Earlier this week
...approaching the Biopic Problem. One is to make an avant-garde film that only indirectly addresses the life of its subject, like Todd Haynes' off-kilter Dylan bio I'm Not There. Another is to embrace stiff biopic-ishness with open arms, like Oliver...
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...Goldmine gives the world's greatest costume designer Sandy Powell (absent from I'm Not There though she often works with Todd Haynes) a lot to do. When you give Sandy Powell room to play she returns to you entire playgrounds. I know what you're saying...
...wordplay that would make Mr. "A Yo for Yayo" himself, Andre Nickatina, crack a smile (no pun intended). (Daniel N. Alvarez) When Todd Haynes peaced on Brown U., semiotics degree in hand, his Barthes-loving profs must have known they were unleashing a...
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...cast and crew of "I'm Not There" walked the blue carpet with great satisfaction and pride. But also sadness, admitted director Todd Haynes. Sadness that their friend wasn't able to walk with them. "We got very close on this project. He was an...
...First of all, let me say that I don’t know anything about Hollywood. Talking to you is just about as much as I know… Todd Haynes: Or as little as you know? [Laughs] I guess I’m “Mr. Hollywood” of Portland. SM: And you’re not that, of course, but it must...
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