted inCulture
Because They Needed the Monet
Christian Bale leads a smarmy Scorsese riff into the gaudy 1970s