Cronenberg and DeLillo interviews – Rob mentions are bolded and underlined. The interview is pretty spoilery so read at your own risks!
ROB’S INTERVIEW
Were you familiar with Don DeLillo’s novel?
No. But I had read some of his other novels. I first read the screenplay David Cronenberg sent me, and then the novel. One is incredibly true to the other, it is faithful in a way that seems impossible, for a novel that see med impossible to adapt. But even before reading the book, what impressed me the most about the script was the quick-paced rhythm and the unrelenting tension.
What was it about this film that appealed to you the most?
Cronenberg, obviously! I have played in only a few films, and none of them came close to what I expected working with him would be like. I wasn’t disappointed… I knew he would be very creative, and that it would be a real experience. And I was appealed by the writing of the script, like a kind of long poem. And a mysterious poem too. Usually when you read a script, you quickly know what it is about, where it is going, how it will end, even if there might be unexpected or sophisticated twists and turns in the plot. But this time it was completely different, the further I read, the less I could figure out where it was leading, and the more I wanted to be a part of it. It doesn’t fit any film genre whatsoever, it is in a league of its own.
Could sign as “always known”. This year, in version 65 of the Cannes Film Festival, filmmakers were selected again usually awarded and praised by the most important meetings of world cinema. David Cronenberg, who has participated three times in 1996 and won the special award for Crash, is one of those who first meets the eye. The Canadian is in Cosmopolis,the film based on the novel by Don DeLillo.
Cronenberg’s film was one of the most anticipated and in accordance with the images of the official trailer is a return to aesthetics and some gore from tough beginning. Robert Pattinson, the actor in the Twilight saga, this is Eric Packer, a billionaire who rides in his limousine through the streets of Manhattan while looking where to cut his hair. The film depicts the odyssey of sex, drugs and lust for one day in the life of Packer. Cosmopolisalso has starring Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti, among others.
BEL AMI – West Coast Premiere!Directed by Declan Donnellan
Writers: Rachel Bennette. Based on a book by Guy de Maupassant
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney
Runtime: 102 min
Synopsis: BEL AMI is the story of Georges Duroy, who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
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