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Post by rainy on Apr 25, 2008 2:37:17 GMT
Super! Thanks for all the photos and links all.
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Post by sharman on Apr 25, 2008 7:10:40 GMT
Wonderful pictures, GreenEyes and Maxx! Just just made my day.
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Post by quoll on Apr 25, 2008 7:26:16 GMT
A really lovely event with super pics!!! Thanks for finding them.
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Post by sharman on Apr 25, 2008 7:44:18 GMT
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Post by Tinkerdog on Apr 25, 2008 13:00:06 GMT
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Post by ruthie2910 on Apr 25, 2008 13:23:01 GMT
Thanks to all of you for searching the web to find these great pics and links - keeping all of us up-to-date!
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Post by etherealtb on Apr 25, 2008 18:37:11 GMT
Hmmmm ..... and they got Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Elvis, when they could've gotten Rufus?  |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 25, 2008 19:19:21 GMT
There's another mention here: apennyinthewell.blogspot.com/2008/04/ebertfest-2008-report-2-im-better-in.htmlI was making my way back through the lobby with a fresh pen to take notes and there was Rufus Sewell (of “Dark City” and “The Illusionist”) standing there talking to us regular Joes. Well, I ran up to get my camera and was still shocked that he was still in the lobby talking to people and posing for pictures. There was a bit of irony to be found in the fact that we had just watched a movie about photographers forcing their way into the personal lives of stars with their invasive tactics.
Anyway, I snapped a couple of flicks from a candid point of view while he spoke with other festival goers. They all came out horribly except for one in which Sewell himself came out horribly. I won’t subject the poor fellow to the posting of an unflattering picture on some annonmous blogger’s site. I could have reached out to talk to him, but he seemed to be wanting out of there after having spent a good twenty minutes talking to the fans. I could see he had friends waiting and didn’t want to further impose on his time. This is my great weakness as a journalist, too much sympathy for the subject. Sewell claimed on the panel discussion for Wednesday’s feature “Hamlet” that he was not involved in any projects at the moment, so maybe I’ll catch up to him later in the week.
Two comments: - not involved in any projects? I thought CBS had already said they would pick up Eleventh Hour for a series? - "later in the week" - so, if Rufus is there throughout the festival, there may be more photos to come...  (I meant to add a "YAYYY" before - he's growing his hair, the curls are coming back!) |
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Post by rai on Apr 25, 2008 21:18:13 GMT
GE2 wrote: not involved in any projects? I thought CBS had already said they would pick up Eleventh Hour for a series?Actors are notoriously superstitious. It wouldn't be prudent to talk about a series until it was formally announced.  Thanks again to everyone for all the great stuff from the fest! Rai |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 26, 2008 18:37:38 GMT
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Post by miss october on Apr 27, 2008 17:50:54 GMT
^  , that's a very cute picture of him!  Loved this Q & A. He mentions wanting to work with director Mike Lee. I hadn't heard of him so I looked at imdb...couldn't find him! |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 27, 2008 18:08:54 GMT
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Post by ruthy on Apr 28, 2008 0:10:59 GMT
I love Mike Leigh and I think Rufus would shine in his fine, realist films. I wonder how he'd feel about working with the man who flashed his (then) wife (Alison Steadman) in GTS? I'm a bit sick of all the full-on Hollywood nonsense that is piped into our cinemas like effluent into the ocean, so I'd love to see Rufus in something gritty where the human aspect is all and not everyone has perfect teeth.
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Post by Tinkerdog on Apr 28, 2008 12:29:15 GMT
I though this little blurb was cute...
12:00 a.m.: At the end of the film, special guest actors Timothy Spall (Enchanted, Sweeney Todd) and Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist, A Knight’s Tale) receive their Golden Thumb Awards and participate in an hour-long question and answer session. Both actors are polite and funny, offering a relief to the audience who feel as if they’ve been woken from a long, eye-straining doze. “Congratulations, you made it through Hamlet!” they joke.
Rufus, who plays Fortinbras, tells us he shot everything for his character in one day before the shooting for the film technically started. He jokes he was told to “look angry over there” and “look upset here” in front of an empty field where he felt a little silly: “It was like being in a very advanced Duran Duran video.” But with such a phenomenal cast to star along with, Sewell confides, “I would’ve been happy just holding a plate of cookies in the backdrop.”
Spall adds that Branagh wanted this version of Hamlet to be “the definitive version” of Shakespeare’s play. I think the entire audience could vouch for that. Spall is asked about the movie industry’s outlook right now, caught between a resurgence of independent films in the Oscars. “There seems to be a touch of insecurity in the entertainment business right now,” he says.
If that means we’re going to be getting more There Will be Blood and less Crash, then I’m all for it.
...and reported by someone else...
Homage to Branagh, Leigh
Spall and Sewell had nothing but praise for Branagh, saying he is straightforward, totally egalitarian and flattering toward his actors, particularly when he asks them to play a role in one of his films.
Asking Sewell to portray Fortinbras in "Hamlet," Branagh told him: "I'll put you on a bloody big horse. I'll put you in armor. You'll look like a god, and I'll put you in a trailer with Jack Lemmon," Sewell related.
"It was one of the most amazing things, being there with Jack Lemmon, Julie Christie, Charlton Heston." he said. "I would have stood there in the background with cookies."
Spall said Branagh is "utterly and deeply informed" about his projects, knows exactly what he wants and is "one of the best man managers you'll ever meet."
...and a bit more...
Rufus Sewell, revisited
British actor Rufus Sewell was back at the Virginia Theatre on Thursday after staying up until after 1 a.m. that day to discuss festival opener "Hamlet" with the audience.
He said he finds Ebertfest amazing, mainly because the audience stayed for the four-hour screening and discussion.
"That is unknown. The people here are incredibly enthusiastic, very generous and really love film. It's quite energizing for me. It was just a fillip, quite a buzz."
Asked if he sat through "Hamlet," in which he plays Fortinbras. Sewell replied, "You'll never know ... I've seen it before, anyway. I watched it a little more than I thought I would. It holds up very well. Its coherent. For clarity and following the story, it's extraordinary, especially for a four-hour film."
As for his current projects, Sewell is about to start a television series he can't yet talk about and recently appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's new play, "Rock 'n' Roll." He got good reviews, with Ben Brantley of The New York Times writing, "Rufus Sewell's performance is that rare thing in acting, in which you see all the layers of a single life."
Sewell said he has no idea how he got into the profession. "All my attempts to do other things were unsuccessful," he said.
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Post by miss october on Apr 28, 2008 21:51:37 GMT
^Plate of cookies.  GE2 - thanks for clarifying Mike Leigh's name for me! |
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