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Hahaha yes...trying to savour the moment as long as he can,brilliant acting by all of them.
Are you working for Alcoholics Anonymous?
No,but in all honesty,i think I should be a member !
I have the soundtrack playing on my headphones at bus stops, on bus rides, etc., all the time, just happily grinning.
I'll probably go see it again tomorrow.
@Birdleson, I hope you'll both enjoy it.
@DarthDimi
I think he's sort of not fully appreciated and understood. He's very dedicated, actually serious about acting, talented, smart, fun, and a lovely person. But I suspect he has the wrong background (money and privilege) and even more importantly, I think for many he looks the wrong way to be taken seriously as an actor. There are prejudices and false expectations about people who look like him as well. And that background probably doesn't help. (Not that it helps on a personal level, either - his parents weren't supportive of his career choice, and when asked if they've seen this movie he said he doesn't know if his father has - ouch - and his mother won't, being very conservative - ouch.)
He probably gets lumped in the same category with countless classically handsome actors who aren't necessarily expected to be able to act that much, and are mostly considered for roles where they don't really need to or aren't asked to. Witty, non-serious action heroes, or a prince charming (Mirror Mirror, you know. And frankly, many directors are too full of themselves to look beyond that, or get to know actors. You can have the second biggest role in an Eastwood movie and the director barely greets you. Guadagnino was an exception. I hope this role helps, at least.
When I read of Chalamet, Hammer and Guadagnino attending a Hostiles screening, my first thought was "Timmy, you introduced Luca and Armie to Christian, and vice versa, right?" And then "Timmy, you introduced Armie and Scott Cooper to each other, right?" (Yeah, I'm putting expectations on a 22-year old...) But Hammer needs directors like that, sensitive people who write good roles and are good with actors. (For all I know Hammer might hate Cooper's work, zero idea... But just saying...) /mother hen mode
I read a little excerpt regarding the peach scene, and how Luca went home one evening and actually tried it himself to see how plausible it was. Got to set the next day and told Timothee that it is realistic because he tried it and it works...only for Timothee to tell him he's aware because he also tried it himself, as well. Love it.
I'll sort of miss the promotion of this movie and this whole awards season, it has been so much fun. I've laughed myself silly, given cheeks plenty exercise by grinning, and at times been in wide-eyed wonder or gathering my chin from the floor. Good times.
I wanted to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri-but the time of screening here has been ridiculous. Friday and Sunday close to midnight. Nothing on Saturday. In the weekdays before I get home from work.
That sucks. Talk about inconvenient! It did look like a really good one.
Good, I thought that was probably the case.
Why don't I have friends like you here. I've probably already bored my friends with my raving (though I've tried to keep it to minimum), and they aren't interested in seeing the movie... I asked nicely when the movie got here, and they were just "nah, not interested." So cruel. --- And I mean, I've kept my mouth shut about most stuff, like that first rehearsal (surely they must be tired of telling the story by now). Or Luca and Elizabeth (they'd have no clue who she is) having face mask parties, which Armie and Timmy didn't get the attraction of. Or the Crema party (had I known I might have gone there instead of London, actually - theoretically both, I mean if they can why not me... except I'm poorer, and without a sponsor, so there's that... hence less zigzagging across continents, I guess. Ok, reality...) And while I've been drooling at the pictures of the bloody house (and Luca's own isn't too bad, either), I haven't said anything about it. Or the music. Or the waterfall not being an actual waterfall, and everyone carrying movie gear up there, and Luca hitting Armie, and... Yeah, I agree it's gold, and very entertaining, but honestly, to my friends I've only mentioned a few times (or so) that the movie is all sorts of amazing and I love it to bits. I may have mentioned the actors and the director. And some oh my and wow, I guess. But they're like "nah" already, not interested. No sympathy at all.
Incidentally, Fleming wanted The Wages of Fear to be a model for the Bond films, in terms of suspense.
Well that's about as suspenseful as it gets, so he definitely picked an excellent film to be such a model.
Yes, it would have been a dryer film if he did. Guadagnino has a gift for sensual visuals and that's important.
I agree. I prefer the film's beginning and ending (the book had too many endings!), and whereas the book was slightly overwritten and told you too much, the film has more mystery, and also gives Oliver more characterization. Getting ride of the narration was definitely a good move.
I do miss the seaside--there's something elemental and overpowering about sea vistas--but the river stood in nicely.
Too much nudity probably would have been a distraction. I think Guadagnino realized his options were either to leave the sex scenes to our imaginations (and suggest sensuality through other means) or to go all-out. The second option would have been hazardous, because, as you note, "explicit sex and nudity in movies is rarely erotic at all, and tends to be more or less exploitative as well as actually boring." No one has really solved that problem (In the Realm of the Senses came close, but it's not exactly a love story with a happy ending!), and neither of Guadagnino's actors were willing to get explicit anyway.
Indeed. That sort of miscasting can utterly wreck a film. I thought Hammer was a little too old for his character, but otherwise he was an excellent choice. And Chalamet was remarkable--he spot on in conveying the mannerisms of a teenager.
Dubbing is EVIL, and anyone who disagrees should watch a dubbed Bond film. Imagine losing Connery or Moore's voices!
This a legacy of all those silly screenwriting courses that insist every story needs conflict. What's really needed is tension and a problem for the characters to overcome.
Even non-fresh apricot juice is great. I can sometimes find it in Russian markets and I have it every time I visit Turkey. For some reason Americans think the only juices are apple, orange, and cranberry.
Getting back to topic, Guadagnino says he would like to multiple sequels to CMBYM. I don't think this is a good idea. As far as I'm concerned the relationship between the characters was the fruit of only one summer, and is all the more sweet for its transience.
Yet, it very much is.
Wormhole technology delivered by aliens who operate from higher dimensions and whatnot isn't common practice yet, nor entirely understood by science. So it very much is science fiction. The brilliance of Nolan exists in the fact that he makes us think it's science fact.
I only saw the film once and recall so little of the specifics, and the way Nolan directs his films I'd easily believe it could be science fact at some point in the future. He keeps the film in such a nice, grounded light throughout a solid portion of the time. Damn, now I want to rewatch it - I recall it not having the most positive of receptions, and I sadly missed it in theaters, but thought it was brilliant. Could've done without that particular cameo, though.
Yeah a great Science Fiction film also, I rewatched that a few weeks back, I love Interstellar
I can understand that
Love is the word I would use because the film is truly everything that I love about cinema. A premise that is realistic but larger than life and that takes the viewer on a journey that they could only go on in dreams. The melodrama isn’t great but doesn’t stop this film from being in my top ten films of all time.
Hope you get the chance soon. Disaster Artist was pretty great - especially if you enjoy The Room! The Shape of Water remains my favorite of the year though.
The melodrama is laid on thick at times especially from Murphy though I look past it as she is still that child for the most part resenting an absent parent, thankfully Murphy sees the bigger picture eventually. It's another technical masterpiece from Nolan. There are some incredibly intense scenes in Interstellar, I know Nolan is hit and miss with some, though I think he is one if the best directors in modern cinema.