March 07, 2006

Here we are...entertain us

You have to respect Sir Anthony Hopkins. Today comes an article from This is London where he hits out at Hollywood for making "condescending" films...

The Hollywood star's latest film, The World's Fastest Indian, is a true story about a New Zealander motorcyclist who broke the land speed record.

Sir Anthony said of the movie: "No sex or violence, and that's refreshing.

"I'm also tired of the camera moving all over the place, with car chases so cut and edited you don't know what's happening.

"It's condescending. Audiences aren't so mindless as movie-makers think."

He added: "If you look at The Shining or Fargo, they photograph it and let actors tell a story. That's the old-fashioned way. I hope it comes back."

Exactly. And speaking to what I mentioned yesterday regarding the reason I didn't watch the Oscars...

"I can't get caught up in the self-importance. People bow to your every wish and you forget where you come from and what you're doing," he told the magazine.

"I recently worked with two actors who wouldn't come out of their trailers for some reason.

"Can you figure that out? It's insanity. Or they complain because their trailers aren't big enough.

"Bulls***. It's a job, like any other, so don't make a big deal. Be polite, treat the crew with respect and don't think you're different.

I've been wanting to see his latest film, The World's Fastest Indian, and I just found out on Sunday that it is playing at Regal Green Hills cinema here in Nashville. It looks like a nice, non-violent, zero-sex movie that simply tells a story. It's apparently an art form that's been mostly lost.

Two weeks ago I went to the Belcourt Theatre to watch Lawrence of Arabia. Now there's a movie that tells a story. It's like watching a series of beautiful pictures with the wide-open expanse of the desert while the actors tell their story with such eloquence.

Eloquence...that's what's missing. Eloquence and class. Would America even know what that was anymore though?

Here we are...entertain us...while the world falls apart around us.

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He's always saying that. And I agree that he's right. But after he said he was through with acting in Hollywood 6 years ago, only to turn up in some of the crappiest movies ever, I don't pay him much mind.

Posted by: brittney at March 7, 2006 02:21 PM

im a Anthony Hopkins lookalike and get feed up with the Hannibal thing so keep making good old fashion movies Tony .
What ever happened to the Remains of the day films and and such like lets here some real stories in films>> Go Tony Go keep it up mate ya my Hero

Posted by: frank Powell at March 11, 2006 08:35 AM