tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post8062017437101916773..comments2024-01-03T09:45:22.238-05:00Comments on GyllenBabble: You make it beautifulUltraViolethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067526049573049270noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-19642613955277872592017-05-16T01:24:04.374-04:002017-05-16T01:24:04.374-04:00Okay, with Cannes coming up this week, I've fi...Okay, with Cannes coming up this week, I've finally made a new post. Thanks to all for all the news and comments!UltraViolethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067526049573049270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-84649939437251720342017-05-15T13:20:56.191-04:002017-05-15T13:20:56.191-04:00IndyStar: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal and the man he por...<a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/05/15/gyllenhaal-indianapolis-speedway-indycar-bauman-stronger-boston-marathon/322153001/" rel="nofollow">IndyStar</a>: <i>Actor Jake Gyllenhaal and the man he portrays in an upcoming Boston Marathon bombing film will wave the green flag at this year's Indianapolis 500. The 101st Running of the Indy 500 is scheduled for noon May 28.</i>Hagennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-17490361681815296832017-05-14T18:44:36.924-04:002017-05-14T18:44:36.924-04:00Just wanted to wish everyone here who nurtures oth...Just wanted to wish everyone here who nurtures others, a very happy Mother's day! : )bobbyannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-34595426975111929342017-05-12T17:44:34.731-04:002017-05-12T17:44:34.731-04:00Ohhh! This is great news....it sounds "Ripley...Ohhh! This is great news....it sounds "Ripley-ish." : )bobbyannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-83908782180933330632017-05-12T15:16:55.325-04:002017-05-12T15:16:55.325-04:00Apparently the (working) title is "Rio":...Apparently the (working) title is "Rio": <i>The film follows a financial reporter (Gyllenhaal) who travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit a wealthy friend (Cumberbatch), only to get sucked into a plot to fake his friend’s death</i> (<a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/benedict-cumberbatch-jake-gyllenhaal-movie-rio-1202424722/" rel="nofollow">Variety</a>).<br /><br />Sounds good. :-)Hagennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-1814361834069541962017-05-12T13:03:35.734-04:002017-05-12T13:03:35.734-04:00Yay!!! He's connected to Luca, since he thanke...Yay!!! He's connected to Luca, since he thanked him in A Bigger Splash.<br /><br />Very very exciting!Mauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-79699314336972348192017-05-12T11:59:49.775-04:002017-05-12T11:59:49.775-04:00http://deadline.com/2017/05/benedict-cumberbatch-j...http://deadline.com/2017/05/benedict-cumberbatch-jake-gyllenhaal-luca-guadagnino-steven-knight-thriller-studiocanal-1202091542/<br /><br />"EXCLUSIVE: Coming off festival hit Call Me By Your Name, and the upcoming Suspiria remake, Italian helmer Luca Guadagnino is prepping to direct an untitled thriller penned by Steven Knight. I hear Oscar nominees Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal are being courted to star in the project and have discussed with the director. Studiocanal would fully finance with a shooting start eyed for early 2018."<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-6588773756078971002017-05-12T03:43:05.587-04:002017-05-12T03:43:05.587-04:00Hi BlueJean,
I have to admit that subtitles reall...Hi BlueJean,<br /><br />I have to admit that subtitles really distract me, but in case Demolition really shouldn´t get released anywhere else in Europe, I will go for the Dutch DVD.<br />Thank you for reminding me, I had forgotten about this option!Diananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-55962448894134693792017-05-11T14:08:59.672-04:002017-05-11T14:08:59.672-04:00"I am still hoping Demolition does get releas...<i>"I am still hoping Demolition does get released on DVD over here, it´s a very personal movie to me and I´d love to have it on DVD..."</i><br /><br />Diana, it was released on DVD in the Netherlands (where I live) and Belgium. I believe you are in Germany?<br /><br />One seller in the UK is selling (Dutch) copies on eBay. It plays in English of course, but you'll be stuck with Dutch subtitles which can't be turned off... What a great way to learn Dutch, eh?! ;)<br /><br />Watched NA on DVD yesterday. First time I saw it since December. Had forgotten how good it was.<br /><br />Hope everyone here is OK! :)BlueJeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-19192913296668987112017-05-11T10:32:51.492-04:002017-05-11T10:32:51.492-04:00Anon at 8:42 am, I can see your point and I agree ...Anon at 8:42 am, I can see your point and I agree with you that the way people watch movies is changing. Sadly, I have to say, because with small theaters dying or only showing popcorn cinema we loose the chance to see a lot of really interesting movies on a big screen. We used to have quite some small theaters that only screened small/independent movies, but they are extremely rare these days. Plus, there is no way that my home cinema could ever be nearly as good as the "real deal". Except I spend a REAL fortune on screen and sound system. Hardly anyone can afford that.<br /><br />I am a little spoiled here because we have small independent theaters here (one of them has one of the best sound systems nationwide), and the theater chains can clearly NOT put up with them. I like the smaller theaters anyway.<br /><br />But on the other side, they have to survive, too. My favorite theater, for example, didn´t screen Demolition because the owner was worried it wouldn´t draw enough people.<br /><br />In the end, before I cannot watch a movie at all because no theater would show it, I´d rather use a service like Netflix etc. I don´t like it but there obviously is no choice. As you said, times change. I have to say that I think with streaming services there might be a bigger chance for smaller/independent/art movies to find an audience. More than going to small, independent theaters. No good for some theaters, though. There are a lot of pro´s and con´s here, and only time will tell where we end up with this.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see whether Cannes really sticks to the new rules in the long run. I don´t think so. Like me, they will have to follow the market, and the future for many movies or TV series is in streaming. Like it or not.<br /><br />I´m torn. I´m not someone to desperately hold onto things being done "the old way" and I like innovative ideas. I just don´t like to be forced into a membership with monthly payments, maybe that´s why I´m more con than pro streaming services, at least for now!<br /><br />I have seen Demolition on Amazon. I could test the streaming for a month without charge and I used only that month.<br /><br />And as for having to watch movies on a computer, I have to. I´ve got a very good TV and I don´t see any sense in throwing it away. We bought it when TV´s with Bluetooth were pretty new on the market and not affordable for us at all. Our TV still works perfectly and I think we´re going to keep it as long as it does!<br /><br />I have never tried to find out how successfull a movie is/was on a streaming platform. I´m going to look into that because I really want to know what the response to Okja will be.<br /><br />My mind is still pretty much with SITPWG. With all the upcoming projects I am wondering when Jake might have the time to do another show on broadway? I am specifically thinking of "Burn This".Diananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-58471916153020989512017-05-11T08:42:40.277-04:002017-05-11T08:42:40.277-04:00Anon 11:50, the rumour of Netflix movies being kic...Anon 11:50, the rumour of Netflix movies being <b>kicked out</b> of Cannes <b>was ridiculous</b>, and theaters' guild knew it when they spread it. There have never been movies chosen by the festival committee "kicked out" later. Never in the 70 years history of Cannes. It was a bullying strategy used by FNCF to put pressure on Lescure and Fremaux. They went all the way up to the ministry of culture. In the States, people would have been up in arms for this kind of anti-democratic intervention. They partially succeeded since the committee had to change the rules for next years. Although... Netflix is producing Scorsese's next gangster saga, The Irishman, with DeNiro and Pacino. I doubt that any festival in the world, Cannes included, will deny its screening.<br /><br />Now, Netflix isn't our friend but it's definitely not the enemy. The gigantic theater chains are, though. Same theater chains that fought so hard again Netflix are the ones refusing to screen many of the Cannes movies. And when they do, they quickly replace festival films with the superheroe blockbuster du jour. And they have a ridiculous rule: movies shown in french theaters cannot be streamed on any platform (Canal+, Netflix) for 3 years! <br /><br />Same in the States: distributors release art/indie movies limitedly and, without a big publicity awards push, very few people buy tickets. Then, same theater chains and industry analists deem them failures. Take <b>Demolition</b> for example. A beautiful poetic film. With a versatile performance from Jake, who ran the whole gamut of emotions by the end of it. Released theatrically in 800 cinemas without smart publicity, practically dumped by Focus and deemed a flop. How many people saw it in theaters in USA? Since the majority of the foreign territories didn't get it at all. I saw it this year on HBO Go.<br /><br />Cinefiles love to see movies in theaters but the reality is times and people, teens especially, are changing. They aren't interested in seeing anything else than popcorn movies, tentpoles they can chew as easily as they chew snacks while talking to each other loudly and checking up their phones every 5 minutes.<br /><br />Netflix is alluring to auteurs because it gives them total creative freedom and generous budgets (big studios don't anymore). In addition, filmmakers don't have to wait for the weekend BO numbers in fear that their movie will flop and they could lose credibility. They know the movie will reach a large audience with Netflix _ 98 million subscribers in 170 territories (50 million in USA).<br /><br />As for being forced to watch movies on a computer, you don't have to. Technology allowes us to pair our big screen TV with phones, tablets, laptops through Bluetooth. The movie is projected on the TV - we don't call it home cinema for nothing.<br /><br />Disclaimer: I don't have a Netflix subscription. But I'll buy it since I want to see Okja, Duncan Jones' Mute, Scorsese's Irishman and other upcoming movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-68172759089259028662017-05-11T03:57:12.976-04:002017-05-11T03:57:12.976-04:00Anon at 11:50PM, the outcome doesn´t surprise me, ...Anon at 11:50PM, the outcome doesn´t surprise me, at least they are keeping this year´s Netflix movies in the competition. I do understand that services like Netflix are seen as an enemy to the cinemas. They are, really. But I think a festival like Cannes should be about the movies and not about the way they are presented to the public. Just my two cents.<br /><br />I prefer to watch movies in cinemas and I would love to see Okja on the big screen. Now that´s sadly not going to happen in Germany by the looks of it, and I can only watch it on my computer with Netflix, which is not very pleasant. It would be great if Netflix would do both, cinema and streaming. I have no idea how this should be organised, though.<br /><br />I am still hoping Demolition does get released on DVD over here, it´s a very personal movie to me and I´d love to have it on DVD...<br /><br />Diananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-29722534066913320072017-05-10T23:50:43.918-04:002017-05-10T23:50:43.918-04:00http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communique...http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/press-release-of-the-festival-de-cannes<br /><br />Official press release from Cannes festival concerning Netflix films shown at the festival. <br />So the rumour obviously was not ridiculous but had some substance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-19501258717475147052017-05-10T21:03:14.045-04:002017-05-10T21:03:14.045-04:00WOw anon at 5:58PM, kind of rude. I also read twe...WOw anon at 5:58PM, kind of rude. I also read tweets of Jake in LA, hope it's true because it usually means new work or more deals when Jake is spotted in LA.<br /><br />And AW is not always right, that board is as vile as Donald Trump. Thank you Anon at 2:39PM even if you may be incorrect, I don't expect you to troll Jake's whereabouts on the internet 24/7. That would be creepy.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-76161210246950871842017-05-10T17:58:57.858-04:002017-05-10T17:58:57.858-04:00"Okja will be closing Cannes"
Wrong. Ok..."Okja will be closing Cannes"<br /><br />Wrong. Okja will be closing Sydney film Festival in June. Cannes schedule will be released soon but according to AW poster it'll apparently be screened Friday 19 May. Cannes closes Sunday 28 May.<br /><br />"Also, Jake has been spotted in LA"<br /><br />NO. He's been photographed and spotted in NY all week. Few days ago in a restaurant with Ryan and Blake, two days ago strolling, yesterday on the subway.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-23085772615970049742017-05-10T17:11:52.082-04:002017-05-10T17:11:52.082-04:00He wasn't.He wasn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-51394790413371037972017-05-10T14:39:20.080-04:002017-05-10T14:39:20.080-04:00Okja will be closing Cannes.
Also, Jake has been ...Okja will be closing Cannes.<br /><br />Also, Jake has been spotted in LA. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-33451102584022988102017-05-10T06:54:30.354-04:002017-05-10T06:54:30.354-04:00Hi bobbyanna,
I couldn´t have put it any better! ...Hi bobbyanna,<br /><br />I couldn´t have put it any better! That´s what it felt like for me, too, when I saw SITPWG. But it feels like that with every movie I see Jake in, but on stage it´s so much more intense.<br /><br />It defines the quality of an actor´s work to me when the character that an actor plays is the only one you see. That´s where - in my opinion - the pre-production work (research, rehearsal etc.) really pays off and you can tell how good someone is in his job.Diananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-90832934921878990872017-05-09T10:04:37.858-04:002017-05-09T10:04:37.858-04:00Hi, OONP!!! I am so happy you had a chance to see ...Hi, OONP!!! I am so happy you had a chance to see the play!!! These are trying times,I wish we could clone "your boss, NP!!!!<br /><br />I agree about Tilda, Anon. She is spectacular and fearless. Very much similar to Jake.<br /><br />I hate it when it gets so quiet. But Jake must be exhausted. He transformed himself every single night and it had to be a very draining experience. When I saw that play, After the first shock of actually seeing Jake walk out onto the stage, I have to say, he stopped being Jake, and he was George...if that makes any sense. He literally had "gone away" and the character was all we saw.bobbyannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-24747734661570580032017-05-09T03:16:31.073-04:002017-05-09T03:16:31.073-04:00I remember being very surprised when I read that J...I remember being very surprised when I read that Jake was playing a role in Okja. And Tilda Swinton is something else!! I love her acting, it´s got an intensity that reminds me of Jakes´, just different. The combination of the two will be REALLY interesting.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-19319294353259394982017-05-07T10:54:09.331-04:002017-05-07T10:54:09.331-04:00I am so happy to hear that SITPWG has been filmed ...I am so happy to hear that SITPWG has been filmed and the cast recorded an album for all that did not see the show in person. What a joyfully and beautiful musical. I saw it the final week. Jake has a wonderful voice and he and Annaleigh make magic together. <br /><br />I had great seats and the theater was perfect for this production. I understand why the producers decided not to make it eligible for the Tony Awards but it really is a shame because Jake, Annaleigh would have been nominated and the would have gotten a nod for best revival.<br /><br />Office of Nancy Pelosinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-74891633489746863902017-05-05T19:50:33.233-04:002017-05-05T19:50:33.233-04:00No jinx - It must be good then.No jinx - It must be good then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-85511670453902529142017-05-05T17:37:26.177-04:002017-05-05T17:37:26.177-04:00Now, the rumour about Netflix movies being "k...Now, the rumour about Netflix movies being "kicked out" of Cannes is ridiculous and comes from exactly 1 shady twitter account. Movies chosen by Cannes' committee have never been kicked out. The phrasing itself shows its source: the exhibitors association, FNCF.<br /><br />But more telling is the fact that no professional media, be it Variety, THR, or any of the French outlets have even mentioned the rumour. The only place where that tweet was discussed: the awards blog a.k.a. the hate think-tank. Not even AV Club bothered to comment.<br /><br />Whether FNCF will succeed in pressuring Fremaux remains to be seen (I doubt it). But IF it happens, the movies will be screened out of competition and the controversy will make them an event.<br />For us, considering Jake has a supporting role, either scenario is good, in or out of competition.<br />For Okja and alternative venues of filmmaking, it will be a "success" in limiting creative freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-43908898927810282232017-05-05T17:22:34.086-04:002017-05-05T17:22:34.086-04:00It's not a question of Okja and the other movi...It's not a question of Okja and the other movie <b>not going</b> to Cannes. The French exhibitors are mad about Thierry Fremaux choosing 2 Netflix movies <b>in competition</b>. They're especially afraid that Okja could win Palme d'Or and not be screened in French theaters - oh, the audacity! It's also about good ol'money (taxes to be paid by Netflix).<br />They demand Fremaux to take them out of official comp. to be screened <b>off competition</b>: <i>"It will be a dramatic moment for the value of the Palme d’Or, if the film wins the Grand Prix and then is only seen on Netflix or an equivalent platform, and not in theatres, apart from in Korea. An Out of Competition screening would have been better for everyone." </i><br /><br />The response of a french producer?<br /><i>“When the FNCF accuses Cannes of selecting films without consultation, you’d think you were in North Korea. Bong Joon Ho’s film is cinema because it will have a massive release in his home country, there’s no ambiguity there. Do they stop French films showing in Venice or Berlin because they won’t get an Italian or German release? What right does the FNCF have to determine what gets shown at an international festival, given that the majority of these cinemas refuse to show most the films in Un Certain Regard and much of the Competition?”</i><br /><br />Thierry Fremaux's response? <i>“Okja” will be released theatrically in Korea and possibly in the States. <b>It’s a marvelous work of cinema, and Bong Joon-Ho is a film master</b>."</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082978304655465192.post-87023789822241876622017-05-05T14:56:47.304-04:002017-05-05T14:56:47.304-04:00I should say maybe Brad will get involved.I should say maybe Brad will get involved.Scottnoreply@blogger.com