Here is my tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, the most beautiful woman who ever lived:
I saw the movie “National Velvet” when I was around 9 years old. I haven’t seen it since then, but I will always remember it as the movie that turned me into a devoted supporter of a woman’s right to equal opportunity.
I guess I can say that she was one of the people who influenced the entire direction of my life.
Thank you, Elizabeth Taylor for riding your horse in that movie race.
Her final gesture of control. If you can be late and not be fired, it shows a great deal of power and control over those who must wait for you. She certainly had that in spades. As one who lived my entire professional life on the clock, being late was a luxury I could never afford. I guess it’s just the difference between working stiffs and those acclaimed for beauty, talent, money or all of the above. Ah well, it is a fitting last act. Bon voyage, Liz.
OT: Neo? – I truly expect to see a post from you on Sarah Lane re: The Black Swan, and the WSJ and EW articles.
Good for Sarah Lane!
“They wanted to create this idea in people’s minds that Natalie was some kind of prodigy or so gifted in dance and really worked so hard to make herself a ballerina in a year and a half for the movie, basically because of the Oscar,” says Lane. “It is demeaning to the profession and not just to me. I’ve been doing this for 22 years…. Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you’re a movie star?”
“Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you’re a movie star?”
No, but in a few hours, if you are an actor, you can become the most accurate and deadly gunslinger the world has ever known. In fact you’re so good your gun never runs out of bullets.
That’s great!
Funny that you posted that last nite as, at same time, I was thinking how the news of her death really got lost in all the headlines betw. Libya, the President and his “working vacation,” Japan and earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear plant problems, and the numerous rebellions throughout the Middle East.
She really got short shrift by all the media. Truncated obits. a few brief announcements on air. She was one of THE great stars of the Golden Era of film, and the last of the great glamour queens of the silver screen. ‘C” celebrities get more coverage and inches in print for their obits.
Guess her timing wasn’t great, but she had enough foresight to make sure leave precise instructions to remind everyone who she really was.
I never saw the movie. Had no interest after reading Neo’s review.
Thanks to Ricki providing link to Ace’s website w/ that video from special effects studio.
Ugh! I could hardly stomach a couple minutes of that video! OMG! Yuck! I never would have made it long enough to write a review.
Kudos to you, Neo, for having enough perserverance to not walk out!
(I think I’ve walked out on one, maybe two performances of any kind in any media or live. THAT is one I am sure I would have left — RUNNING!)
This is kinda tangential, but my 21-year-old niece (moderate Dem, basically, but has voted Rep. a couple of times) sent me this video she made of the riots in Trafalgar Square:
She said, “this weekend i was in london with a couple of my american friends, & it just happened to coincide with all of the riots…and our hotel just happened to be right in Trafalgar square, which was one of the main sites of the riots. i have never experienced anything like it!!”
She’s studied abroad in France for a year, and is now in grad school in Belfast.
She told me, “I was so surprised at how much the Europeans and the Brits like America!” I said, “Yeah, most of our detractors are in the media Stateside, aren’t they?” (plant the seed….)
She also said that being in Northern Ireland with snowstorms and power outages and no heat and little food made her very grateful for all the basic comforts of Home. She loves it there, tho.
Re Sarah Lane vs. Natalie Portman: Lane gives this answer to why she didn’t ask for screen credit.
“It was all my fault really because I didn’t have a manager… When I was going to sign my contract it said on screen credit is up to the producer’s discretion. So I asked some people and I said I don’t know about this. I feel like I should have it specified in my contract how I want to be credited and everyone was like you know you’re a double so you’re already getting paid more than a principal contract. You’re already getting a good deal. So I signed the contract and I left it. I thought they would kind of take care of me because they were really encouraging and really sweet and always saying how amazing I was. They were kind of rooting me on when I would have to do shots that were really hard and almost impossible even for a professional ballet dancer.”
Csimon: I was with a couple of friends at the movie and we were going out to eat afterward. So I didn’t feel I could walk out. I also was sort of curious to find out how it was going to end. I spent a lot of time with my eyes covered, though.
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Here is my tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, the most beautiful woman who ever lived:
I saw the movie “National Velvet” when I was around 9 years old. I haven’t seen it since then, but I will always remember it as the movie that turned me into a devoted supporter of a woman’s right to equal opportunity.
I guess I can say that she was one of the people who influenced the entire direction of my life.
Thank you, Elizabeth Taylor for riding your horse in that movie race.
Her final gesture of control. If you can be late and not be fired, it shows a great deal of power and control over those who must wait for you. She certainly had that in spades. As one who lived my entire professional life on the clock, being late was a luxury I could never afford. I guess it’s just the difference between working stiffs and those acclaimed for beauty, talent, money or all of the above. Ah well, it is a fitting last act. Bon voyage, Liz.
OT: Neo? – I truly expect to see a post from you on Sarah Lane re: The Black Swan, and the WSJ and EW articles.
Good for Sarah Lane!
“They wanted to create this idea in people’s minds that Natalie was some kind of prodigy or so gifted in dance and really worked so hard to make herself a ballerina in a year and a half for the movie, basically because of the Oscar,” says Lane. “It is demeaning to the profession and not just to me. I’ve been doing this for 22 years…. Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you’re a movie star?”
Ace is horning in on your turf, neo. 🙂
“Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you’re a movie star?”
No, but in a few hours, if you are an actor, you can become the most accurate and deadly gunslinger the world has ever known. In fact you’re so good your gun never runs out of bullets.
That’s great!
Funny that you posted that last nite as, at same time, I was thinking how the news of her death really got lost in all the headlines betw. Libya, the President and his “working vacation,” Japan and earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear plant problems, and the numerous rebellions throughout the Middle East.
She really got short shrift by all the media. Truncated obits. a few brief announcements on air. She was one of THE great stars of the Golden Era of film, and the last of the great glamour queens of the silver screen. ‘C” celebrities get more coverage and inches in print for their obits.
Guess her timing wasn’t great, but she had enough foresight to make sure leave precise instructions to remind everyone who she really was.
I never saw the movie. Had no interest after reading Neo’s review.
Thanks to Ricki providing link to Ace’s website w/ that video from special effects studio.
Ugh! I could hardly stomach a couple minutes of that video! OMG! Yuck! I never would have made it long enough to write a review.
Kudos to you, Neo, for having enough perserverance to not walk out!
(I think I’ve walked out on one, maybe two performances of any kind in any media or live. THAT is one I am sure I would have left — RUNNING!)
This is kinda tangential, but my 21-year-old niece (moderate Dem, basically, but has voted Rep. a couple of times) sent me this video she made of the riots in Trafalgar Square:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnAXjW5N8Co
She said, “this weekend i was in london with a couple of my american friends, & it just happened to coincide with all of the riots…and our hotel just happened to be right in Trafalgar square, which was one of the main sites of the riots. i have never experienced anything like it!!”
She’s studied abroad in France for a year, and is now in grad school in Belfast.
She told me, “I was so surprised at how much the Europeans and the Brits like America!” I said, “Yeah, most of our detractors are in the media Stateside, aren’t they?” (plant the seed….)
She also said that being in Northern Ireland with snowstorms and power outages and no heat and little food made her very grateful for all the basic comforts of Home. She loves it there, tho.
Re Sarah Lane vs. Natalie Portman: Lane gives this answer to why she didn’t ask for screen credit.
“It was all my fault really because I didn’t have a manager… When I was going to sign my contract it said on screen credit is up to the producer’s discretion. So I asked some people and I said I don’t know about this. I feel like I should have it specified in my contract how I want to be credited and everyone was like you know you’re a double so you’re already getting paid more than a principal contract. You’re already getting a good deal. So I signed the contract and I left it. I thought they would kind of take care of me because they were really encouraging and really sweet and always saying how amazing I was. They were kind of rooting me on when I would have to do shots that were really hard and almost impossible even for a professional ballet dancer.”
Csimon: I was with a couple of friends at the movie and we were going out to eat afterward. So I didn’t feel I could walk out. I also was sort of curious to find out how it was going to end. I spent a lot of time with my eyes covered, though.