RIP Charles Napier

in timp ce toata lumea vorbeste despre moartea lui Steve Jobs la 56 de ani, in aceiasi zi (5 oct.) a murit un mare character actor, tough as nails, Charles Napier, am aflat de pe MUBI care comenteaza:

"Roger Ebert referred to him as 'that character actor with a smile like Jaws,'" recalls Tom Stockman, passing along the news that Charles Napier as died at the age of 75. "Russ Meyer recognized that his cartoonish grin and jutting chin made a perfect complement to the bigger-than-life women he cast in his films so gave Napier his first starring roles in Cherry, Harry & Raquel, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (both 1970) and Supervixens (1975)…. Jonathan Demme cast Napier in his films frequently and everyone remembers him as the ill-fated Lt Boyle, charged with guarding Hannibal Lecter in that cage in Silence of the Lambs (1991)."

Mie mi s-a parut mereu ca seamana cu Dick Miller, si ca prezenta, si prestatie :) folosit de Jonathan Demme in filmele sale la fel ca Miller in cele ale lui Joe Dante. Ei sunt old school Roger Corman graduates, Napier a inceput cu Russ Meyer. Actorul avea 75 de ani.
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si un interviu genial si exhaustiv pe avclub. mai ales despre Russ Meyer, despre cum l-a angajat Hitchcok la Universal, prietenul sau Hunter Thompson, John Landis si John Belushi -a jucat in Blues Brothers-"That’s several months of my life I don’t remember"
-Rambo (a fost nemesisul lui Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II) si Menahem Golan !

It all started from years ago, when I did a starring role with Stallone. He was the only actor that ever said, “If I ever make it, man, I’ll help you.” And he did. And Lee Marvin was a pal of mine, and when that role came up, Lee was supposed to do it, but he was in Australia. He said, “You can have it, tell them to pay me off.” And that’s how I got that role. (...) I’ve made 30 films out of the country that nobody will ever see, with Menahem Golan, and I can’t even remember the names of ’em. I made them in the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Bulgaria, Russia, Argentina, Panama, you name it.
(.....) Menahem was a great guy. He must have been in his late 70s when I was working with him. We used to go to these Eastern Bloc countries where you could literally carry your money around in suitcases and buy your way day by day. And this old guy was ready to do that. We hit up a relationship. Golan-Globus fell apart. He wanted me to come back to Belarus one last time, and I said, “Menahem, I can’t take Belarus anymore, man.” He goes, “That’s okay, Charlie, I still love ya.” He also loved Oliver Reed for some reason. We were his two favorite actors, I guess.

Batman Triumphant

un articol fascinant din WhatCulture ! despre proiectatul si avortatul al cincilea film din seria Batman inceputa in 1989, si anume Batman Triumphant, pe care trebuia sa-l faca Joel Schumacher dupa Batman si Robin (votat de multa lume drept cel mai prost film ever, eh, nu e chiar asa, dar si Schumacher si-a cerut scuze pentru el in mod public, nemaivorbind de Clooney, a carui cariera a lansat-o !). Ideea e ca badguy-yul trebuia sa fie Nicolas Cage, ca Scarecrow, o alegere perfecta avind in vedere cariera ulteriora a lui Cage :). Dar sa nu uitam ca atunci el era proaspat laureat Oscar si proaspat action hero (Con Air, Face/Off) ! Si producatorii gasisera si un mod de a-l reinvia pe Joker, adica pe Jack Nicholson, intr-o halucinatie a lui Batman, provenita din gazul otravitor al Sperietoarei !

Si Harlequin ar fi fost fata Jokerului, care-l ajuta pe Scarecrow, pentru a-si razbuna tatal !
Nu vad cum ar fi fost Batman Triumphant in situatia data, mai ales daca era inca inconjurat de nincompoops-ii Robin -Chris O’Donnell si Fatgirl, pardon :) Batgirl-Alicia Silverstone...George Clooney ar fi trebuit sa fie Batman cu sfircuri pe costum, dar dezastrul lui Batman si Robin a oprit acest proiect fantasmagoric, care ar fi fost de vazut ca sa fie crezut, la fel ca avortatul proiect din epoca Superman Lives ! al lui Tim Burton, tot cu Nicolas Cage.
Articolul vine din ideea ca Joel Schumacher si cu Nic cage au facut un film impreuna ulterior, 8 MM, si au recidivat cu Trespass, care iese acum in SUA, dar limited.
Intre timp ambii au trecut prin Romania, Schumacher a facut Town Creek in 2007(barely released), iar Cage Ghost Rider 2, care iese in februarie la anul.

adevarata Melancolie a lui Lars Von Trier

in timpul festivalului de la Cannes anul asta LVT a facut niste remarci considerate naziste. Drept urmare l-au exclus pe viata din festival si expulzat de pe teritoriul Palais-ului..Francezii care l-au aparat pe Polanski nu au suportat o gluma nesarata a danezului care a zis ca-l apreciza oarecum pe Hitler, sau mai degraba ca-l intelege...azi LVT a dat o declaratie care a aparut pe situl revistei Empire:

"Today at 2pm I was questioned by the Police of North Zealand in connection with charges made by the prosecution of Grasse in France from August 2011 regarding a possible violation of prohibition in French law against justification of war crimes."

"The investigation covers comments made during the press conference in Cannes in May 2011. Due to these serious accusations I have realized that I do not possess the skills to express myself unequivocally and I have therefore decided from this day forth to refrain from all public statements and interviews."

Lars von Trier

Avedøre, 5. October 2011

Vera Framiga in CTTM (Closer To The Moon)

Alice (Vera), alaturi de tinarul Virgil (Harry Lloyd) !


si Vera la conferinta de presa din platou, intre Tim Plester si Nae Caranfil !
filmul lui Nae, Closer To The Moon, se filmeaza pina in noiembrie in Bucuresti !