Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#1Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/29/08 at 8:38am
It probably won't play within 100 miles of me, but I'm eager to see this nonetheless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMP6jQ5Txc
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/29/08 at 12:42pmThis looks great. I have been saying for years that Michelle Williams is one of the best actresses of her generation. She also did a movie with Lukas Moodysson that's coming out next year.
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~ Muhammad Ali
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#2re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/29/08 at 7:49pmJust saw the trailer for this at Film Forum in Greenwich Village and I have to say, it looks great. Thank God for the indies because most of the crap being created in Hollywood isn't worth two cents.
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#3re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/30/08 at 8:42amFriends of mine who saw this at the New York Film Festival said that it's surely one of the best films of the year and that Michelle Williams could be a major contender for Best Actress. I'm looking forward to seeing it when it opens at Film Forum next week. Old Joy, the director's previous film, is one of the best independent movies I've seen in recent memory.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#4re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/30/08 at 12:04pm
Lengthy interview with Williams
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
LionessInWinter
Broadway Star Joined: 8/23/05
#5re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/30/08 at 1:44pm
I saw it at the NYFF and this film is no way a contender for Best Picture. Even for a Spirit Award, IMO. It and she are not Oscar worthy in this project, though she did an excellent job for what it was. Maybe she'd be up for an Indie Spirit Award.
The script had a major flaw at an important turning point, IMO, and I had credibility issues with the whole premise after that.
I haven't really given much thought to what indie films could be in contention to even give an opinion on where this fits in for even Spirit Award consideration.
LionessInWinter
Broadway Star Joined: 8/23/05
#6re: Wendy and Lucy w/ Michelle Williams
Posted: 11/30/08 at 5:51pm
Borstalboy mentioned the new Lukas Moodysson film she's in....the trailer for Mammoth.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/17208/1/LUKAS-MOODYSSON039S-NEXT-TRAILER-WILL-WEAR-AWAY-YOUR-HOLIDAY-HIGH/Page1.html
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