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12 aprile : Un po' di news su
KIM!
 | THE BURNING PLAIN international BOX OFFICE:
 | UK MARCH 13-15: 48 N Burning Plain PPI $5,652 - 6
- $942 $5,652 1 USA |
| UK MARCH 20-22: 74 48 Burning Plain PPI $208
-96.3% 1 -5 $208 $10,626 2 USA |
| SPAIN MARCH 13-15: 11 N Burning Plain UPI
$314,631 - 101 - $3,115 $314,631 1 USA |
| SPAIN MARCH 20-22: 15 11 Burning Plain UPI
$157,961 -49.8% 101 - $1,564 $588,706 2 USA |
| SPAIN APRIL 03-05: 22 19 Burning Plain UPI
$35,063 -63.4% 40 -42 $877 $854,769 4 USA |
| ITALY NOVEMBER 28-30: 22 13 The Burning Plain
Medusa $34,187 -67.9% 19 -53 $1,799 $1,602,656 4 Unknown
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| ITALY DECEMBER 05-07: 34 22 The Burning Plain
Medusa $10,409 -69.6% 10 -9 $1,041 $1,644,036 5 Unknown |
| ITALY DECEMBER 12-14: 35 34 The Burning Plain
Medusa $6,581 -36.8% 15 +5 $439 $1,747,651 6 Unknown |
| ITALY DECEMBER 19-21: 42 35 The Burning Plain
Medusa $1,811 -72.5% 2 -13 $906 $1,821,499 7 Unknown |
| FRANCE MARCH 11-15: 18 N Burning Plain Wild Bunch
$292,323 - 97 - $3,014 $292,323 1 USA |
| FRANCE MARCH 18-22: 22 18 Burning Plain Wild
Bunch $195,140 -33.3% 97 - $2,012 $581,803 2 USA |
| FRANCE APRIL 01-05: - 29 Burning Plain Wild Bunch
$36,161 -62.5% 46 -36 $786 $867,122 4 USA |
| BELGIUM MARCH 18-22: 14 N Burning Plain Cineart
$33,613 - 13 - $2,586 $37,032 1 USA |
| OVERSEAS MARCO 13-15: 53 - Burning Plain $628,912
- 5 - $2,443,086 19 USA |
| OVERSEAS MARCH 20-22: - 53 Burning Plain $402,926
-35.9% 4 -1 $3,039,666 20 USA |
| 2009 WORLDWIDE GROSSES 65 Burning Plain Magn.
$3.4 n/a 0.0% $3.4 100.0% |
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| ASCOLTI TV DI MARZO:
| 25 MARZO 2009: In cifre, la pellicola con Michael
Douglas ha avuto 4.576.000 telespettatori e il 17,54% mentre quella
con Paolo Bonolis ed Elena Santarelli ha registrato 4.313.000 con il
16,83%. 21:15:34 23:03:33 108:00 THE SENTINEL (flm) 4576 17.54 8.04
14588 33:53 31.37. |
| VENERDI 03 APRILE: In calo Le Iene sceso a
2.748.000 telespettatori e il 10,54%, sufficienti a superare la
prima puntata della 15esima e ultima stagione di E.R. su Raidue che
a sua volta ha totalizzato 2.222.000 telespettatori e l’8,22%.
Meglio della serie, che vedrà negli episodi conclusivi il grande
ritorno di George Clooney, hanno fatto il film trasmesso da Rete 4,
Cellular, che si è portato a casa 2.383.000 telespettatori, 9,19% e
Mi manda Raitre con 2.225.000, 8,77%. |
| Ascolti tv, 7 milioni e mezzo per la disfatta di
Josè Mourinho
Roma, 12 mar (Velino) - In 7 milioni 569 mila telespettatori, con il
25,86 per cento di share, hanno seguito ieri in prima serata su
RaiUno il match di Coppa dei Campioni Manchester United-Inter,
finito 2-0, portando l’allenatore Josè Mourinho alla disfatta. Su
Canale5, “Amici” ha raccolto 5 milioni 260 mila telespettatori e il
23,13 per cento di share, cavalcando prima e seconda serata. Su
Italia1, “CSI: Scena del crimine” e, a seguire, “CSI: NY” hanno
totalizzato 2 milioni 780 mila telespettatori e il 9,88 per cento di
share. Su Rete4, il film “Mr. Crocodile Dundee”, di Peter Faiman,
con Paul Hogan, è stato visto da 2 milioni 480 mila telespettatori,
con l’8,98 per cento di share. Su RaiTre, “Chi l’ha visto?” ha
registrato 2 milioni 315 mila telespettatori e l’8,40 per cento di
share. Su RaiDue, il programma “Voyager ai confini della
conoscenza”, di Roberto Giacobbo, ha realizzato 2 milioni 171 mila
telespettatori e l’8,13 per cento di share. Su La7, il programma
“Exit Uscita di sicurezza” ha registrato 781 mila telespettatori e
il 3,18 per cento di share. Tra gli ospiti di Ilaria D’Amico: il
ministro per le Infrastrutture Altero Matteoli, l’ex ministro per
gli Affari regionali Linda Lanzillotta, Vittorio Sgarbi, Niccolò
Ghedini, Antonio Di Pietro, Piero Grasso, Deborah Bergamini.
In seconda serata “Porta a Porta”, in onda su RaiUno dalle 0.00, ha
raccolto un milione 257 mila telespettatori e il 21,88 per cento di
share. Su RaiDue, “La storia siamo noi”, in onda dalle 23.47, è
stato seguito da 902 mila telespettatori con il 9,47 per cento di
share. Su Italia1, il varietà “Chiambretti Night-Solo per numeri
uno”, in onda dalle 0.11, ha riportato l’11,77 per cento di share,
con 621 mila telespettatori. Su RaiTre, il varietà “Parla con me”,
in onda dalle 23.14, ha realizzato 713 mila telespettatori e il 4,59
per cento di share. Su Rete4, il film “Nessuna pietà”, di Richard
Pearce, con Richard Gere e Kim Basinger, in onda dalle 23.17, è
stato visto da 681 mila telespettatori, con il 6,93 per cento di
share. Su La7, il telefilm “Sex and the City”, in onda dalle 23.59,
ha ottenuto 247 mila telespettatori e il 2,55 per cento di share.
Sul fronte dei tg della sera, il Tg1 ha raccolto 7 milioni 487 mila
telespettatori e il 29,63 per cento di share; mentre il Tg5 ha
ottenuto 5 milioni 801 mila telespettatori e il 22,80 per cento di
share. Nel preserale “L’eredità”, in onda su RaiUno dalle 18.52, ha
realizzato nella sua interezza 5 milioni 378 mila telespettatori e
il 27,90 per cento di share; mentre “Chi vuol essere milionario”, in
onda su Canale5 dalle 18.49, ha registrato nella sua interezza 3
milioni 785 mila telespettatori e il 19,50 per cento di share. In
access prime time “Striscia la notizia”, in onda su Canale5, ha
vinto con 6 milioni 437 mila telespettatori e il 21,73 per cento di
share. Nella stessa fascia la soap opera “Un posto al sole”, in onda
su RaiTre, ha realizzato 3 milioni 210 mila telespettatori e l’11,11
per cento di share; mentre su La7 “Otto e mezzo” ha registrato 596
mila telespettatori e il 2,08 per cento di share. Infine, nelle 24
ore, RaiUno si è aggiudicata lo share più alto con il 22,69 per
cento. A seguire: Canale5 con il 21,89; Italia1 con il 9,80; RaiDue
con il 9,38; RaiTre con l’8,73; Rete4 con il 7,91; La7 con il 2,85. |
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| Kim admits naked embarrassment
Los Angeles - Kim Basinger feels "vulnerable" because her daughter's
teenage friends have seen her naked.
The 55-year-old star is mortified some of 13-year-old Ireland's male
classmates have seen her raunchy films, and refuses to get out of the
car when she drops her daughter at school.
She said: "At my daughter's school these boys are now 13 or 14-years-old
and they know more about my business than they should.
"Now when I drop her off at school I'm not allowed to get out of the car.
But it's funny because these boys will recognise me and wave.
"Sometimes, Ireland will come home and tell me stories I just don't want
to hear. Sometimes you do feel vulnerable, especially when you have a
movie coming out."
Unlike Ireland's pals, Kim has never watched one of her films, and can't
even remember the names of some of the characters she has played.
She said: "Once I make these movies, I've lived so deep with the
character that it would be too shallow to watch it. I know it's a weird
thing.
"But once I've travelled in those waters and gone to the depths that you
need to go to, I don't know that I would get any benefit from watching
the film.
"I don't have a good relationship with myself on the screen." - Bang
Showbiz.com |
| Kim Basinger's burning desires
A string of raunchy roles made her a star in the 1980s. Now Kim Basinger
can't even watch her own movies. By Kaleem Aftab
One aspect of life that Basinger is obviously content with is the role
motherhood
In recent years, Kimila Ann Basinger has been making headlines more for
her irascible custody battle with ex-husband Alec Baldwin than for
anything she has done on-screen. That, though, has changed with her
impressive turn in The Burning Plain, playing a woman whose perspective
on life and family have been turned on its head by breast cancer.
Playing Gina in Guillermo Arriaga's film, the 55-year-old actress has
been unusually cast in a maternal role as the head of a large family.
That said, her character's decision to embark on an affair has more than
a hint of the blonde bombshell roles that made Basinger a lad's mag
favourite in the 1980s, most notably her pulse-racing turn in 9 Weeks as
a raunchy gallery worker who starts an impersonal affair with Mickey
Rourke.
Basinger flatly refuses to discuss Baldwin, who she was married to for
eight years until 2002. This comes as no surprise given the years
battling in court and the very public airing of an ill-advised answer
phone message left by Baldwin in which he called his daughter a "rude
little pig". Last year he wrote A Promise to Ourselves, a book about
their court battle over their daughter Ireland Eliesse Baldwin.
Basinger, who was born in Athens, Georgia has been particularly unlucky
when it comes to her ex-husbands' publishing habits. Her first husband,
the make-up artist Ron Snyder-Britton, wrote a memoir about their
marriage, Longer Than Forever, in which he discussed her rumoured
affairs with Prince and Richard Gere. No wonder, The Burning Plain,
which focuses on family, a woman's position in society and difficulties
with men appealed to the actress.
"There was a universal theme in Gina that I loved," she says. "Yes, she
was a woman who had had breast cancer and I realised that I would have
to represent that section of people in the world," says Basinger. "But
to me there was a much bigger representation – women in general. That
drew me. In her case, her husband rejects her and that grew into
something that was about more than the physical changes she suffered
from her cancer treatment. Rejection is such a universal theme.
Inevitably, it's part of the journey of life that we all go through."
One aspect of life that Basinger is obviously content with is the role
motherhood. Her daughter Ireland is a frequent source of reference
during the conversation. "I've been a mum for 13 years. I think it's
such a huge advantage to have when playing a mother, you can't help but
carry that wisdom into these roles."
As we talk more about the film, Basinger makes a confession. "I've not
seen the movie, so I don't know what I did, or what made the final cut
or how what I did on the movie corresponds with the other characters."
Surprised, I ask why she has not seen the film. As she remains
tight-lipped, I ask if she never watches herself on screen. "That might
be a tad true," blurts out the actress. "Once I make these movies, I've
lived so deep with the character that it would be too shallow to watch
it. I know it's a weird thing. But once I've travelled in those waters
and gone to the depths that you need to go to, I don't know that I would
get any benefit from watching the film."
She cannot, or rather chooses not, to recall which film of hers she last
watched, admitting that she watches herself when she's flicking through
channels and catches something by accident or she if hears her daughter
laughing at something she's watching on the television. It's never an
experience that makes her content, she says. "I don't have a great
relationship with myself on screen."
One of her favourite roles was apparently in the 2004 horror, The Door
In The Floor. "I loved doing it and I don't know if it was that time of
my life when I needed to do a piece like this. I loved working with Jeff
Bridges and I think both of us as parents understood that material," she
says. "It was a strange time of my life [just after her divorce from
Baldwin] and fulfilled me so much."
A movie that she will definitely not be watching is the adaptation of
Bret Easton Ellis' novel The Informers, which premiered at the Sundance
Film Festival earlier this year. "On dear, dear, dear, I get myself into
so much trouble, I can't even remember the name of the part I play," she
quips. It is Laura. "Every day when I get home, all I want to do is
shower and never talk about this girl, this woman, again. It was one of
the most decadent pieces of material that I've ever read. These people
of the 1980s, they were so lost.
"This is a movie I definitely don't want to see, even if Gregor Jordan
is the director, who I absolutely adore. When I had to go and do ADR for
this film, I was mortified whenever I had to look at the screen."
Rourke also stars in the film and, like 9 Weeks, The Informers pushes
the boundaries of taste. But Basinger thinks it might now be time, in
her sixth decade, to stop taking her clothes off on-screen: "If
something is really well written and has that aspect of sexual da da da,
maybe I'll go there again, but I'm not ready to jump into something
sexual again. Something would have to be really brilliant. We'll see...
I like to mix it up."
Basinger, who first came to prominence as a model in the 1970s, has
frequently used her body as a weapon on screen. Her first starring role
was in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Katie, Portrait of a Centrefold, in
which she played an aspiring actress who comes to Hollywood and ends up
appearing in men's magazines. She played a prostitute in From Here to
Eternity and was a Bond Girl, opposite Sean Connery in Never Say Never
Again. Then came Honey Horné in Wayne's World 2 and the infamous 9 Weeks,
not to mention the numerous occasions that she has played the love
interest in romcoms. In 1997, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar
playing a call girl in the neo-noir detective drama L.A. Confidential.
"You can tell the strengths and weaknesses of a woman from the
relationship that they have with their body," she sums up. "A woman's
relationship with her body is one that no poet has ever captured, nor
has any book that I've read."
Strangely, her beauty has become a source of embarrassment of late,
especially now that her daughter's friends have been introduced to some
of her performances. "At my daughter's school, these boys are now 13 or
14 years old and they know more about my business than they should. Now
when I drop her off at school I'm not allowed to get out of the car,"
she laments. "But it's funny because the boys will recognise me and wave.
Sometimes, Ireland will come home and tell me stories that I just don't
want to hear." She adds, "Sometimes you do feel vulnerable, especially
when you have a movie coming out."
Vulnerability is something that just doesn't seem part of Basinger's
make-up. She exudes confidence both on- and off-screen, although the
demands of motherhood are making those appearances in front of the
camera increasingly rare. Not that you'll catch Basinger complaining.
'The Burning Plain' is out now; 'The Informers' is out later this year
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| Kim Basinger’s Plastic Surgery Keeps Her Forever
Young
Posted on December 26th, 2008 in Celebrity Plastic Surgery by Rachelle
Farnsworth Last week, when Kim Basinger made an appearance at the Los
Angeles premiere of the film While She Was Out, Make Me Heal thought we
spotted signs of plastic surgery on the stunning actress.
55-year old Kim has long been a Hollywood sex symbol, appearing in such
notable films as 9 1/2 Weeks and Batman. But her skin elasticity is just
as firm as it was back then, a likely sign of plastic surgery.
Kim’s skin is unusually firm along her jawline, usually a dead giveaway
for a facelift.
According to Paul S. Nassif, a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
and Rhinoplasty Specialist in Beverly Hills, California, “The after
photo may be indicative of a facelift. Her jaw line looks too youthful.
She looks good. Her cheeks are still too perfect.”
Indeed Kim’s cheeks have always been high, so it is unlikely that they
are the result of an augmentation or fillers. It also does not seem that
she has used anything like Botox or fillers like Restylane because her
face is still expressive and crinkles when she smiles.
Kim has never admitted to using cosmetic surgery to help maintain her
looks, but she is rumored to be a fan of collagen therapy gel, a
hydrolysed wheat protein system that, when applied to the face, sits in
fine lines, plumping them out and has a similar effect to injectable
Botox.
A few years back, plastic surgeon Alex Karidis told the Daily Mail that
he suspected Kim used fillers around her mouth to help decrease fine
lines and may have also had eyelid surgery.
He said, “I am absolutely convinced that Kim has had some filler put
into her lips and work done around the mouth.”
“If you look carefully, there is a slightly raised area above her top
lip - a sign that she has had some kind of injectable filler put in to
plump up her lips and make them project more.”
“Surgery-wise, she looks like she has had an upper eyelid job with a
small slither of skin removed from her lids to take away the heaviness
around the eye area. In 2004, her eyelids were slightly impinging on her
eyelashes but two years on they no longer are.”
Whatever magic Kim is using to look good, it is certainly working for
her, as she looks as fit and radiant as ever. |
| Music Review: While She Was Out Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack, by Paul HaslingerPosted on January 23rd, 2009 by
Zach Freeman in All News, Music Reviews, ReviewsRead 128 times.In
producer-turned-writer/director Susan Montford’s new thriller, While She
Was Out, Kim Basinger (also pulling an executive producer credit) stars
as a suburban housewife who finds herself stranded in the woods with a
box of tools and an angry gang to fight off. And like most thrillers,
the action of While She Was Out takes place before the backdrop of a
musical score filled with creepy, atmospheric music. In this case, said
music is provided by Paul Haslinger, an ex-member of the group Tangerine
Dream, and a composer who has no shortage of thriller/suspense/horror
films to his credit (Vacancy, Turistas, Crank, Prom Night, Underworld).
Haslinger doesn’t necessarily cover new ground in his score for While
She Was Out, but he does make sure that the ground he covers is
entertaining. “This is a dream come true soundtrack in my mind,” says
Montford. It may be good, but I don’t know if I’d go that far.
For all their expected action tracks and gotcha moments, thriller/horror
scores can still be a bit tricky. Here Haslinger opens somewhat
generically with a verse from “The Twelve Days of Christmas” entitled
”First Day of Christmas” being softly (and rather atonally) sung by a
group of high-voiced children. It’s an effective opener, though the
style has been used from A Nightmare on Elm Street to Jeepers Creepers.
There’s a reason this has been used before: it works. But it only works
when audiences can’t recognize it as a gimmick, and unfortunately for
Haslinger, the gimmick shows its wear here.
The rest of the score showcases Haslinger’s ear for the thrilling as
well as his ability to carefully lay out a quietly daunting atmosphere
for the film’s characters to inhabit. Surprisingly, most of the tracks
are relatively calm (hear “The Dirt of Life”, “Breakdown”, or “Failed
Connection”) - you get the image of a few strings delicately exploring a
dark room. These are all good tracks, though their consistent quietude
begins to feel monotonous without much to break up the calm. The track
”Primal Instincts” gets to the thrilling electronic core of the action
that can be found in some of Haslinger’s other film music. Unfortunately,
there’s not much else like this track on the album.
Other artists included on this soundtrack album include Joy Division (providing
the misplaced “Day of the Lords”), Roxy Music (wrapping the score up
nicely with “In Every Dream Home a Heartache”), and star Kim Basinger
(in a track from the film, singing/mumbling the words to ”I’ll Be Home
For Christmas”). Basinger’s track is the most effective, tying in to the
score nicely and providing a nice separation between score and
soundtrack, as well as highlighting the film’s general tone. “In Every
Dream Home a Heartache” wraps the soundtrack up perfectly, with
excellent guitar riffs and monotone lyrics.
Zach’s Rating: B-
Perfect For: A light listen, with quietly creepy score music and a
couple rock tracks
Stay Away if: You’re looking for something with a bit more substance,
and less gimmick
If you buy only one track, make it this one: “In Every Dream Home a
Heartache”, Roxy Music - sure it’s been around a while, but it’s the
best track on this album |
| Hottie Hall of Fame: Kim Basinger vs. Demi Moore
Which beauty gets your vote for the Hottie Hall of Fame?
The inspiration behind choosing participants in SPiN's Hottie Hall of
Fame is never the same. It could be as simple as a conversation about
how much of a douche A.C. Slater was, then quickly become a battle
between Kelly Kapowski and Kelly Bundy.
Other times it's a long, arduous process with dozens of prospective
matchups coming up in the brainstorming session only to be topped by
something better one of us thought up later.
For the fifth edition of SPiN's Hottie HOF, the inspiration came while
doing what most guys are professionals at ... channel surfing.
While scanning the movie channels, a certain film starring Mickey Rourke
came on.
Nope, not Sin City, though there is plenty of Hall of Fame worthy talent
on the cast.
It was, in fact, a little film released in 1986 called Nine 1/2 Weeks.
Without going into too much detail, it is quite simply one of the best
movies you can see on your television guide -- unless you're at your
parents' house or have people over, that is.
After being inspired by Kim Basinger's incredible acting skills, both of
them, we needed to find a brunette beauty for her to do battle with.
After thinking about Basinger's decision to bare all -- and then some --
in her role with Rourke, we decided to search for a long-beloved
bombshell who wasn't afraid to push the envelope.
With Demi Moore, we think the vote should be as close as ever, with
plenty of people having deep feelings for one of these two beauties. The
only way to know for sure, however, is to lay out the tale of the tape
and let the votes stream in.
Kim Basinger: Born in Athens, Ga., in 1953, Basinger is the daughter of
a big band musician and model/actress/swimmer. At just 16 years old,
Basinger won the Athens Junior Miss Contest and began her modeling
career.
With her flawless face and perfect frame, the Ford Modeling Agency
offered her a modeling contract she originally turned down. After
reconsidering, Basinger left for New York.
Appearing in hundreds of ads throughout the early 1970s, Basinger
alternated between modeling work and attending acting classes to
continue pursuing her passion. Basinger decided at the age of 23 to put
her modeling career on hold and head to Los Angeles.
After making many television appearances, Basinger's breakout role came
in 1983, when she was a Bond girl in Never Say Never Again. To promote
her role in the film, Basinger posed for Playboy magazine, an idea not
nearly enough actresses seem to embrace.
Her personal life and relationship with Alec Baldwin made her an
off-screen celebrity before the days of 24/7 paparazzi and websites
dedicated to stalking celebrities.
(I'm sure many of you were hoping for links to Nine 1/2 Weeks videos,
but we don't condone that here. In fact, we even had complaints when
linking to Google Images. So, finding those are up to you. I do have
three words for fans of the movie, however. Wet. White. Tanktop.)
Demi Moore: Born Demetria Gene Guynes in 1962, Moore reportedly had a
tough childhood that included being cross-eyed at one point. After
putting the days of staring at her nose behind her, Moore's family
settled into L.A. where she attended Hollywood's Fairfax High School.
Moore's schoolmates included Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
and actor Timothy Hutton. After another boring lecture about chlorophyll,
Moore was persuaded by her friend, actress Natassja Kinski, to drop out
of school and become an actress.
In 1982, Moore made her film debut in the 3-D science fiction/horror
flick, Parasite. It wasn't until her role as Jackie Templeton on ABC's
General Hospital that Moore became a well-known actress.
As a member of the Brat Pack in the mid-1980s, Moore rose to the heights
of pop culture status. Following her clay-molding role in Ghost, Moore
received major roles in films with Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and
Tom Cruise.
Moore went on to show her perfectly sculpted body to Burt Reynolds in,
Striptease, a movie not much better than Showgirls yet much better than
Dude Where's My Car. Which leads us to, of course, her current
relationship with former Punk'd front man Ashton Kutcher. Yet in order
to uphold the sanctity of the Hottie Hall of Fame, we ask that you don't
let your feelings about trucker hats sway your vote, please.
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| Hollywood La diva è protagonista di «The Informers»,
film ispirato dai racconti Immorali Anni 80. Kim Basinger: «Sesso, droga
e denaro. Nel mio film i miti di una generazione».
LOS ANGELES; «Mi accade quasi sempre di scegliere ritratti di donne
tormentate, segnate da qualche segreta infelicità e inquietudine.
Tutta la mia carriera è stata definita da questi personaggi e l'ultimo
non si discosta da essi» dice Kim Basinger.
L'attrice sarà presto sugli schermi in The Informers, un film già molto
discusso, proiettato in prima mondiale al Sundance, dove ha diviso con
aspre reazioni critica e pubblico. Il copione è tratto dai racconti di
«Acqua dal sole» di Bret Easton Ellis che spesso ha raccontato la
Hollywood degli eccessi. Puntualizza lo scrittore, autore anche della
sceneggiatura: «The informers era e resta la mia opera più personale,
molto più di Meno di zero o degli yuppies di American Psycho.
Andavo e venivo dal mio college nel Vermont a Los Angeles quando ho
scritto le storie dei miei amici e dei loro genitori nel libro, poi
pubblicato solo nel 1994. Il ruolo di Kim Basinger, Laura, sposata a un
mogul di Hollywood, offre il ritratto delle disperazioni e solitudini
che si nascondono dietro lo smalto e il lusso di Los Angeles ».
Nel cast c'è anche Mickey Rourke, ma la Basinger e il suo partner in
Nove settimane e ½ non si sono mai incontrati sul set. Nel film
corale ci sono tanti personaggi diversi, collegati dal glamour e dal
fango di quegli anni Ottanta (per l'esattezza il film è ambientato nel
1983) che avevano visto i due attori al top del successo. Kim osserva:
«Ho creduto nel film anche se la prima lettura del copione mi aveva
spaventata per la crudezza dei temi. E gli anni di Reagan nel film
diventano quasi una metafora degli eccessi dell'ultimo periodo Bush».
Nel film Laura è una donna che si è separata dal marto, per i tanti
tradimenti dell'uomo.
«Aveva cercato di dare quello che poteva ai figli viziati ; spiega la
Basinger; Quando accetta il ritorno a casa del marito e prova a
ricostruire una famiglia, crede di poter ricominciare. La parabola del
matrimonio si conclude male. Altrettanto tragicamente Laura aveva
cercato distrazioni con uno dei tanti gigolò che popolano le quinte di
Hollywood. Mi aspetto censure, ma ogni scena forte è motivata e
considero il film un racconto morale».
Tra le attrici della sua generazione, Kim è la più misteriosa e
coraggiosa nella scelta di film complessi. Le ha procurato un Oscar il
personaggio della tormentata Lynn Bracken in L.A. Confidential. A
dicembre compirà 56 anni e di recente è stata interprete del ruolo di
una dolente madre in The door in the floor dal libro di John Irving e in
The Burning Plain di Arriaga. «E' la più brava», osserva Gregor Jordan,
il regista di The Informers, che ha voluto nel cast anche Billy Bob
Thornton nel ruolo del produttore William Sloan, sposato con Laura e
amante di una nevrotica giornalista televisiva, interpretata da Winona
Ryder. Brad Renfro, attore morto nel 2008 per overdose, ha un ruolo al
fianco di Rourke. Jordan ha poi affidato il ritratto di una gioventù
senza freni a tanti attori e attrici rampanti, tutti rispondenti agli
stilemi dei belli e perduti della letteratura alta e bassa su
Hollywood. Bret Easton Ellis si è difeso al Sundance e ripete: «Sono
nato a Los Angeles e qui sono ritornato a vivere da diversi anni, con
gli occhi della mia età di mezzo, da quarantenne senza innocenza. Per
le metropoli privilegiate di ieri è l'ora della resa dei conti, vista
la bancarotta morale e finanziaria di tanti che si sono cullati
nell'edonismo. Una certa cultura americana (quella secondo la quale
avere molto significava sempre non avere abbastanza) sembra essere in
via di trasformazione, ma resta eguale a se stessa nelle sue illusioni».
Osserva Kim: «Nella Los Angeles piena di persone senza lavoro e di
studios che cancellano film e party è arduo condividere il lussuoso
disimpegno dei protagonisti di The Informers: denaro, cocaina,
limousine, donne che passano le loro giornate nude o a letto con
qualcuno, ragazzi che hanno come unico problema prendere il sole a
Malibu, vestirsi come modelli e ottenere dalle loro scombinate famiglie
le chiavi di una lussuosa penthouse. The Informers è, però e dal mio
punto di vista, anche un film sui rapporti genitori/ figli e considero
quanto mai attuali i temi dell'ossessione per la bellezza e la
giovinezza, di esperienze erotiche che, come in Nove settimane e ½ ,
girato sempre negli anni Ottanta, non danno né maturità né libertà».
Osserva: «Seguo mia figlia Ireland, anteponendola a ogni impegno.
Non mi sono rifiutata di accompagnarla, a esempio, anche alla prima di
Twilight. La gioventù di oggi è sì vampiresca per molte cose, ma più
critica e consapevole di quella degli anni Ottanta. So quanta verità ci
sia nei ritratti di Bret Easton Ellis». Racconta il regista Jordan:
«Nel film il personaggio del ragazzo che lavora in un hotel è uno dei
tanti esempi di questa realtà: il giovane vive solo di riflesso il mondo
che vuole conquistare. La sua moralità è sempre messa a rischio dal
desiderio di avere quello che vede intorno. Tutto questo si ripete senza
sosta a Los Angeles». |
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