Posts Under Cinema Charmers Category
Can you imagine Daniel Day-Lewis dancing with Meg Ryan in the twist contest? Or arguing with Paul Calderon about the meaning of foot massages and Royale with cheese? Well, believe it or not, this is the cast that almost made it. Vincent Vega “John Travolta was at that time as cold as they get,” says Mike Simpson, Tarantino’s agent at… Read more »
Bette Davis, 11-time Oscar Best Actress nominee and winner of 2, and Joan Crawford, 3-time Oscar nominee and winner of one, shared startlingly similar life experiences. Both magnificent actresses, both indulgent in smoking, both self-conceited and rebellious enough to challenge their bosses, both blessed with an uncompromising attitude in face of adversity, both regarding the other as a “shallow mannequin”:… Read more »
When I heard that today is famous French actor Michel Piccoli‘s 87th birthday, my first reaction was “What? He’s that old?”. Then I remembered that he had a cameo in the most controversial film of the year – Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, he played the boss who only appeared very briefly in a limousine scene, it was hard to recognize him if… Read more »
Today marks the 80th birthday of the legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who was most famously known as the leading man of Akira Kurosawa’s late films like Ran and Kagemusha. Unlike another well-known Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, who was criticized as “only being able to act Samurai well”, Nakadai has a wider range in his performances. Very similar to Marcello Mastroianni… Read more »
A little bit too late for the news but just a memorial post for this great actor Ben Gazzara.I actually don’t remember your name but your face is familiar enough for me. Ben Gazzara films I have seen: Opening Night Buffalo ’66 The Big Lebowski Dogville Paris,Je t’aime I know I must have missed some major works from him,so please let… Read more »
I recently watched 2 films starred Ingrid Bergman(one of my favorite actress),they are Gaslight and Under Capricorn. I always got the wrong impression that Gaslight is directed by Alfred Hitchcock,and I was unaware of it until I got both films mentioned above during my last dvd hunting.I know that Ingrid had only worked with Hitch three times,and I have seen… Read more »
