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post #1 of 24
1/19/07 at 2:19am
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http://chud.com/news/8563
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post #2 of 24
1/19/07 at 2:24am
Interesting. Ballet is something that isn't usually touched on in movies. Has there been a really good ballet film since The Red Shoes?
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post #3 of 24
1/19/07 at 2:53am
this is one of the guys in the business that i would show up for on opening day, even if he were involved in the most ridiculous idea i'd ever heard. and this comes pretty close to fitting that description.
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post #4 of 24
1/19/07 at 4:03am
Sounds like a grim 'n' gritty adaptation of Swan Lake.
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post #5 of 24
1/19/07 at 4:06am
That...sounds...awesome.
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post #6 of 24
1/19/07 at 4:13am
Sign me the fuck up.
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post #7 of 24
1/19/07 at 10:30am
what happened to that religious epic he was gonna do? i was pumped for that.

Best ballet movie = Brain Donors
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post #8 of 24
1/19/07 at 10:59am
want another Kubrick comparison? Killer's Kiss had a ballet dancer in it.


http://www.actiu.net/art/cinema/stan...iss3_petit.jpg


Anyway...this must be the small movie he was talking about making. The big one is the biblical epic then.
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post #9 of 24
1/19/07 at 1:54pm
Holy crap.

I was going to mention White Nights, that movie with Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov, but couldn't remember how to spell Mikhail's last name, so I checked wiki, and found out White Nights was in actuality not only directed by Taylor Hackford, but it also had his wife, Helen Mirren in it.

Wow.

Anyways, I'm all for Aronofsky's movies. Fountain is still my number one movie of the year.
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post #10 of 24
1/19/07 at 1:59pm
One of Altman's last films was a ballet movie. Sorry, a little pressed here at work to find the title.
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post #11 of 24
1/19/07 at 2:02pm
The Company
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post #12 of 24
1/19/07 at 2:21pm
Thanks you Stump. I was thinking The Troupe for some reason.
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post #13 of 24
1/19/07 at 3:37pm
the company is not very good.

i prefer center stage. seriously.
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post #14 of 24
1/19/07 at 6:33pm
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Originally Posted by TheCynic
the company is not very good.
It drags a little, but it has its charms. It's nice to see McDowell do something more subdued. Barbara Turner, the film's screenwriter (and mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh) did a film with Ulu Grossbard called "Georgia" that's worth checking out, too.

But does this project mean that "Flicker" is not going to go into production within the next few years?
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post #15 of 24
1/19/07 at 6:40pm
Aronofsky really has an intersting career. After The Fountain, I'm on board for whatever he does, even a ballet movie.

Sidenote: I work in a smallish 4 story building here in New Orleans. The entire first floor has been abandoned and gutted since Katrina.

Anyway, a film crew is now starting to convert it into a ballet studio for the Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Its pretty neat to see them prepping the place for the amount of work they are going to have to do to it to convert the space into a ballet studio.

CHUD usually doesn't give a shit about this sort of thing, but if they want me to snap photos when production starts up, I can do that.
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post #16 of 24
1/19/07 at 6:49pm
Where in New Orleans? My friend's Dad sold Pitt and Jolie a house on Nicols street a few days ago. I think they're gonna live here and raise their family (kids, I bet, will go to Newman).
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post #17 of 24
1/19/07 at 8:56pm
That's a pretty expensive house to sell. Their kids will probably go to Sacred Heart or Newman I would imagine. Anway...

4902 Canal St, the Bottonelli Building near the cemetaries. They haven't done much yet, but from what I hear they are going to do most of the work at the end of this month, beginning of next with filming in mid February.
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post #18 of 24
1/19/07 at 9:04pm
Both of you know the only school for boys to go to here is Jesuit. So quit blaspheming about Newman (Peyton wouldn't have made it to UT if he had to play in the catholic league). Although, I find it a little disgusting the story of Pitt and Jolie moving here took the above the fold place in our paper. Way to give them their privacy and quiet.

As for ballet movies, seems a pretty good place for Aronofsky to play. Most of the ballerinas I have known were completely insane anyway. Give me an actress anyday over a ballerina.
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post #19 of 24
1/19/07 at 9:39pm
Billy Elliot, anyone?

This sounds interesting, but then any random combination of subject and genre in the hands of Aronofsky would sound interesting.

I'm still gagging to see The Fountain (didn't show up anywhere near me so I'll have to wait for the DVD), and now I have this to look forward to.
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post #20 of 24
1/20/07 at 1:41am
alright enough of nola and the pitts,

when is the DVD coming out?
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post #21 of 24
1/20/07 at 7:42am
Hmmm. Aronofsky.

Call me crazy (and most have), but don’t this guy‘s films… suck hard?

Fool me once, shame on Pi! Fool me twice, shame on I! Fool me three times? Heroin sounds mighty good right now. Hell I’ll even take a shot of that mystery ooze Jackman champed down.

Okay so I’d be lying if I said DA’s thoughts didn’t stick to you. You know, like stuff that sticks to you. Oh F-it. Bring on the no-shoes!



Semen!
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post #22 of 24
1/20/07 at 10:17pm
Uh...?
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post #23 of 24
1/21/07 at 12:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Casey Moore
Both of you know the only school for boys to go to here is Jesuit.
If the male Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie offspring goes to a Jesuit school the BMW he is sure to be driving will fit right in, though his parent's politics won't. He'll also have like a 60 percent chance of becoming an alcholic as a teenager, if all Jesuit schools are like the one I go to.
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post #24 of 24
1/21/07 at 11:29pm
So I guess this news means Aronofsky has long missed his chance to end up on the studios' director A-List?
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