#26
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:04am
And I won't go if "Unusual Way" is cut!!
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#27
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:04am
There must be a Saraghina. There just MUST be.
And I yearn for Aida Turturro to play her.
And I yearn for Aida Turturro to play her.
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#28
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:11am
I was hoping for Sara Ramirez, but Turturro is a great idea as well.
Jewishboy, the article posted says that Kidman will be singing two duets with Lewis. I'm sure they are referring to the "A Man Like You"/"Unusual Way" sequence.
Jewishboy, the article posted says that Kidman will be singing two duets with Lewis. I'm sure they are referring to the "A Man Like You"/"Unusual Way" sequence.
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#29
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:20am
Can Aida Turturro carry a tune?
#30
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:24am
"Can Aida Turturro carry a tune?"
Could Richard Gere?
Could Richard Gere?
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#32
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:38am
How are they apples and oranges?
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#33
Posted: 7/8/08 at 11:41am
Turturro was in CHICAGO on Broadway. I heard some pretty good things about her.
Saraghina's range is very close to that of Mama Morton. I think she could pull it off...especially with a studio that can fix any slight imperfections in her singing (if there are any).
Saraghina's range is very close to that of Mama Morton. I think she could pull it off...especially with a studio that can fix any slight imperfections in her singing (if there are any).
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#34
Posted: 7/8/08 at 12:37pm
I'm disheartened that people here can't tell the difference between "carrying a tune" and "singing."
Richard Gere SANG in Chicago. He nailed those numbers, and belted them to the rafters.
Catherine Zeta-Jones SANG in Chicago. She was brilliant too, in all respects.
Helena Bonham-Carter CARRIED A TUNE in Sweeney. She hit the notes. Nothing more, nothing less. Her acting was great though.
Johnny Depp and Rene Zellweger landed somewhere in between "singing" and "carrying a tune." They were both fine with the vocals, though.
Why is this so hard to figure out, or to delineate? A performer who navigates simply through a song, landing 'respectably" on the notes vs. someone who actually shows some skill, vocal prowess and talent when they sing.
Oy!
Ray--I thought the same thing at first, that this new "Cinema Italiano" number would replace "Follies Bergeres." The fact that it doesn't makes me wonder if the film is going to be production-number-tangent-heavy, taking away from the people and the story.
It sounds like Marshall wants to keep it very "sexy" though, and there's nothing like the eye candy of long-legged, scantily-clad, beautiful women parading around on the screen to get the straight guys into the theatre. It sure worked for Chicago. And I think he's right on target there. I just worry about the structure of the film being weird or a tad over-blown. Are they going to cut the "Grand Canal" stuff, or will that be yet another giant production number with long-legged women?
Bottom line: I trust him. And I'm looking forward to seeing how his "Nine" turns out.
Richard Gere SANG in Chicago. He nailed those numbers, and belted them to the rafters.
Catherine Zeta-Jones SANG in Chicago. She was brilliant too, in all respects.
Helena Bonham-Carter CARRIED A TUNE in Sweeney. She hit the notes. Nothing more, nothing less. Her acting was great though.
Johnny Depp and Rene Zellweger landed somewhere in between "singing" and "carrying a tune." They were both fine with the vocals, though.
Why is this so hard to figure out, or to delineate? A performer who navigates simply through a song, landing 'respectably" on the notes vs. someone who actually shows some skill, vocal prowess and talent when they sing.
Oy!
Ray--I thought the same thing at first, that this new "Cinema Italiano" number would replace "Follies Bergeres." The fact that it doesn't makes me wonder if the film is going to be production-number-tangent-heavy, taking away from the people and the story.
It sounds like Marshall wants to keep it very "sexy" though, and there's nothing like the eye candy of long-legged, scantily-clad, beautiful women parading around on the screen to get the straight guys into the theatre. It sure worked for Chicago. And I think he's right on target there. I just worry about the structure of the film being weird or a tad over-blown. Are they going to cut the "Grand Canal" stuff, or will that be yet another giant production number with long-legged women?
Bottom line: I trust him. And I'm looking forward to seeing how his "Nine" turns out.
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#35
Posted: 7/8/08 at 12:42pm
If those sounds that Richard Gere made in CHICAGO qualify as "singing" then the cats in the alley behind my old apartment should be at the Met doing TOSCA.
But of course, NINE is being directed by the greatest living artist in cinema today, so it can only be a life-changing masterpiece, just like his magnum opus CHICAGO.
But of course, NINE is being directed by the greatest living artist in cinema today, so it can only be a life-changing masterpiece, just like his magnum opus CHICAGO.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
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#36
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:24pm
Roscoe, you are so cute.
Besty, when I learned that "Folies Bergeres" was still in I had the same kind of thoughts. I'm a bit worried that the film will be just packed with production numbers and not really let the audience breath for a second (one of the things that detract from what could have been a great EVITA film and one of the plethora of mistakes made with that awful PHANTOM movie). I agree that it does sound like it'll make a terribly sexy movie though and while Kate Hudson may not be my idea of a Fellini-esque woman, she sure is a sexy one, and I can totally see her as an obnoxious "in vogue" journalist. Maybe she'll even be an American journalist which would make sense.
I, too, trust Marshall but I feel like our concerns are quite valid.
Oh, and Aida Turturro was in CHICAGO on Broadway, I'm sure she can sing.
Besty, when I learned that "Folies Bergeres" was still in I had the same kind of thoughts. I'm a bit worried that the film will be just packed with production numbers and not really let the audience breath for a second (one of the things that detract from what could have been a great EVITA film and one of the plethora of mistakes made with that awful PHANTOM movie). I agree that it does sound like it'll make a terribly sexy movie though and while Kate Hudson may not be my idea of a Fellini-esque woman, she sure is a sexy one, and I can totally see her as an obnoxious "in vogue" journalist. Maybe she'll even be an American journalist which would make sense.
I, too, trust Marshall but I feel like our concerns are quite valid.
Oh, and Aida Turturro was in CHICAGO on Broadway, I'm sure she can sing.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#37
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:50pm
Richard Gere was singing like that in Chicago because he was trying to copy the singing style in the 30s. If the movie was shot in B&W, his style would have fit in exactly with movies back then. Unfortunately, none of the other performers sang their songs as if they were in a 30s movie. That's why he stands out like a bad singer.
Hopefully, Daniel Day-Lewis will use his method ways and BECOME a good singer in the process.
Hopefully, Daniel Day-Lewis will use his method ways and BECOME a good singer in the process.
#38
Posted: 7/8/08 at 1:58pm
CHICAGO takes place in the 20's. Not 30's.
#40
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:33pm
I too trust Marshall. This film will be a worthy successor to his other masterworks.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#41
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:40pm
By the way, Daniel Day-Lewis can be plenty sexy...
...although he's had a "bad hair day" for the past decade.
(this last photo is great, if you're starring in the life story of Nancy Culp.)
...although he's had a "bad hair day" for the past decade.
(this last photo is great, if you're starring in the life story of Nancy Culp.)
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#42
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:43pm
Yeah, he's tasty, but the earrings have got to go.
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#43
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:45pm
Why not use Antonio Banderas? Seems he knows the material and is a known box office draw? And for those who want sexy, is certainly sexier than Lewis.
#44
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:53pm
Nicole Kidman & Penelope Cruz in the same film??? Oh, to be a fly on the wall during production...... the things they'll have to chat about
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#45
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:57pm
Day-Lewis is WAY higher on the Hollywood food chain than Banderas.
Plus, having done the role of Guido on stage to decent enough praise, and risen to the occasion successfully in the film "Evita," there is less of a curiosity factor here to have him in a movie musical.
Day-Lewis just won his second Oscar. He will star in this movie opposite last year's Best Actress winner.
That may not get the masses in to see it, but if you add these Oscar bookends to a chorus of long-legged, scantily-clad, gorgeous women, it just might do the trick. I'm sure that's what they're betting on.
Plus, having done the role of Guido on stage to decent enough praise, and risen to the occasion successfully in the film "Evita," there is less of a curiosity factor here to have him in a movie musical.
Day-Lewis just won his second Oscar. He will star in this movie opposite last year's Best Actress winner.
That may not get the masses in to see it, but if you add these Oscar bookends to a chorus of long-legged, scantily-clad, gorgeous women, it just might do the trick. I'm sure that's what they're betting on.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#46
Posted: 7/8/08 at 4:15pm
I completely forgot that Cruz was Tom Cruise's girlfriend after him and Kidman divorced... go figure.
I believe it was Besty who suggested way back when, that Marshall probably wants to keep his film as a completely different entity from the Broadway musical, hence why Banderas was not cast as Guido.
I think Day-Lewis will probably act wonders, but chances are that when I see the movie, I'll just be thinking "what would have Bardem done here?"
I believe it was Besty who suggested way back when, that Marshall probably wants to keep his film as a completely different entity from the Broadway musical, hence why Banderas was not cast as Guido.
I think Day-Lewis will probably act wonders, but chances are that when I see the movie, I'll just be thinking "what would have Bardem done here?"
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#47
Posted: 7/8/08 at 4:17pm
"I'll just be thinking "what would have Bardem done here?" "
You should be thinking "THANK GOD THAT ROB MARSHALL HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WORK OF CINEMATIC GENIUS UNTO US LUCKY AUDIENCES!! HOSANNA!!"
I mean really. Ungrateful slobs.
You should be thinking "THANK GOD THAT ROB MARSHALL HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WORK OF CINEMATIC GENIUS UNTO US LUCKY AUDIENCES!! HOSANNA!!"
I mean really. Ungrateful slobs.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#48
Posted: 7/8/08 at 4:21pm
I just pray that this is shot on-location in Italy.
And "Mamma Mia" is proof of how on-location shooting can really create a beautiful piece of visual art.
And "Mamma Mia" is proof of how on-location shooting can really create a beautiful piece of visual art.
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#49
Posted: 7/8/08 at 4:22pm
Right, because no studio-shot films are ever beautiful at all.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
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#50
Posted: 7/8/08 at 4:23pm
Way to put words in other people's mouths, Roscoe. Someone who CREATES arguements really has mental issues. Seek help.
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