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| inlareviewer |
 Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:16 pm |
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Well.
Talk about stealing a movie.
Scarier than William Hickey and Joe Pesci and Norman Lloyd, pewt tewgither.
The Brothers Coen should be apprised; also Mssrs. Lynch and Waters.
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:33 pm |
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| You're right, inla. He could be a riveting (in a very sinister way), character in a movie by the Coen's or Lynch. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:50 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I send him an email and he replied with a very nice answer.
You sent an email to whom, Gary? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:59 pm |
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| The director, complimenting him on the two movies that Billy was in. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:36 pm |
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| Gary, that was nice of you. I know he appreciated it. The reason I was confused was because I didn't think you had his email address. But after I posted, I figured Billy gave it to you. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:44 pm |
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inlareviewer wrote:
Well.
Talk about stealing a movie.
Scarier than William Hickey and Joe Pesci and Norman Lloyd, pewt tewgither.
The Brothers Coen should be apprised; also Mssrs. Lynch and Waters.
(insert clappy emoticon here)
This is high praise indeed. Thank you so much.
(I can be cute, too.) (insert googly-eyed emoticon here) |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:54 pm |
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| The Savages is a wonderful movie with lovely performances by Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco. It's beautifully directed and written by Tamara Jenkins and has a most unusual story arc which comes together unexpectedly in the last five minutes and presents one of the most important moments of catharsis in the very last shot. I was disarmed and constantly surprised by this film. It's one of the best of the year. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:13 am |
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billyweeds wrote: This is high praise indeed. Thank you so much.
(I can be cute, too.) (insert googly-eyed emoticon here)
Oh, The Savages. They rocked, wracked, wreaked and wrecked me. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:15 pm |
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Interesting point which I'd like to throw out here.
As you may or may not know, it's long been my contention that Mark Wahlberg has much more vivid chemistry with men on screen than with women.
Now another fascinating mini-trend emerges. Laura Linney has made many movies, some good, some not so good. Arguably her best two movies--and unarguably her best two performances--are in roles (You Can Count on Me, The Savages) in which she plays the estranged sister of a brother she hasn't seen in years and with whom she shares a tortured parental history. Linney has never quite cracked through as a romantic heroine, but as a neurotic sister she is sensational. Any idea why this should be? In any case, her performances in these two movies are amazing, as opposed to her otherwise excellent-but-nothing-more work. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:56 pm |
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billy - I'll give you a simpleton's point of view:
She doesn't smolder (Angelina), she isn't the fantasy (Aniston), she doesn't have that sensual but tough look (Swank) and she doesn't reek of innocence (Witherspoon), she doesn't get handed masterful bitch roles (Blanchett). Subject to interpretation, but you get what I'm saying. Although I think it makes for better acting, performance and end result when you actually have more than one niche going for you.
She's there, just there. She's brilliant and accomplished yet she always seems to be overlooked by just a smidge.
I still think, although universally panned, she was spot-on captivating, not just excellent, in The Life of David Gale. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:22 pm |
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| Jynx--Good capsule of Linney. This year she actually got a superbitch role (in The Nanny Diaries) which she played to the hilt and wound up stealing the picture, but unfortunately the movie was not much good at all. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:36 pm |
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Jynx wrote:
she isn't the fantasy (Aniston)
Blech.
Not sure who has Aniston fantasies.
More like "girl next door" type, I'd say.
(I absolutely cannot picture Linney for the life of me).
Then again, when Ledger died, I thought the name seemed very familiar but couldn't place it at all.
Speaking of which, I think it's ridiculous that the housekeeper who found him placed all those calls to Mary Kate Olsen. I mean everyone knows that immediately you should call Tom Cruise, a guy with the ability to help and make a difference. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:41 pm |
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Quote: More like "girl next door" type, I'd say.
Hence my "subject to interpretation" comment.
Quote: I mean everyone knows that immediately you should call Tom Cruise, a guy with the ability to help and make a difference.
Bwahahahaha, snicker, snort. Doesn't anyone have 911 in their speed dials anymore? Simply amazing. But then again, in Tom's defense, he did state that when you come upon the scene of an accident, you stop because you know you're the only person who can help ... ... maybe he just wasn't in the vicinity??? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:20 pm |
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For the record, Julia Roberts is still my fantasy.
Others fantasies may vary. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:08 pm |
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| My view on La Linney is that the complexity of an intelligence analogous to her father's writing, her willingness to immerse herself in milieu and her uncanny ability to embody contradictory emotions without overexposing her technique, all register best in tandem with/against corresponding sensibilities and talents: PSH and Bosco in The Savages, Ruffalo and Broderick in You Can Count on Me, Daniels in The Squid and the Whale, Neeson in Kinsey and the Crucible revival. For me her benchmarks remain televised, as in that coruscating monologue in The Laramie Project, a solo turn that might well be studied in acting classes, and absolutely Mary Ann Singleton in the Tales of the City adaptations, which, like Mme. Dukakis' Mrs. Madrigal, is a plus-perfect merger of artist and role. |
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