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Showing posts with label controversy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label controversy. Show all posts
Thursday, August 18, 2011
The Daily Show spoofs The Help...
Not exactly important entertainment or Oscar news, but still a funny bit from last night's episode.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Aronofsky Dispels "Black Swan" Portman Dance Double Controversy
Via Adam Markovitz at EW: Responding to claims that "Black Swan" star Natalie Portman didn’t do the majority of her on-screen dancing in her Oscar-winning role, director Darren Aronofsky released the following statement through studio Fox Searchlight:
“Here is the reality. I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math that’s 80% Natalie Portman. What about duration? The shots that feature the double are wide shots and rarely play for longer than one second. There are two complicated longer dance sequences that we used face replacement. Even so, if we were judging by time over 90% would be Natalie Portman...
More from Aronofsky after the cut...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Has Miral run into a bit of trouble regarding its U.N. screening?
Apparently, according to The Hollywood Reporter:The American Jewish Committee has called upon the president of the U.N.General Assembly to reconsider his decision to sponsor a screening of Julian Schnabel’s new movie Miral at the U.N. on Monday night.
In a letter sent to General Assembly president Joseph Deiss on Friday, AJC executive director David Harris accused the movie, about a young Palestinian woman growing up in Jerusalem, of portraying Israel “in a highly negative light,” calling it “blatantly one-sided.”But the film-makers quickly rejected that interpretation of the film in statements issued by the Weinstein Co., which is releasing the film on Friday.
“As a Jewish American, I can categorically state that I would not be releasing a film that was flagrantly biased towards Israel or Judaism,”Harvey Weinstein said.
Schnabel, who shot the film in Jerusalem, said, “I love the State of Israel. I believe in it, and my film is about preserving it, not hurting it.
Understanding is part of the Jewish way and Jewish people are supposed to be good listeners. But if we don’t listen to the other side, we can never have peace.”
Screenwriter Rula Jebreal, who adapted her own autobiographical novel, said that, “Miral is a story about human beings -- Palestinian, Israeli, Muslim, Jewish and Christian -- and it explores how we all react differently to the violence around us, whether physical, emotional, political or otherwise. It is a film about love, education, understanding, and peace. That seems like a good thing to show at the United Nations.”
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