the die gaul and write and direct by craig lucas ( write credit include longtime companion and prelude to a kiss and reckless ) be a brilliant little film that stir comment and appreciation during it unfortunately very brief run in the theater ( a one of the film character comment most american hate gay people . if they hear it about gay people and they would not go . ) and this in a year when film such a brokeback mountain and transamerica and and capote drew focus . a the oft use phrase state and go figure . the story be a bizarre triangle of interaction among three very bright and enlighten and yet passionately isolated people whose come together be the stuff of tragedy on the grand scale . robert sandrich ( peter sarsgaard ) be a grieving screenwriter ( his lover recently die from complication of aid in a manner secretly gnaw at robert ) . his most recent screenplay the die gaul about a gay couple one with aid be a tribute to his lover and and while it be a brilliant script and be take on by a top film producer jeffrey tishop ( campbell scott ) and jeffrey offer to buy the script for a million dollar if robert re write the script to make the couple a heterosexual one ( see above for his reason ) . robert at first refuse to ell out but eventually give in and do the re write . jeffrey be marry to a very bright ex screenwriter elaine ( patricia clarkson ) who read robert script and love the original and become so obsessed with the script and with robert that she plunge into an investigation of robert life . compound the intrigue be the fact that jeffrey begin to fall in love with robert and robert be so needy emotionally that he respond represent the two become lover . elaine enters robert private life via chat room discussion where she pose a the voice of robert dead lover and inadvertently discovers secret that eventually bring the trio to a devastate climax represent secret be reveal that demand accountability and each character be permanently alter . craig lucas and in this his first directorial outing and prove to be an artist with style and with vision and and with gut to put tough material into visual form . the pacing be tense and the idea be well develop from the meaning of the title to the cruelty of the machine mode mean of conversation via email chat room . he handle sexuality variation as well a any director today . he of course be bless with a trio of superlative actor represent sarsgaard and clarkson and campbell give extraordinary performance . the cinematography by bobby bukowski revel in the brilliance of the california sun at poolside as well a the eerie light from the computer screen in darken room far underline the alienation that medium demand . and the crowning addition be a musical score by gift composer steve reich ( one of the fine of today classical composer ) . the die gaul be a tough film but one that be so refreshingly dedicate to it vision that it score a a major work . highly recommended . grady harp .