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(let me know what Johnny says, amateurist)
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
Here is the latest script that has been offered to me. Please inform me Classic or Dud within the next seven days.
Yours,
J. Depp
― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:12 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.monesi.com/sergio/movies/feb99/fearlasvegas3.jpg
NED DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT ED WOOD BULLSHIT.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:14 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:15 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:21 (twenty years ago) link
i mean it's serviceable, it moves the story along, but it's totally overdetermined. this style is fine for character actors, and in fact preferable for small partswe don't want the will, vulnerability, and relaxed humanity of the cab-driver to distract us too much from the scenic goals of our protagonist, for instance, we want him to do that cab driver thing he does so we can get on with the storywhich is why I really think Depp is a very good character actor stuck inside the cheekbones of a leading man.
It was perfect for "Fear and Loathing" because Hunter S. Thompson has neither vulnerability nor humanity.
(I think Sweet and Lowdown was something of a one-off for Penn, he usually doesn't lose himself like that. I bet he shudders when he sees it.)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
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― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:28 (twenty years ago) link
How can you say that Ed Wood's "will" was lost in the role Tracer? That performance was all will!
But I thought Sean Penn was great in Sweet and Lowdown. I don't think that the depiction of a certain particular kind of humanity is neccessary for a movie; naturalistic acting is of course just as much of a style as Depp's mannered approach.
― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
Not enough people up in here are talking about his performance in Fear and Loathing which I must say was totally righteous and wonderful (as someone who's witnessed The Hunter Thompson Show firsthand). It probably helps that he actually, y'know, knows Hunter Thompson and has been around him and stuff. This is not an advantage he had making Sleepy Hollow.
Plus he's one of the only rock-stars-in-a-band where the band wasn't half-bad (although it helped that 2 of the 4 members came from Butthole Surfers).
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:30 (twenty years ago) link
not to be a prick but I could've sworn this was my idea.
Johnny Depp is an excellent actor. He's not my favorite though. My favorite actor is R2-D2.
― Millar (Millar), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:32 (twenty years ago) link
"Can your HEART withstand the shocking facts about...GRAVE ROBBERS FROM OUTER SPACE?"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
Still haven't seen From Hell yet, though....
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:36 (twenty years ago) link
Ned: Can you prove that it DIDN'T happen?!
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:37 (twenty years ago) link
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― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
I feel asleep in From Hell too (at home).
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:42 (twenty years ago) link
I agree, but I prefer it because I think it produces more open-ended, less determined results.
I'll admit I find Depp fascinating, because of his narcissism, which he never seems comfortable with. He goes out of his face to efface "himself" (whatever that is; if you watch an interview with him he's lost in his own haze to the point of being bad-mannered). He loads up on tics and extraordinary makeup, it's like self-flagellation. Thats why DiCaprio will never be Depp: DiCaprio is totally at ease with his own self-regard.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
Actually, Ally, I think I got the Tom=HST, and I certainly didn't come up with F&LNYC. It's an easy mistake to make, a simple way to tell the difference is
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― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 01:01 (twenty years ago) link
The photo is from when we got 40s and went to the park. Because that definitely happened.
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