tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post1029021998842796089..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Vanity Fair's Hollywood ~ Episode 11 (2005)NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28466183721996716592009-05-28T12:58:49.570-04:002009-05-28T12:58:49.570-04:00Anonymous,
I actually think Jeffrey Dean Morgan w...Anonymous,<br /><br />I actually think Jeffrey Dean Morgan will win an Oscar before BC, CD or MLP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72632131189187138702009-05-27T22:37:28.465-04:002009-05-27T22:37:28.465-04:00Don't forget Sienna Miller was on the excellent La...Don't forget Sienna Miller was on the excellent Layer Cake alongside Daniel Craig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49576152633408904232009-05-27T17:00:28.519-04:002009-05-27T17:00:28.519-04:00Oh, how I fondly remember this cover... It was fro...Oh, how I fondly remember this cover... It was from the year I was graduating from an art program and we had to take "fun pictures that reflected our personality" for our yearbook.<br /><br />In my picture, I eat VHS tapes like spaghetti while holding this copy of Vanity Fair as a cookbook...<br /><br />Good time...<br /><br />PS Bless you Hayden for defending Claire Danes! While I agree with others that her work has been lackluster lately, I thoroughly enjoyed Shopgirl (not to mention her 90s work). Also, I have a problem with people who only talk about her in reference to the Crudup thing...Dominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904020232072043741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-22953926637330267832009-05-27T11:20:09.073-04:002009-05-27T11:20:09.073-04:00I do wish that Claire Danes would finally emerge a...I do wish that Claire Danes would finally emerge as the big film star that she should have managed to do years ago. "My So-Called Life" is a seminal viewing experience of my life, and Angela Chase was such a heartbreaking character. I wanted to see her leap mountains after that role, but nothing has eclipsed it, and as they say, the clock's ticking. I did detect a bit of a double standard in the press post-affair with Billy Crudup, with more of the ire going to her for breaking up the MLP/Crudup coupling (it didn't help MJP being so very pregnant at the time) than him. He goes on to supporting roles in action films and wins a Tony, but what is she left with? Sure she could pick scripts better, but something's amiss there with her. If all else fails, I'd like to see her headline a television series again, preferably cable.Yanceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-48115463167336206632009-05-27T09:56:08.410-04:002009-05-27T09:56:08.410-04:00@Judy -- HA! I bet you're right. A telegram it is...@Judy -- HA! I bet you're right. A telegram it is.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61739031101071783952009-05-27T08:30:35.661-04:002009-05-27T08:30:35.661-04:00Danes gave a small supporting (but very fine I tho...Danes gave a small supporting (but very fine I thought) perf in Igby Goes Down, but then again that film was crammed with fine perfs and hers was rather small but very much against type as Igby's rather unsympathetic love interest. She's a selfish girl and Danes neither hides from nor underplays the selfishness.<br /><br />Starlight, on the other hand, she was just completely wrong for, so it's clear that she really needs the right roles. I think Hayden's idea re: Woody Allen is brilliant, on the other hand (Can someone please send him a telegram with the idea? I suspect the man still does not have an email address.)judy holderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427923180674378952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-168954390145298102009-05-27T07:55:15.422-04:002009-05-27T07:55:15.422-04:00Nathaniel, I know its voice work, but is Blanchett...Nathaniel, I know its voice work, but is Blanchett: even when she is all over the screnn is all about her voice!Victor Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36421136659325453782009-05-27T07:51:07.027-04:002009-05-27T07:51:07.027-04:00I knew that's who Par was talking about!
Poor Cl...I knew that's who Par was talking about! <br /><br />Poor Claire Danes (I guess). I didn't even recognise her. She was great in <I>Shopgirl</I> though, which was a really nice movie all 'round.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7958400733241754862009-05-27T07:13:12.812-04:002009-05-27T07:13:12.812-04:00oh nathaniel...
the lovely laura linneyoh nathaniel... <br />the lovely laura linneypar3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33720151242157260632009-05-27T06:20:45.223-04:002009-05-27T06:20:45.223-04:00alicia i actually thought Uma was pretty good in 2...<B>alicia</B> i actually thought Uma was pretty good in 2 of those 3 movies (Be Cool was just a disaster) but none were successful for her was the point.<br /><br /><B>hayden</B> you have clearly given Danes career a lot of thought. And I like your Woody Allen idea. If anyone could channel that jitteryness she couldn't get rid of in those 2007 performances to work <I>for</I> her, it might be he.<br /><br /><B>anon 2:57</B> i have to think/hope that's going to change for black actresses at some point. Halle may be the only one that managed to maintain a leading actress career for a long stretch but Angela Bassett almost got there. <br /><br />I'm a little bit more hopeful about that then i used to be... but i still think we're losing valuable opportunities right and left. Take <B>Nia Long</B> in <I>Alfie</I>. Wouldn't a white actress showing such an utterly sizzling supporting presence like that, totally be deluged with offers thereafter?<br /><br />I am sad that <B>Regina King</B> never got the career she really deserved either but I think she's really good on <I>Southland</I> so if black actresses are still having trouble becoming big leading stars, at least they're having less trouble maintaining long careers in film and television.<br /><br /><B>par3182</B> do you mean Meryl? She was on that "legends" cover.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-50846967824786287752009-05-27T06:08:26.275-04:002009-05-27T06:08:26.275-04:00i think nat is right about winlset icannot see her...i think nat is right about winlset icannot see her doing a gothika/reaping horror flick she may take tiny role but lead roles will come back in 18 months and it will be a biggie.<br /><br />danes ruined her chances with the lead/supp catrophe at the globes,she should have gone to drama less competition.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59051049302157983882009-05-27T02:57:14.956-04:002009-05-27T02:57:14.956-04:00"I see what you're saying but I don't think it's s..."I see what you're saying but I don't think it's sexism only. Lord knows Billy Crudup was harshly judged as well."<br /><br />In fact Nath, I think both suffer the public judgement. Remember that after that episode, Mary-Louise Parker received the lead role in "Weeds" and after, she won a Golden Globe and her show is still succesfull, and the big coverage of her romance with Jeffrey Dean Morgan. I like Parker and I think she's a very good actress but Sometimes Hollywood loves the victims...<br /><br />Many people think "Stage Beauty" was overlooked in audience ($723,729 at box office!!) and critics for the scandal. Cudrup has only success when he's only a supporting role/ensemble film AKA MI3 and Watchmen... "Dedication" disapears in only ONE WEEK and he wasn't even nominated for the ISA!!<br /><br />My question is... What would happened with Shopgirl and this 2005 if Claire Danes didn't involved in that scandal? I don't know why, but I think Parker will get an Oscar nomination first that Danes and Cudrup...<br /><br />BTW, I would love if Kerry will get again the lead role in "mama Black Widow" or something like that. She needs a lead historic role. Unfortunally for Kerry she has two KO in Hollywood:<br /><br />-Being a Woman (If you're not Cate Blanchett, Jodie Foster or Julianne Moore at her 40...)<br />-Being Black (Besiude Halle Berry, How many Black American Actresses will get a sucessful career as lead performers?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37461710592000762402009-05-27T02:47:17.287-04:002009-05-27T02:47:17.287-04:00ah, i love reading these.
I don't have much of su...ah, i love reading these.<br /><br />I don't have much of substance to say, so i'll just use my monthly shamelessly shallow comment.<br /><br />It's my first time seeing this cover, but i just have to say, Kate Winslet is scorching hot in this photo. I'm so tempted to use the word "fierce", but i won't. <br /><br />ah, screw it, FIERCE!Derreckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753119043647198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44549023918288379822009-05-27T02:43:16.888-04:002009-05-27T02:43:16.888-04:00She had to do something entirely after Kill Bill, ...She had to do something entirely after Kill Bill, so she went for broad comedy, a rom com and a musical. Honestly, you can't blame her for wanting to work with Streep and The Producers is not the worst musical adaptation around (Rent ? Phantom ?) By the way, a lot of reviewers said she was game as Ullaalicianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82273947316587021332009-05-27T02:40:46.381-04:002009-05-27T02:40:46.381-04:00I think Claire Danes got a beat down in the press ...I think Claire Danes got a beat down in the press becuase Parker was 7 months pregnant at the time. <br /><br />But Hayden, I completely agree with you about Danes in Shopgirl. She should have been nominated.Michael B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06587665362502209914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-62576510014916531022009-05-27T00:12:33.274-04:002009-05-27T00:12:33.274-04:00To add to that point:
I remember reading somethin...To add to that point:<br /><br />I remember reading something you wrote, Nathaniel, about how Julie Christie nailed her performance in Away From Her by being completely unafraid of disappearing to her audience. There's nothing hammy or self-serving in that performance, and I think Danes tackled Mirabelle's transparency with such selflessness and quietude that she never cared about alienating herself from her audience. <br /><br />At the age where most actresses (ahem, Natalie Portman) are trying to be as assertive and vital onscreen as possible, Danes' ability (and willingness) to underplay is what gives her such maturity. I know 2007 was a disaster, but I can't help but think there's more where Shopgirl came from. <br /><br />As for her discomfort in Evening and Stardust, what I see is the hand-wringing neurotic who SHOULD be Woody Allen's current muse instead of Scarlett Johansson. And she's based in New York. Done and done.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622435513032131426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91084320008669543272009-05-27T00:06:35.067-04:002009-05-27T00:06:35.067-04:00To Wayne B...
That's definitely a best case scena...To Wayne B...<br /><br />That's definitely a best case scenario you've described with Kerry Washington. She is beautiful and talented, true. But she's already in her thirties and she is a black woman, which means she doesn't have the shelf-life of a Bale or Depp in the eyes of Hollywood. She seriously needs a breakthrough starring role that can <br />A. Announce her as a presence to be reckoned with and <br />B. Allow her to showcase her talent in a shocking way. (Black women actresses always have to be loud or "shocking" to garner attention and be considered good.)<br /><br />She needs a role like this and she needs it fast. She doesn't have a lot of time left, I'm afraid.The Pretentious Know it Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279181033628364368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33114878760457849222009-05-27T00:05:00.900-04:002009-05-27T00:05:00.900-04:00I honestly wish more people would see Shopgirl and...I honestly wish more people would see Shopgirl and love it for her elegant, subdued, fully realized Mirabelle Buttersfield who could have walked right out of Martin's novella. 2005 was the year of roles that fit actresses like gloves, and Danes played the melancholy girl at the glove counter with such poise and easy grace you'd think you were watching a young Julie Christie. She was superb.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622435513032131426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-30266062627330142102009-05-26T23:18:04.215-04:002009-05-26T23:18:04.215-04:00Easily one of the best VF covers ever...and I'm no...Easily one of the best VF covers ever...and I'm not just talking about the first third.<br /><br />...oh, and I fully agree with Hayden about Ms. Claire Danes. She has never disappointed me on screen. Love her.Kurtis Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946031309738374597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-69649283520956384752009-05-26T23:04:08.663-04:002009-05-26T23:04:08.663-04:00Kerry Washington. The Last King of Scotland <3Kerry Washington. The Last King of Scotland <3Andrew Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633362421284508483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-90972194491712544882009-05-26T22:23:46.179-04:002009-05-26T22:23:46.179-04:00is sophie's revenge the sequel to sophie's choice....is <I>sophie's revenge</I> the sequel to <I>sophie's choice</I>..?<br /><br />noticeably absent (from all these covers): you know whopar3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54296402128673203472009-05-26T20:56:43.545-04:002009-05-26T20:56:43.545-04:00well voicework isn't quite the same as being all o...well voicework isn't quite the same as being all over the screens ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33479747038535595082009-05-26T20:44:02.749-04:002009-05-26T20:44:02.749-04:00Who said Cate Blanchett has no movies in 2009? She...Who said Cate Blanchett has no movies in 2009? She plays Granmamare in the english version of Ponyo.Victor Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-13090623027046008532009-05-26T20:01:30.757-04:002009-05-26T20:01:30.757-04:00I just don't think people realize how hurtful thos...I just don't think people realize how hurtful those things can be. And you wonder why some still consider Angelina a homewrecker? Do you realize how many people come from broken families because of this? I don't have any respect for a man or woman who would get in that situation especially when there are children involved. So I really don't care about Claire Danes or Billy Crudup sorry. They should have thought about the consequences ahead of time. Being a fan of an actor or actress strictly based on their performances is fine for some, but for me I couldn't be a fan of someone with a fucked up personality (Gwyneth) or a racist, sexist or homewrecker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37944813737920511932009-05-26T19:23:12.905-04:002009-05-26T19:23:12.905-04:00Omg I looove Claire Danes!!! I'm Team Hayden on th...Omg I looove Claire Danes!!! I'm Team Hayden on this one - I think the whole Claire "Manstealer" Danes thing is a bit overdone and unfair. Although I can agree with Nate that she's basically playing roles the same over and over now. I guess I just don't care because I find her so enchanting! And she's like, kinda really not pretty but somehow manages to be totally beautiful. I can't explain that, and I like it.Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924416825035276697noreply@blogger.com