All Shall Love Me and Despair

Aha! That actress I'd noticed in the last segment of Paris je t'aime but couldn't remember where I knew her from? She's called Margo Martindale, and I saw her in the pilot (and a later episode) of Medium, and also in Joaquin Phoenix' film It's All About Love. :)


Sweeeeeeet - OK on the one hand I wish I could get into the Press Access Area for Living 'til the End and download the pictures they have in there - but the production notes at least are available freely! I love what they write about Sean:

Jack was the unknown component. “I knew who he was on paper, that he had
dark curls and an insecure smile, but I didn’t know who he was in real life,”
recalls Goodwin. After auditioning many actors for the role, Sean Maher was
brought in, bringing with him a smooth sensitivity which moved him to the short
list. “After he read, my casting directors and I knew he was Jack. There was this
defenselessness about Sean which balances the fact that he is both handsome
and masculine. ( Cut for spoilers )

Goodwin remembers the final call backs of the seven actors, who all read with
Jaime, “There was this unmistakable chemistry between Sean and Jaime, which
locked my decision. The physical composition was obvious. But, projecting the
character’s relationship, one could sense an emotional division between them
that would eventually dissolve. Jack and Audrey internally battle each other
throughout the story and one could witness the inherent dynamics between the
two actors right there in front of us.”
( Another cut for more spoilers )

And having read these notes, things make more sense now than just after reading the short synopsys and watching the trailer. Is it January yet?! *craves DVD* I guess I'll just have to watch the trailer again, for the umpteenth time...

nickeyb and I had a good time yesterday at Collectormania 10! Got to see David Wenham, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace and Sam Anderson, who were all lovely. Too bad they didn't allow posed pictures with Daisy! But it was fun, and we were lucky to run into salwood and patsie at the Costa's before they went on their respective ways home. Couldn't see trianne anywhere unfortunately, and found out when we got home that her car had broken down 10 minutes into the journey to Milton Keynes! :( At least there's still RingCon though! Sorry kneonlight and Mrs. Kneonlight for the change in program - would have loved to see you two again! But who knows, maybe at another Collectormania or Serenity: Infinity... :)

I found an adorable little doll of Gizmo (from the Gremlins) at one merchandise stall, and since I had wanted one since the first film came out, I of course had to take him home with me. *g* One stall also had dirt cheap complete trading card sets (£2.50 and £3.00 mostly) so I got the Lost: Revelations, Firefly and Serenity sets. nickeyb did some successful clothes shopping at the mall, so an overall good day was had despite it being tiring. :)

Today nickeyb is at a roleplaying event which she'd booked for a while, so she left a short while ago and won't be home until late evening, which gives me time to sort through and pack my stuff, do some more revision etc. It's hard to believe that tomorrow I'll already be flying home again - this holiday certainly has proven again that time flies when you're having fun! At least I still have another week before I have to get back to work, but it will be filled with revision for my exam on 10th October. Eeek! If I'm lucky and the arthouse cinema that currently is showing Paris je t'aime in Zurich keeps it on for another week, ( cut for rambling about cinema times etc. )

*yawns* Right, time for a bite...

bunniewabbit kindly pointed out these scans about Elijah's segment in Paris je t'aime - which contain MAJOR SPOILERS both in pictures and (French) text. Of course if you already read the spoiler I posted not too long ago, these scans will just be visual confirmation of that. omfg bring on September! *fans self*

For those interested, here's the translation of the parts in italics, which are outlining the segment. (The rest of the text is about the arrondissement itself.) My French is quite rusty, so corrections are welcome!

( cut for major spoilers )


One bit of non-spoilery information I can give you is that Elijah's character is called David. And I do believe these scans are from a guidebook to the film locations, which seems to be available in France: paperback, hardcover.

Whooohoooo, Senator Film picked up Paris je t'aime for Germany!

From a Hollywood Reporter article about their deals in Cannes:

The group also picked up a couple of festival titles, including the Un Certain Regard opener "Paris je t'aime" and Richard Linklater's In Competition entry "Fast Food Nation."

Guess it's looking good for it coming to Switzerland too then! *crosses fingers tightly*

OMG!!!!! It's already listed for Swiss release on 21 September!!!!! *bounce bounce bounce* Of course that's when I've thought to go to the UK (Serenity Squared is the weekend before IIRC), but maybe it'll (still) be in cinemas over there at that point, or then it's on in Switzerland long enough so I can go see it when I get back... *crossing fingers*


And I hope that during lunch break I can start watching the Lost Season 2 finale... eeeeep!

Haven't seen this mentioned on my flist yet... A clip of Lij on French Canal+ TV show "Au Coeur de Cannes" - he's in the 3eme partie on Vendredi 19 mai (which was the day it opened to for me). You can hear Lij speak a little French, but of course when he speaks English, the live translation is dubbed over him talking. He says that The Passenger is coming up pretty soon - better grow back that hair quickly then! ;)

Saw some people on my flist complaining about LJ going to Richtext automatically when they make a new entry - elanorgardner pointed out this entry in the lj_support community dealing with that problem. Sheesh...

Dom on Craig Ferguson tonight, for the Americans on my flist.

bunniewabbit has found pics of Elijah in Cannes. He's wearing the black, slightly transparent Hooligans London screening shirt, AGAIN with a t-shirt/undershirt underneath, tsk. Boy, we want to see you wear it WITHOUT the undershirt!!! *goes all unnecessary for a moment at the image* That's your fault, dutch_eowyn! *cough* Um, oh yes, and bunnie has links to some videos too. On the top of the one page there's a banner for Hooligans, opening May 31st in French cinemas, yay! :D

Argh, want to icon some of those pics but I am way too knackered and need to crawl off to bed now that I've finished perusing my flist... hope I get around to replying to comments tomorrow.

Nighty night!