О, Боже! Это потрясающе!
Еще один великолепный сериал по Диккенсу в обработке Эндрю Дэвиса.
Невероятно трогательная, живая, человеческая история!
Снят сериал совершенно! Музыка так вообще волшебная!
А какие персонажи, какие актеры! Я столько слез пролила!

Долго время гадала - Энди Серкис ли играет француза? У него такой здесь грим, что я даже засомневалась.
Я не знала до просмотра, что он тут играет, и долгое время гадала, и когда уже думала, что нет, увидела его имя в титрах.
Вот это конечно образ. Такая у него кошачья грация, зловещая мимика, ну он дает!

Окончательно влюбилась в мистера Дарси №2 - Мэттью Макфейдена!
Если в "Г и П" он мне просто нравился - всё таки Колина Ферта не затмить - то здесь он меня просто покорил, и для меня он всегда будет в первую очередь именно мистером Клэннемом.

Эдди Марсан такой необычный от своих прежних персонажей, такой яркий.
Отец Эми, сама Эми - да все актеры играли прекрасно!

Вот уж блин BBC какие чудесные сериалы! Обожаю!
Посмотрела все 14 серий практически разом, ибо ТАК напряженно заканчивалась каждая серия!
Я бы не знаю, чтобы я делала, ожидая серию раз в неделю.
Теперь уж определенно Диккенса читать и в ближайшее время.





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@темы: Music, BOOKS, Mickey Ryan, Photo, Andy Serkis, Сериалы, Matthew Macfadyen, Любимые фильмы, UK, ~La Vita e Bella~

На днях очень хотела посмотреть чего-нибудь костюмированного, английского ...
Пару фильмов, которые я жду пока так и не появились , и я вспомнила про этот фильм.
Видела как-то его в программе канала "Культура" и запомнила, и решила что именно его и посмотрю.
Все 15 серий я посмотрела с невероятным наслаждением. Великолепный сериал!
Замечательные знакомые & незнакомые мне актеры! Из тех кого я знаю, Джиллиан Андерсон открылась для меня совершенно в другом свете.
Вообщем, имена Чарльза Диккенса и Эндрю Дэвиса не могли не предупредить о таком восторге после просмотра. Прекрасно!

@темы: BOOKS, Gillian Anderson, Mickey Ryan, Photo, Carey Mulligan, Сериалы, UK, ~La Vita e Bella~

И снова моя дорогая  Celebrian подарила мне потрясающие аватары с Элтоном, которые я буду носить с огромным удовольствием!

@темы: Elton John, Mickey Ryan, Photo, ~La Vita e Bella~

Сегодня начались занятия по спецкурсу "Кинематограф".
Мне было очень важно, чтобы его вел хороший преподаватель. И кажется, это случилось.

Замечательная женщина, закончила ВГИК и преподает там на постоянной основе.
Главное чтобы она дала шанс и нам высказаться, и посмотрим какие задания будет давать.
За три часа она успела рассказать нам столько всего интересного, начиная с ранней истории кино.

Все имена которые прозвучали конечно знала - Люмьер, Мельез, Гриффит, Фербенкс, Линдер, Чаплин ...
Очень приятно, что она сподвигла меня и дальше узнавать про этих великих людей ...

Сегодня мы смотрели отрывок из трехчасового фильма Гриффита "Рождение нации".
Мне правда показалось, что не стоило показывать его, так как отрывок уж очень спонтанно смотрится. Даже я напрягалась. Но впечатляет, учитывая года.

А вот следующий фильм который она нам показала, это был фильм-пародия "Три мушкетера" Макса Линдера.
Мак Линдер - актер и комик, сценарист и режиссер, человек которого Чарли Чаплин в начале своей карьеры считал своим учителем. Я знал только это, и видела их совместную фотографию.
И посмотрев этот фильм, пародию на вышедший ранее эпик фильм с Дугласом Фербенксом - я поняла, почему Чарли так говорил.
Дико смешно, и несмотря на возраст картины - свежо и оригинально даже для современного зрителя.

@темы: France, РУДН, Mickey Ryan, Photo, Cinema, Charlie Chaplin, вери фанни, ~La Vita e Bella~

Это мой первый фильм с Джеймсом Дином. Впервые ощутила на себе эту магию его актерского таланта о которой столько говорили и будут.
Замечательный фильм, очень динамичный и глубокий что касается чувств и развития персонажей.
Элиа Казан стал любимым режиссером уже после двух фильмов с Брандо. Только сейчас узнала, что Казан родом из Турции.



Elia Kazan first toyed with the idea of casting Marlon Brando as Cal and Montgomery Clift as Aaron,
but at 30 and 34 years old, respectively, they were simply too old to play John Steinbeck's teenage brothers.
Ironically, the youthful-looking Paul Newman, who was one year Brando's junior, was a finalist for the part of Cal,
which eventually was played by Newman's friend James Dean. Dean was seven years younger than Newman.

James Dean and Paul Newman screen tested together for the parts of rival brothers for this movie.

Director Elia Kazan got James Dean drunk before filming the rooftop scene between Cal and Abra.

Upon being introduced to James Dean on the set, author John Steinbeck exclaimed, "Jesus Christ, he IS Cal!"

James Dean would provoke Raymond Massey off-camera so that the elder actor would hate him and he could get into character easier.
Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life" (1988), said that Raymond Massey came to despise James Dean.
Kazan did nothing to dispel the tension between the two, as it was so right for their characters in the film.

In the scene where Adam refuses to accept Cal's money, the sсript called for Cal to turn away in anger from his father.
It was James Dean's instinct to embrace him instead. This came as a surprise to Raymond Massey, who could think of nothing to do but say, "Cal! Cal!" in response.

This is the only one of the "big three" James Dean films to be released before his death.

@темы: Mickey Ryan, Photo, Cinema

И снова монстр, которого все ненавидят оказывается ранимой натурой, люблю подобное.
Снова, жутко впечатляющая картина!
Хоть и самой невесты было совсем мало ...



Boris Karloff protested against the decision to make The Monster speak, but was overruled.
Since he was required to speak in this film, Karloff was not able to remove his partial bridgework as he had done
to help give the Monster his sunken cheek appearance in the first film. That's why The Monster appears fuller of face in the sequel.

читать дальшеDirector James Whale originally did not want to do a sequel to Frankenstein.
For a time, Universal considered producing a sequel without Whale's involvement.
One possible story included an educated monster continuing Henry's research, while another chronicled Henry's creation of a death ray on the eve of a world war.
However, after 4 years of badgering by Universal, Whale agreed to do the film.

Elsa Lanchester said that her spitting, hissing performance was inspired by the swans in Regent's Park, London. "They're really very nasty creatures," she said.

"The Bride", the most obscure of Universal Studios' Classic Monsters, is on screen for less than five minutes and is the only "Classic Monster" never to have killed anyone.

Valerie Hobson, who plays Dr. Frankenstein's fiancé/bride in the film, was only 17 years old when she appeared in the film (Colin Clive, who portrayed Dr. Frankenstein, was 35.)

Jack P. Pierce altered the make-up of Frankenstein's monster from this film's predecessor to reflect that he had survived the mill fire at the end of Frankenstein with some flesh burns and with much of his hair singed off.

Elsa Lanchester was only 5'4" but for the role was placed on stilts that made her 7' tall.
The bandages were placed so tightly on her that she was unable to move and had to be carried about the studio and fed through a straw.

Not long before filming began, Colin Clive broke a leg in a horse riding accident. Consequently, most of Dr. Frankenstein's scenes were shot with him sitting.

Shot in 46 days at a cost of approximately $400,000.

Boris Karloff sweated off 20 pounds laboring in the hot costume and makeup.

Director James Whale was once derided by a disgusted audience member for laughing during a screening.

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«On the show tonight there is only one question on everyone's lips: Are you tаlking to me?»

@темы: Mickey Ryan, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, The Graham Norton Show, вери фанни

Нашла применение давно скаченного фильма - то что нужно в ночь на Хэллоуин!
Уже перед самым просмотром я ощущала на себе ауру этого классического фильма и всю его значимость.
Неповторимый стиль картин снятых в прошлом просто великолепен и уже по сути каноничен.
Шикарный кадры, удивительные декорации, грим, и конечно актеры.
Я насмотрелась на кучу фотографий со съемок фильма, перед просмотром.
И наконец увидев образ созданный Борисом Карлоффом я была поражена насколько он многообразнее и глубже чем можно подумать на первый взгляд!
Вообщем "Невеста Франкенштейна" сегодня вечером, как продолжение ...



The casting of the monster was the most difficult aspect of the casting process.
James Whale happened to spot Boris Karloff in the Universal commissary and passed him a note offering a screen-test,
which Karloff jumped at. Karloff later joked that he was offended by being viewing as such an ugly character, since on the day that Whale spotted him,
he was wearing his most elegant suit and thought he was looking handsome.

читать дальшеBoris Karloff often referred to the Frankenstein Monster as "the dear old boy".

The Monster in this film does not physically resemble Mary Shelley's character.
It was make-up artist Jack P. Pierce who came up with innovations such as the Monster's flat head, the bolts through the neck, the droopy eyelids, and the poorly-fitted suit.
Any future Frankenstein film that features any of these physical abnormalities is taking its inspiration from Pierce's make-up work.
The monster make-up design by Jack P. Pierce is under copyright to Universal through the year 2026, and licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc.

The movie's line "It's alive! It's alive!" was voted as the #49 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).

The first film to use the famous Castle Thunder sound effect.

Carl Laemmle Jr. offered James Whale a list of 30+ film adaptations he could direct and Whale picked this one.
Whale said he did so because he wanted to get away from the war pictures with which he had so far been associated.
Ironically, Whale is now, by far, best-remembered for his four horror films.

Boris Karloff was considered as such an anonymous actor by Univrsal that he was not invited to the December 6th premiere.
Boris Karloff is considered a late bloomer in Hollywood. Frankenstein premiered when he was 44 years old.

Boris Karloff offered to remove his partial bridgework as part of the monster make-up process to create the sunken cheek look.

During production there was some concern that seven-year-old Marilyn Harris,
who played Maria, the little girl thrown into the lake by the creature, would be overly frightened by the sight of Boris Karloff in costume and make-up when it came time to shoot the scene.
When the cast was assembled to travel to the location, Marilyn ran from her car directly up to Karloff, who was in full make-up and costume, took his hand and asked
"May I drive with you?" Delighted, and in typical Karloff fashion, he responded,
"Would you, darling?" She then rode to the location with "The Monster.".

In rejecting the role of the monster in 'Frankenstein' - a decision he came to deeply regret -
Bela Lugosi reportedly claimed the he was a star in his own country, and did not come to America "to be a scarecrow."

The leading character of Mary Shelley's book, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was renamed Henry because it was decided Victor would sound too "severe" and "unfriendly" to American audiences at the time.

By the time the ending of the film was changed, allowing Henry Frankenstein to live, Colin Clive was no longer available for additional scenes.
For the shot of Henry in long shot in the bedroom behind his father, he was played by another actor; tradition has long held that it was future cowboy star Robert Livingston filling in for him.

According to film historian Gregory Mank, James Whale was jealous of the attention Karloff's monster was getting during production
and took revenge by making the actor carry Colin Clive up the mountain to the mill in take after take dozens of times.
Clive felt badly for his co-star and suggested that a dummy be used.
Whale refused, and Karloff continued to have to carry Clive's six foot 154 body in succeeding takes.

The 41-year-old Karloff had physical difficulties due to moving in the padding, the back brace that was part of the costume, make-up and 13 pound lifted boots.
He badly injured his back during these scenes (and in his 2 subsequent times playing the Monster).
Back problems continued to plague Karloff throughout the remainder of his life.

In one scene, the Monster (Boris Karloff) walks through a forest and comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwing flowers into a pond.
The monster joins her in the activity but soon runs out of flowers. At a loss for something to throw into the water, he looks at Maria and moves toward her.
In all American prints of the movie, the scene ends here. But as originally filmed, the action continues to show the monster grabbing Maria,
hurling her into the lake, then departing in confusion when Maria fails to float as the flowers did.
This bit was deleted because the censors objected to the violent end of the little girl. This scene is restored in the DVD reissue.

John Huston wrote an early version of the warning speech given at the start of the film.

@темы: Mickey Ryan, Photo, Cinema

Не могу сказать ничего про этот фильм, кроме того что безмерно люблю его.
Вот если кто-то другой скажет что-нибудь я могу с ним согласиться или возразить ему.
А так мне кажется, что я понимаю его всей душой.
Смотрю его только в таком непонятном состоянии , в котором нахожусь сейчас.
Последний раз смотрела его в июле 2011 года, хм.

Всё хочу прочитать книгу, по которой снят фильм, ну и романы Вирджинии Вульф разумеется. Есть время ...



"The Hours" was the original working title of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway".

In the beginning of the movie, every house is seen to be having flowers.
Every house has a different color of flowers: red, yellow and blue - Virginia Woolf's trademark.

Nicole Kidman read all of Virginia Woolf's personal letters, and found that they gave her greater access to her character than her novels.

Julianne Moore's segment was filmed first, then Meryl Streep's, and finally Nicole Kidman's.

Meryl Streep is actually mentioned in the original novel on which the film is based.

Julianne Moore's time line was bumped up from the novel's austere 1949 setting to the more optimistic and affluent 1951, as that better served to show Laura's powerless feeling of alienation.

Much concern surrounded the portrayal of Laura Brown in the 2001 segment.
Fearing that suitable makeup couldn't make Julianne Moore look elderly, and due to scheduling conflicts, Betsy Blair was cast to play the role of Old Laura.
Scenes were filmed with Meryl Streep. However, director Stephen Daldry was so dissatisfied with the outcome that Moore was brought in much later
in "old" make-up, to re-shoot scenes with Streep. It took 6 hours to apply Moore's make-up for the scene.

Meryl Streep likes to prepare for her characters by selecting a piece of music that she listens to constantly.
Director Stephen Daldry liked her selection so much (Jessye Norman singing "Four Last Songs" by Richard Strauss) that he included it in the scene where Jeff Daniels's character visits Clarissa's apartment.

Meryl Streep decided not to re-read "Mrs. Dalloway" in preparation for the film, as she felt that her character Clarissa would have read it in college and not particularly have understood it then, much as Streep herself had done when she was at college.

Nicole Kidman loved wearing the prosthetic nose and wore it in private too, mainly as she was undergoing a divorce from Tom Cruise at the time
and was attracting a lot of paparazzi interest. Much to her delight, by wearing her fake nose out and about, she found she could easily evade the paparazzi as they didn't recognize her.

@темы: Meryl Streep, Photo, Nicole Kidman, Cinema, Accent, Любимые фильмы, Awards, / Rewatching /, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris

После прочтения книга обязательно нужно было пересмотреть фильм, так как впервые видела его пару лет назад во время своего знакомства с Делоном.
Алену прекрасно удалось передать образ Тома, даже через такую, очень уж французскую, трактовку истории.
Но тем не менее, атмосфера романа здесь была чувствовалась отлично, и фильм, действительно, стоит посмотреть.

Author Patricia Highsmith, on whose novel "Plein soleil" was based, expressed satisfaction with the film, which she called
"very beautiful to the eye and interesting for the intellect," and with Alain Delon's performance as Tom Ripley.
She was, however, disappointed with the film's ending, calling it "a terrible concession to so-called public morality."

@темы: Alain Delon, BOOKS, France, Mickey Ryan, Photo, Cinema