Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
04-18-09, 10:44 AM
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Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
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This is getting a limited US release in May.
Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, the only consideration she receives comes from her friend Mitch, who tries to help her. But she shrugs him off, as her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand and that she is not to blame for the mess she has made of it.
Glimpsing imminent perdition, and after a chance encounter with Elena, a Mexican woman, Julia convinces herself – as much in panic and despair as for financial gain – to commit a violent act.
As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.
Glimpsing imminent perdition, and after a chance encounter with Elena, a Mexican woman, Julia convinces herself – as much in panic and despair as for financial gain – to commit a violent act.
As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.
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This is getting a limited US release in May.
04-18-09, 12:53 PM
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Re: Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
To be fair, almost all actresses are uglier and less talented than Blanchett. That being said, Swinton rarely turns in a sub-par performance, and her looks are certainly striking, if not beautiful in the traditional sense.
04-18-09, 01:25 PM
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Re: Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
Mam, I couldn't disagree more, I find her to be one of the most riveting & fearless actresses alive & I've always thought she was oddly beautiful.
04-18-09, 10:20 PM
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Re: Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
Swinton would make Blanchett look amateurish if her display of mimicry in The Aviator hadn't already done that.
I saw this flick last year and thought it was fantastic. Swinton won't be nominated for an Oscar for it, but she damned well should be. Fucking brilliant performance, almost like the female counterpart to Mickey Rourke's Randy Robinson. The reviews weren't necessarily unkind to it, but most complained about the length (almost two and a half hours), whereas I thought it was perfectly paced & just long enough to let the audience really get to know the title character as a person.
I saw this flick last year and thought it was fantastic. Swinton won't be nominated for an Oscar for it, but she damned well should be. Fucking brilliant performance, almost like the female counterpart to Mickey Rourke's Randy Robinson. The reviews weren't necessarily unkind to it, but most complained about the length (almost two and a half hours), whereas I thought it was perfectly paced & just long enough to let the audience really get to know the title character as a person.
12-28-09, 06:35 AM
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Re: Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton is a Goddess (she turns in yet another amazing performance) and this film, while not spectacular by any means, is very good. The story is not entirely plausible, but it's a thrill to watch Julia's descent and redemption followed by her descent and redemption, so on and so forth.
Reading comments on other forums and critical reviews, it's so funny and (unfortunately) obvious how the ending pisses people off because they cannot and won't come up with their own interpretation of what happened. Do we really need to be spoon-fed every little thing?
Reading comments on other forums and critical reviews, it's so funny and (unfortunately) obvious how the ending pisses people off because they cannot and won't come up with their own interpretation of what happened. Do we really need to be spoon-fed every little thing?
12-29-09, 06:33 AM
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Re: Julia (Zonca, 2008): Tilda Swinton
Yeah, I know I should see this movie and I am a huge Swinton fan, but I just don't tend to enjoy movies about characters like this.
