John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell
#0John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:29pmDoes he break your heart in Hedwig?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#1re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:34pmI loved him in those Timex commercials.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#2re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:43pmI am in love with this man.
I starred in a short film called Magnetic Personality. Check it out!
#3re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:44pmI'm not up on things with him so much. How can he top Hedwig? Is it possible?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#4re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:47pmGlebb, I saw that film and I'm pretty sure Michael Pitt topped Hedwig.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#5re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:48pmTakes one to know one, huh?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#6re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 7:49pm
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#7re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 10:09pmComing up for JCM...his newest film, the blatantly erotic film comedy, "Shortbus." Does ANYone have ANY information about this??? I'm excited! Boiiing!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#8re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 10:18pm
Oh! Answered my own query:
John Cameron Mitchell wants cash to make 'Shortbus' real sex comedy
John Cameron Mitchell, the creator and star of the drag hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," wants your money to make a comedy with real live sex taking place on camera. "The purpose of pornography is to arouse, whereas here," he said, "the priority is the emotional life of the characters. Sex," says Mitchell, "has been cheapened by porn." After a year and a half of rehearsals, having raised $60,000 from friends and supporters including music star Moby, Mitchell is out to raise the remainder of $2 million, but funders keep turning him down. "They really want to see it made, but they don't know how they can successfully market such a sexually explicit film, and one without a rating," he said. The working title of Mitchell's film is "Shortbus," from the name of a salon where the characters meet to give readings and performances - and sometimes to have public sex. It's actually modeled on real-life salons in Downtown Manhattan.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
cabarethed
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#9re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/9/04 at 11:11pm
I'll never forget when the movie was first being discussed, JCM said he wanted the tagline to be, "I laughed..I cried..I came." Can I say that here?
LOVE LOVE LOVE this man. There are few geniuses out there, but I do believe he's among them. I'm seeing him in the 3rd Kushner reading where he plays Laura Bush-- very excited!!
#11re: John Cameron Mitchell
Posted: 10/10/04 at 8:38pmSee, if I was a millionaire, this is the kind of stuff I would be funding... why shouldn't they be able to market a dramatic comedy with incredible acting, a great script and real sex? What's the big deal? It's life. I would not support it if I felt the final cut did not have the acting up to par and able to compete with the sex, or if I felt the sex was too blatant to be looked upon by most as romantic or tasteful. It doesn't even have to be romantic. If we're trying to reflect real life, sex isn't always about romance. Provided the story and situation support the sex and not the other way around I think it's a very good idea.
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