More new fan pics of Rob signing for fans at the premiere and outside the Bel Ami press conference. Thanks to StellaPattz.
ETA: Added one more (second pic) Source
More new fan pics of Rob signing for fans at the premiere and outside the Bel Ami press conference. Thanks to StellaPattz.
ETA: Added one more (second pic) Source
A few more fan pictures of Rob from outside the Bel Ami Press conference, plus 1 from the premiere. Thanks to NataliaKiS
Reviews of Bel Ami from JDIFF. Possible spoilers so the majority is posted after the jump.
I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised by Bel Ami, the first film from theatrical veterans Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod. It’s a classy little period drama that doesn’t necessarily redefine the genre, but instead stands as a worth addition to the canon. In a way, it seems like a more lavish BBC adaptation, which is quite a compliment when it comes to period drama. I don’t know if actor Robert Pattinson will necessarily find life after Twilight, but I imagine he will find a niche if he chooses his next couple of roles as carefully as he chose this one.
In many ways, Pattinson’s casting here reminds me of Daniel Radcliffe’s work on Woman in Black. Both men are currently trying to escape the shadow of monumental movie franchises, yet still trying to find roles that play to their strengths. Radcliffe’s transition from Harry Potter to Hammer House of Horror was a deft move, playing to many of the same strengths and yet distinguishing him from those family-friendly films. Pattinson does something similar here, playing to the same core archetype in a more mature setting.
At 1:55: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod talk about the movie, Rob’s character and more at the ‘Bel Ami’ screening at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
From the Official Bel Ami UK Facebook Fan Page. Head over there for more pics with other cast members. Click for bigger.
Rob, Dieter Kosslick (festival’s director) and Christina Ricci in the Berlinale VIP Club, plus more from the press conference and premiere.
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Interview from the German press junket. Translation of the dubbing:
Nick: It’s a wonderful story about a young man with barely any talent but who makes his way towards the French society in the 1890s.
Declan: He is a mini shark in a world of sharks. He’s learning to swim with them until he gets to become the biggest one. I thought it was an interesting modern parable.
Nick: It’s about a press that invents stories and that’s exactly what happens in …. situation in Britain today.
Declan: But at that time phone tappings didn’t exist.
Christina: Well, he’s seducing them and one of the ways of doing that is to give them what they want.
Declan: These women are all quite happy married in a way which is interesting. But they’re ready to do everything for/when it comes to sex which is something that is more male oriented, like we have many many very famous instances recently.
Declan: You hear all lot about women getting undone and ready to abandon everything because they’re irreparably attracted by a man who’s pretty much worthless. It’s intriguing and scary to see people being self-destructed because of this.
Declan: He mirrors what those women want to hear in the dinner scene. He’s waiting to hear what they’re going to say and then he replies what they want to hear. They think that they charm him and he’s charming back at them.