Eli Wallach Oscar Omagial

la balul Guvernatorului unde s-au dat Oscarurile omagiale, lui Coppola premiul Irving Thalberg pentru productie, lui Kevin Brownlow documentarist si istoric, lui Godard (care bineintels a pulled a Godard, adica a fost no show), si legendarului ELI WALLACH, care pe 7 decembrie implineste 95 de ani !!! Si numai anul asta a fost in cinema in doua filme, in Ghost Writer al lui Polanski si in Wall Street 2 al lui Stone (tare mi-e in schimb ca Michael Douglas se duce inaintea lui Kirk !)

speechuri de CLINT (of course), care si-a amintit cu umor de Almeria si de Sergio Leone
2010 Governors Awards – Clint Eastwood on Eli Wallach | Video | The Academy

si Robert De Niro, funny (el a vorbit surely si la Coppola)
2010 Governors Awards – Robert De Niro on Eli Wallach | Video | The Academy
si aici ELI ! Respect ! ma bucur ca a primit un Oscar omagial dupa peste 150 de filme si roluri extraordinare indiferent ca era bandit mexican sau mafiot :), extraordinar de multe filmate in Europa, cu un statut special in istoria westernului (Calvera in Cei sapte magnifici) si a westernului spaghetti (de la Tuco la Cacopoulos si Black Jack), dupa cum spune Clint, singurul membru viu al distributiei principale din Baby Doll (1956) dar greseste pentru ca mai traieste si Caroll Baker, si Misfits (1961)!
2010 Governors Awards – Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach | Video | The Academy-toate podcasturile pe situl Oscarurilor...

Millennium 2: Fata care s-a jucat cu focul

partea a doua a articolului despre seria Millennium, Stieg Larsson si Noomi Rapace pe hbo club aici.
partea intii: Barbatul care nu ura femeile aici...

Hollywood Tales from the Dark side-Ronni Chasen

ati vazut-o de enspe ori intr-un film. Dar in Tinsletown sau Hollywood Babylon sunt povesti mai tari ca din Lost Highway sau Mulholland Drive. Sau per exemplu, Sunset Blvd. Asta e cea mai recenta:
Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen shot dead

Ronni Chasen, a veteran Hollywood publicist, has died after being shot while driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Ms Chasen, 64, was found after crashing her Mercedes into a lamp-post at about half past midnight on Monday. She had been shot several times in the chest.

She had worked as a film publicist for more than 30 years, and had promoted successful pictures including Driving Miss Daisy, in 1989, and Lolita, from 1994.

She also represented Natalie Wood, the late actress, and the composer Hans Zimmer, and was a former senior vice-president for publicity at MGM.

It is thought that when she was shot, Ms Chasen was returning to her home in Westwood, in the west of Los Angeles, from the premiere of Burlesque, a new film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.

Unnamed sources told the Los Angeles Times that earlier in the night she had attended the screening of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and an after-party at the W hotel in Hollywood.

Radar Online, a celebrity website that first identified Ms Chasen as the shooting victim, said she had been shot five times.

* more:
Ronni was promoting Michael Douglas for Best Supporting Actor for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, as well as Alice In Wonderland 3D for Best Picture. A friend said that after leaving the office, she attended the premiere of the Screen Gems film Burlesque.
* am mai citit cite ceva pentu ca m-a intrigat. Mi se pare o greseala sau o confuzie. Si am aflat ca Ronni e o figura legendara, sora mai mica a lui larry Cohen, a fost sefa sectiei de publicitate de la AIP (Sam Arkoff) in anii '70.
Clientii sai producatori erau Richard Zanuck, Irwin Winkler, Lee Rich, Bud Yorkin si Arnold Kopelson.
LA Times are un excelent articol biografic despre ea intitulat: Hollywood's ultimate old-school publicist !
unde autorul, Patrick Goldstein, povesteste despre Michael Kamen, clientul lui Ronni, care a murit mai tirziu de scleroza...

RIP Luis Garcia Berlanga

aflu de pe situl hboclub, nah from all things..
El Verdugo (1963) si Bienvenido Mr. Marshall (1953) sunt cele 2 filme ale sale pe crae le am in casa. El Verdugo(Calaul) e un cult favorite al unui prieten, si un clasic al cinema-ului spaniol in general .
Luis Garcia Berlanga a facut parte din cei 3 B ai cinematografului spaniol, ceilalti doi fiind Luis Buñuel si Juan Antonio Bardem ! Regizorul a murit la 89 de ani pe 13 noiembrie, dupa ani de suferinta de Alzheimer ! Plácido, filmul sau din 1961 a fost nominalizat la Oscarul pentru cel mai bun film strain. Iar Grandeur nature (1973) prezinta relatia unui barbat (Michel Piccoli) cu o papushe gonflabila !
articol tribut/obituary in Guardian !