#John M. Brinnin

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Set Fire to the Stars (2014) Andy Goddard

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Ceyln Jones as Dylan Thomas and Elijah Wood as John M. Brinnin — SET FIRE TO THE STARS (2014) dir. Andy Goddard

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It probably wasn’t literally New York City that killed Dylan Thomas. If anything, Dylan Thomas killed Dylan Thomas with his wild, inebriated lifestyle. But I suppose that isn’t nearly as romantic. So Andy Goddard’s Set Fire to the Stars, a loose re-telling of Thomas’ first American tour shepherded by John M. Brinnin (Elijah Wood), spends the first third of its run-time indulging in the fantasy that it was New York what killed the poet. “We have to get him ready for America,” Brinnin mutters to himself as he ferries the inebriated Thomas (Celyn Jones) from hotel room to hotel room. “New York is killing him,” a dour doctor intones after a check-up. Mercifully, after the first twenty to thirty minutes Goddard drops these fatalistic portents and the film is able to evolve into a truly engaging picture about two lonely, confused men seeking solace in art and in each other.

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