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| Mr. Brownstone |
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I never read the Rice novels, but I will offer that I thought Cruise & Banderas were the only people in Interview having any fun. Poor Pitt is left with literally nothing to do by the script.
Interview also features the last recording ever by the real Guns n Roses, a kick-ass version of the Stones' Sympathy for the Devil.
Slash would later say that recording is the sound of the band tearing itself apart. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 5:56 pm |
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Shane wrote: Anne Rice was totally disaproving of the choices made for Interview and after having read the book so was I. Louis was a wolf killing hunk in the book not some pansy looking joy boy. I have never thought Cruise should have been in any movie I've had the misfortune to have to ignore him in, with the exception of WOTW. I laughed out loud when he didn't check the fridge even more when he tried to relate to Miss Fanning to finally cast him as a complete dolt was the best job of type casting I've had the pleasure to watch.
Not so. She bitched in the press throughout the movie's production, but when she actually saw the movie, she completely endorsed it. She still praises it, when anyone asks her about it. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:20 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Not so. She bitched in the press throughout the movie's production, but when she actually saw the movie, she completely endorsed it. She still praises it, when anyone asks her about it.
That's my recollection also. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:23 pm |
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| I think Rice took out a full page ad in the NY Times praising the film after she saw it. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:30 pm |
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| I guess she's a better writer than a critic. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:31 pm |
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| Rice has found Jesus and her writing has gone down the tubes. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:35 pm |
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| I enjoyed Bullets Over Broadway. Great title, too. I enjoyed Dianne Weist as never before or since. The Grand Dame - a riot - and a great script for her. And Jennifer Tilly, not a great actress, was hilarious as the not great actress. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:01 pm |
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| Marc: I was under the impression that Rice's writing went down the tubes long before she found Jesus. She must be through the crust and into the mantle by now. (I did like Interview, though. The novel; never seen the movie.) |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:15 pm |
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| Alright you guys! There's no hiding anything from you. Yeah she did but I tok her at first exposer and wanted her to stick that way. Okay she didn't but damn it I did!!! |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:34 pm |
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shane,
are you on crack? You're becoming more and more incoherent. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:56 pm |
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| I agree with Syd about when her writing went down the tubes. By the way, Salon gave a positive review on her Jesus book and said it's her best writing in a long while. Salon is hardly a haven for Jesus freaks, so the response might be worth considering. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:02 am |
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| I gave up on Rice after the second Lestat book. |
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| tirebiter |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:25 am |
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| Me too. She has logorrhea. But I liked The Mummy. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:30 am |
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Girl With The Pearl Earring
For a long time during this movie, nothing happened. Then, all of a sudden, right at the end, if you paid close attention...nothing happened. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:58 am |
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Marc wrote: I gave up on Rice after the second Lestat book.
I don't blame you, though I will compliment that book for giving the best impression of what it's like to be onstage that I've ever read anywhere. When Lestat is performing with the commedia dell'arte troupe, the way Rice conveys what it's like to be onstage is a triumph, particularly considering she, to my knowledge, has never acted. I also liked the merging of history and fiction with the Theatre of the Vampires.
But I never finished the book. |
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