Thursday, July 31st, 2003
Thursday, July 31st, 2003
I've added a link to "Catching Movies With Denzel Washington and Jonathan Demme". This is an article from DGA Magazine, covering a Q&A between Denzel Washington and Jonathan Demme, after a screening of Antwone Fisher.
In an interview with iofilm, Denzel Washington described the process of working with Jonathan Demme:
"He created an environment on the set that you just felt like you could fly, if need be. I remember one day we were shooting a scene in the courtroom, and I had to make this big speech, and I just ran up to the podium, just cartwheeled back, and Jonathan was like, okay, okay, maybe that’s an idea. Like, I know we are not going to use that, but he gave me that freedom. On Antwone, I was working with very young actors that didn’t have a lot of experience, so I wanted to make sure that they felt comfortable, and that they could feel like they could fail. It’s not an exact science, and we would improvise a lot. I also think I know a thing or two about acting, so I was able to share that with them. I think that’s also another one of the good reasons I chose to do this film because I knew it was a performance film, which is my strength."
According to the internet movie database, shooting of The Manchurian Candidate has been postponed from August to September.
Next update: two new articles about The Silence of the Lambs.
I've added a foreign Stop Making Sense poster to the Posters section, thanks to site reader Joe Swanberg of filmbrats.com. You can find this poster and other foreign Stop Making Sense memorabilia, at Kinetique.
Fans of Fighting Mad and its co-star Lynn Lowry should take a look at Blue Underground's excellent new DVD of George A. Romero's The Crazies. The DVD features an interview with Lowry. Although she doesn't mention Fighting Mad, she discusses most of her acting career, leading up to that film.
Next update: more on The Manchurian Candidate.
Jonathan Demme is no longer attached to direct the film version of Patrick McGrath's novel, Asylum. As a result, the production has scaled back and Paramount Classics is now producing, instead of Paramount Pictures. The new director is David Mackenzie.
Coming soon: an article about Jonathan Demme, by a long-time friend.
