In other news, am I the only one who's slightly weirded out that Angelina Jolie is playing Mariane Pearl with a tan and an afro wig?
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 5:10:41 pm PDT #9529 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 5:29:17 pm PDT #9530 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In other news, am I the only one who's slightly weirded out that Angelina Jolie is playing Mariane Pearl with a tan and an afro wig?
What? Is blackface now unfashionable?
Here's the logic I heard: Angelina is part French; Mariane is part French.
Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 5:41:23 pm PDT #9531 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm never in here, because I never get to see movies.
Dr. Strangelove and Casablanca are in my top 5 along with Blazing Saddles, Destry Rides Again and PCU.
Also y'all should see this. It's got 2 of the people from MI 5 and Wash [link]
Beverly - Jun 21, 2007 5:47:31 pm PDT #9532 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Peter Dinklage!
I watched Threshold entirely for him.
Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 5:49:56 pm PDT #9533 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My friends saw an advance at the Angelika and raved about him and Alan. Apparently it's an awesomely funny movie. I saw the preview at Waitress, and they said it didn't even cover a third of the funny.
P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 5:51:30 pm PDT #9534 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The logic I heard (read: read in an interview with Pearl this week) is that MP asked her to play the part.
Not that I don't think it's weird, just a different flavor of weird.
Beverly - Jun 21, 2007 5:59:03 pm PDT #9535 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
(Psst, Plei! W&P in Boxed Set in, oh, a minute or two.)
Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 6:03:19 pm PDT #9536 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Destry Rides Again
This is one of many reasons why you are insanely cool.
Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 6:06:39 pm PDT #9537 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I would argue that it's Jimmy and Deitrich that are insanely cool. Really, I'm not a huge fan of cat fights, but that movie has the. best. ever.
I think I just like Stewart westerns. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is also made of awesome. So much lost innocence.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 21, 2007 6:09:59 pm PDT #9538 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, she's the ultimate in world weary Euro-disdain. I was very pleased and surprised to find that actress again in Eyes Without A Face.
She was pretty much the best thing not chewing the scenery (aka Charles Laughton) in Hitchcock's THE PARADINE CASE, but that's faint praise. Also, she's in the two "Three Mothers" movies Argento has made so far (SUSPIRIA & INFERNO). Sadly, though I heard he's finally making the third (and given his recent output, I'm a bit leary of that), she won't be in it. RIP Valli.