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[bunk]

Gives you an idea of the kinda guy Heath was.....Great article, nicely done Nolan!

Yeah, it also makes you wonder what scene it was too.

 

[Visionary]

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Damn, this is worse than the "Leave Britney Alone" video, except the Britney video seemed more sincere.

 

[thewhyteman]

Seeing interviews of Nolan and seeing his type character, Im sure he was deeply affected by this.

Very good words. Good read.

Thanks.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything.

I guess you can take this as a message to all the fans out there that Heath's performance will not be comprised in any manner because of his death.

 

[Snoo]

Beautiful piece. Thank You, Mr Nolan! The part about the editing suite was so touching, how he imagines Heath sitting down for the screening and how he'll never get to see the finished movie.

"I see him every day in my edit suite. I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly."

Just heart-breaking.

 

[Polux]

The last part about Heath taking Nolan up on his offer was the best

Absolutely (sp?), that got me a little teary...

Gotta love Nolan, you can also see there how much he misses Heath, as we all do.


Polux

 

[JStorm]

The last part about Heath taking Nolan up on his offer was the best

Yeah. .

I'm a little hazy on that. Did Nolan want the skateboards there, or was Heath just trying to be 'a part' while not actually on schedule?


Even so, the atmosphere read like a job I would want. Of course, making movies would be great; yet, the atmosphere, in it's simplicity, seem comforting.

 

[IamtheBatman]

It brought a tear to my eye Heath had some much other stuff he wanted to do in his life. I really believe Heath would have been one hell of a director. I just hope there some movie scripts he wrote that are so great and amazing that can win him an academy award and an oscar. More, importantly I hope he wins an academy award and an oscar for playing the Joker.

 

[Vengeance of Bane]

Great of Nolan to share his memories of Heath in that way. It must be hard for him to look at Heath while editing. A very moving article that shines the light on just what kind of person Heath was.

 

[Bond]

This is great

Now I'm really really sad about Heath again.

 

[DeathRaven]

The last part about Heath taking Nolan up on his offer was the best

Yeah, I like how Nolan ended it. You can tell he had alot of respect for the man.

 

[IamtheBatman]

That's Nolan for you man, truly a class act all the way. Its so saddening knowing Heath will never get to see the finished product.

It might be saddening that Heath didn't see the finished project he was able to live it during those summer nights in Chicago and in the hangars in England.

 

[Redd]

Very touching. Its good to hear Nolan speak about Heath.

It does just go to show that Heath was very committed to this role and he brought inspiration to everyone on the set.

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

Very touching, beautiful article.

 

[chamber-music]

Wow they was amazing. You can really feel the respect and emotion Nolan had for Heath. It was nice that he was so honest about what he felt too.

 

[WorthyStevens]

Christopher Nolan speaks, or moreso writes in Feb. 4th's edition of Newsweek.

Charisma As Natural As Gravity
By Christopher Nolan | NEWSWEEK
Feb 4, 2008 Issue | Updated: 3:21 p.m. ET Jan 26, 2008

Heath Ledger, 28, Actor
Best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in 2005 ' s "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger was a massive young talent on the cusp of greatness when he died last week in New York. The native Australian, who is survived by his 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, had recently finished work on this summer's "Batman" sequel, "The Dark Knight," in which he plays a villain, the Joker. Christopher Nolan, the film's director, shared these memories:
One night, as I'm standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for "The Dark Knight," a production assistant skateboards into my line of sight. Silently, I curse the moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup. I'd fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members. If you'd asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work, they would have answered honestly that they didn't know. That's real charisma—as invisible and natural as gravity. That's what Heath had.
Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren't many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.
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One time he and another actor were shooting a complex scene. We had two days to shoot it, and at the end of the first day, they'd really found something and Heath was worried that he might not have it if we stopped. He wanted to carry on and finish. It's tough to ask the crew to work late when we all know there's plenty of time to finish the next day. But everyone seemed to understand that Heath had something special and that we had to capture it before it disappeared. Months later, I learned that as Heath left the set that night, he quietly thanked each crew member for working late. Quietly. Not trying to make a point, just grateful for the chance to create that they'd given him.
Those nights on the streets of Chicago were filled with stunts. These can be boring times for an actor, but Heath was fascinated, eagerly accepting our invitation to ride in the camera car as we chased vehicles through movie traffic—not just for the thrill ride, but to be a part of it. Of everything. He'd brought his laptop along in the car, and we had a high-speed screening of two of his works-in-progress: short films he'd made that were exciting and haunting. Their exuberance made me feel jaded and leaden. I've never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents. That night I made him an offer—knowing he wouldn't take me up on it—that he should feel free to come by the set when he had a night off so he could see what we were up to.
When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I would visualize the screening where we'd have to show him the finished film—sitting three or four rows behind him, watching the movements of his head for clues to what he was thinking about what we'd done with all that he'd given us. Now that screening will never be real. I see him every day in my edit suite. I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly.

Back on LaSalle Street, I turn to my assistant director and I tell him to clear the skateboarding kid out of my line of sight when I realize—it's Heath, woolly hat pulled low over his eyes, here on his night off to take me up on my offer. I can't help but smile.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/105580

 

[ant3ros]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/

So weird. Why would she call Mary Kate first...?

 

[DeaDheaD]

Yeah. .

I'm a little hazy on that. Did Nolan want the skateboards there, or was Heath just trying to be 'a part' while not actually on schedule?


Even so, the atmosphere read like a job I would want. Of course, making movies would be great; yet, the atmosphere, in it's simplicity, seem comforting.

I think he meant that the skateboarding threw him off, Nolan wasnt sure if it was people(Heath) part of the crew or kids trying to get a sneak peek.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Very touching. Its good to hear Nolan speak about Heath.

It does just go to show that Heath was very committed to this role and he brought inspiration to everyone on the set.

That sounds like a common theme that I have read about film on other films.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

After reading that article, if Joker was to be in part 3, I'd be hard pressed to believe Nolan would recast him. I believe he would rewrite part of the story before recasting the role.

 

[bstringer]

sweet article. Heath seemed like the type of guy you would want to be Best friends with.

 

[Vengeance of Bane]

Usually when people from the industry, and even people who knew him, pay their respect, they do it in a very... I don't want to say cold but I can't find the right word. Nolan's very warm and respectful to the memory of Heath.

 

[dubdue]

Fantastic find. Nolan is a great writer and I think he summed up what Heath was really like. Playful, serious and artistic. This was very emotional article.



I totally rofl'd on the skateboarding Joker.

 

[Eggyman]

After reading that article, if Joker was to be in part 3, I'd be hard pressed to believe Nolan would recast him. I believe he would rewrite part of the story before recasting the role.

I absolutely agree. There's no way, IMO, that Nolan will touch The Joker again.

sweet article. Heath seemed like the type of guy you would want to be Best friends with.

So true

 

[Vengeance of Bane]