The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
And I have promises to keep.
Miles to go before I sleep.
Did you hear me, Butterfly?
Miles to go, before you sleep.
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Miles to go before I sleep.
Did you hear me, Butterfly?
Miles to go, before you sleep.
Ain't the world an effed up place that the only thing Sydney Tamiia Poitier has on her IMDb page coming up is the Knight Rider TV show? I guess the thinking must go that she was in a movie about cars, so now she's got a shtick or something, I dunno. But really, girl deserves some prime work; I rewatched Death Proof last week and she rips into QT's dialogue like a mad woman. Ah, the curse of working with a writer-director like Tarantino - he brings the best out of everybody and everything seems to pale in future comparison. Who else has been bitten by this bug? I could make a list...
... but really - and I swear I really, truly believe this - as far as I'm concerned it's like 95% of the people who've been in QT's flicks. I'm certainly not the first person to say this, but Quentin really does work some voodoo shit on his actors and casts their best cinematic selves in fucking gold. I mean... look at the dreck Uma Thurman makes when she doesn't have Quentin making her the coolest motherfucker on the planet? I rest my case.
... but really - and I swear I really, truly believe this - as far as I'm concerned it's like 95% of the people who've been in QT's flicks. I'm certainly not the first person to say this, but Quentin really does work some voodoo shit on his actors and casts their best cinematic selves in fucking gold. I mean... look at the dreck Uma Thurman makes when she doesn't have Quentin making her the coolest motherfucker on the planet? I rest my case.
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Oh . . how I adore Jackie Brown
I was just having this conversation with my better half last night. Unfortunately, he is not a QT fan - be that as it may, I wholeheartedly agree; QT does bring out the best...
Jackie Brown, btw, was one of the best films I'd ever seen and Pam Grier deserved an Oscar IMHO ... I find the final few minutes of that film the most bittersweet ... oh if Don had only got into the car with her...
aint it the truth.
aint it the truth.
i've long felt that Tarantino's inability to get off his ass and WORK regularly is akin to a felony. Think of the vast throngs of Hollywood's underused misunderstood actors who could benefit. Not only does he bring the best out of actors. He seems to understand them even before they get on set. His casting is gold and imaginative and rewarding before the movies even start filming.
People make so much about how he gives great "comeback" roles to so many, yet only Travolta seemed to actually make a successful career out of it. Sure, the likes of Pam Grier have been able to work steadily, but she should be a mothafuckin' STAR and she's not and after that performance she deserves to be.
I agree about Tamiaa Poitier though. She's actually on my shortlist for Best Supporting Actress of '07 for Death Proof.
If Pam Grier had been offered a role as interesting/complex/real as Jackie Brown since, she'd have delivered another great performance. Sure, she's been in a number of things over the last 10 years (really, who can resist Bones?), but no character or script seems to ignite quite as thrillingly as what QT wrote for her. Tell me those Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! remake rumors are a pack of lies and that you're really working on Jackie Brown 2 wherein Pam's back and S.T. Poitier plays Jackie's bad-ass niece or something.
YES!
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