Yes, Mathis is the other Samantha. The one who doesn't star in nearly so many interesting movies.
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Dana - Mar 01, 2006 1:42:19 pm PST #739 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2006 1:47:30 pm PST #740 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
There was also a version with Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds.
That was not bad, but I felt like it should have been better, you know? I love Samantha Morton and Hinds was so great as Captain Wentworth in Persuasion. They were both very fine in it, but I didn't really feel the chemistry.
I'm very fond of the "young Jane" part of the 40's version with Joan Fontaine and Orson Wells. Peggy Ann Garner played the kid-Jane and she was just terrific (and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.) The first part of the movie was moody and harsh and the young Jane had such a spine, then she grew up into Fontaine and turned into a shy little mouse, like, WTF? Wells is interesting to watch, as always, but it's like he's acting in a totally different movie from the one Fontaine is in.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2006 2:06:27 pm PST #741 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.)
You recall correctly. Poor, doomed, gets-her-hair-whacked-off Helen.
Atropa - Mar 01, 2006 3:11:34 pm PST #742 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's like "you might be a redneck", only in scarlet and midnight black!!
I need to build a little shrine for this sentence.
(Oh, and for the record: I couldn't stand Wuthering Heights.)
erikaj - Mar 01, 2006 5:41:24 pm PST #743 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Huh. Jilli, called that wrong, gotta say.
sumi - Mar 02, 2006 7:18:33 am PST #744 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, I saw a promo for The Libertine on TV last night!!!
Ailleann - Mar 02, 2006 7:37:58 am PST #745 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Hey, what's The Libertine about anyway? And why will it be one of the most controversial movies of the year?
I could Google, I guess, but I think Buffista-ing it will produce more interesting answers....
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 7:38:34 am PST #746 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I heard it's a crappy movie, and that stays with me more than anything else.
sumi - Mar 02, 2006 7:43:51 am PST #747 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
It's about the 2nd Earl of Rochester.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2006 7:44:46 am PST #748 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think this is the third time it's been released -- they keep trying, and it keeps bombing.