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Source: http://vancouverwhynot.blogspot.com/2005/10/boldly-going-where-no-bowling-alley.htmlTuesday, October 18, 2005
Boldly going where no bowling alley attendant has gone before
Movement on the job front today as ive got myself not one but two jobs! The first, i started on Monday, possibly the most bizarre job ive ever had at a bowling alley made in the 1930's called Commadore Lanes. I work for 3 chinese guys none of which can speak particularly good english. You'd thing my job wouldnt be so complicated, but im going to my third shift tomorrow and im in my myself, having to cash up the tills, fix the lanes (which break at least once every 30mins), clean the place, and work on two tills. Bit of a nightmare job really, but when your desperate for money what can u do
I also heard today that im starting at one of the 4 million starbucks in vancouver (seriously in a city the size of leeds theres probably about 50!!). This jobs probably going to be a bit better and for getting the job Ellie gets $50 for refering me which is excellent! Still looking for a "proper job" though. if i could get some marketing work id be looking at $12-18 per hour as opposed to $8.
The most rediculous thing did happen today though. Half way through my shift walked in a bald man with a dodgy Canadian accent wearing scruffy clothes asking where the pool tables were. I pointed him in the right direction and noticed he really looked like Patrick Stewart aka Captain Jean Luc Picard! The girl i was working with thought it definantly was so i went over and asked. He shook off his dodgy Canadian accent that he was obviously putting on and chatted away to me for 5mins. Not what you expect in a shoddy run down bowling alley on one of the scruffiest looking streets in Vancouver!! He seems a nice fella but soon left when i noticed who he was. Unfortunately he didnt tip me for his bottle of water but ill forgive him for that
Managed to make $20 tips today though which will go towards the Seattle fund! I've heard from reliable sources (Stenhouse) that its a great place but i think im more excited about who im going with rather than where im going
Anyway time for bed, leave some more comments itll give me something to read
Simonx
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Source: http://lotgk.blogspot.com/2005/10/kelsey-grammar-down-out.html10/18/2005
Kelsey Grammar Down & Out
While waiting for the subway today, I spotted Kelsey Grammer, former star on the 1980's hit sitcom Cheers and his own very successful sitcom Frasier than ended just several seasons ago.
I see VH1 in his future, Where are they now episodes........
Sometimes you wanna go! Where everybody knows name. And they're always glad you came...
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Mutant gets robbed on the set of X3??! Yes, you heard it hear first!
http://thepanicchannel.com/community/index.php?showtopic=2140&st=60
Source: http://thepanicchannel.com/community/index.php?showtopic=2140&st=40
http://thepanicchannel.com/community/index.php?showtopic=2140&st=60
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Ellen Page's Hard Candy gets more awards this time it's won at the Film Festival in Sitges (Barcelona, Spain). Possible Oscar contender??
http://www.cinemasitges.com/uk/index.php?a=films_fitxa&idFilm=13
Source: http://www.cinemasitges.com/uk/index.php?a=news_fitxa&idNot=116Awards Sitges 05
The Festivals big winner this year is HARD CANDY, by David Slade (United States) which won awards for Best Motion Picture and Best Script.
One year later, Johnnie To has once again received the Maria award for Best Director with his latest film ELECTION.
http://www.cinemasitges.com/uk/index.php?a=films_fitxa&idFilm=13
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Preview from Michael Murphy's (Warren Worthington Sr) new tv movie MAYDAY starring Aidan Quinn, Dean Cain, Charles Dutton and X2's Kelly Hu (sporting a new look). Murphy can be seen at the beginning of the clip.
http://www.cbs.com/specials/mayday/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465537/
http://www.cbs.com/specials/mayday/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465537/
Good job man!!!
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(I put this in the photo album by mistake (although there are photos in it) - I think it really belongs here)
Source: http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com...hp?Article=2043
Exclusive Pics: Hugh Jackman Attends Vancouver Benefit
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Art exhibit in support of Kenya's SHERP Orphanage [/font]
Last Wednesday evening (Oct. 26), actor Hugh Jackman currently filming X-Men 3 in British Columbia took time out to attend a benefit for orphaned African children at AutoONE Lease Inc. in Vancouver.
The benefit was in support of "Moja! Moja!", an exhibition and art sale in which BC artists in partnership with the SHERP (Samburu Handicap Education Rehabilitation Program) Orphanage of Maralal, Kenya, have come together to raise much-needed funds to assist the orphanage.
The innovative show features interdisciplinary art that has incorporated the photographs taken by the children of the SHERP Orphanage. Several of BC's most distinguished contemporary artists are involved in the benefit, including Lisa Birke, George Vergette, Angela Grossman, Mark Mizgala and Christian Nicolay.
Susan Standfield, a Vancouver-born broadcaster who founded the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya (CPGKenya), partnered with Julie Lee of Arthouse, who in turn organized the exhibition and international art sale to raise the funds for SHERP, one of three orphanages with which CPGKenya collaborates.
HNR's own photographer, Paul Duchart, spent some time at the benefit, and had an opportunity to hang with Hugh Jackman during this important event.
"Hugh purchased a piece of art and spoke with its artist," Paul recounts. "They were also selling orange t-shirts [Hugh holds one in our gallery of shots] for $100 with photos that the children took. All the proceeds are going to CPGKenya project. The goal for CPGKenya is to be able to invest $50,000 CDN per year as a fee paid to the orphanages for their services, with the long term goal of building the Children's Photographic Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya, which will act not only as a gallery, but a job training facility."
"It was not announced," Paul continues, "but the PR company told me Hugh paid for the small group of children from the SHERP orphanage to come and visit BC/Whistler. They said he [Hugh] wanted to stay off the radar for the evening, so a select group of media attended. He was most gracious and accomodating to all that approached him, and enjoyed the evening with his wife, Deborah Lee."
In HNR's gallery of photos (accessible by clicking on the picture at the bottom of this page), Hugh is seen with the founder of the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya (gold sash) Susan Standfield, an orphan, and Hugh's wife, Deborah.
CPGKenya is a for-profit business that generates revenue for Kenyan orphanages through the sales of photo-based products made with art supplied by Kenyan orphans. All revenue is split in a fair-trade partnership. The organization aims to educate others about the business model, transfer job skills to the children, and bring foreign investment into Kenya.
We encourage you to take a moment to visit their site at www.cpgkenya.com.
You can also call 604-726-7826 for further information.
The exhibit is available for viewing at AutoOne, 1755 West 3rd Avenue (at Burrard) in Vancouver, between 6:00 and 9:30PM, Oct. 27 to Nov. 26, 2005.
Click the image below for more pictures from the event!
More Pictures:
http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com...ts/Hugh_Jackman
Source: http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com...hp?Article=2043
Exclusive Pics: Hugh Jackman Attends Vancouver Benefit
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Art exhibit in support of Kenya's SHERP Orphanage [/font]
Last Wednesday evening (Oct. 26), actor Hugh Jackman currently filming X-Men 3 in British Columbia took time out to attend a benefit for orphaned African children at AutoONE Lease Inc. in Vancouver.
The benefit was in support of "Moja! Moja!", an exhibition and art sale in which BC artists in partnership with the SHERP (Samburu Handicap Education Rehabilitation Program) Orphanage of Maralal, Kenya, have come together to raise much-needed funds to assist the orphanage.
The innovative show features interdisciplinary art that has incorporated the photographs taken by the children of the SHERP Orphanage. Several of BC's most distinguished contemporary artists are involved in the benefit, including Lisa Birke, George Vergette, Angela Grossman, Mark Mizgala and Christian Nicolay.
Susan Standfield, a Vancouver-born broadcaster who founded the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya (CPGKenya), partnered with Julie Lee of Arthouse, who in turn organized the exhibition and international art sale to raise the funds for SHERP, one of three orphanages with which CPGKenya collaborates.
HNR's own photographer, Paul Duchart, spent some time at the benefit, and had an opportunity to hang with Hugh Jackman during this important event.
"Hugh purchased a piece of art and spoke with its artist," Paul recounts. "They were also selling orange t-shirts [Hugh holds one in our gallery of shots] for $100 with photos that the children took. All the proceeds are going to CPGKenya project. The goal for CPGKenya is to be able to invest $50,000 CDN per year as a fee paid to the orphanages for their services, with the long term goal of building the Children's Photographic Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya, which will act not only as a gallery, but a job training facility."
"It was not announced," Paul continues, "but the PR company told me Hugh paid for the small group of children from the SHERP orphanage to come and visit BC/Whistler. They said he [Hugh] wanted to stay off the radar for the evening, so a select group of media attended. He was most gracious and accomodating to all that approached him, and enjoyed the evening with his wife, Deborah Lee."
In HNR's gallery of photos (accessible by clicking on the picture at the bottom of this page), Hugh is seen with the founder of the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya (gold sash) Susan Standfield, an orphan, and Hugh's wife, Deborah.
CPGKenya is a for-profit business that generates revenue for Kenyan orphanages through the sales of photo-based products made with art supplied by Kenyan orphans. All revenue is split in a fair-trade partnership. The organization aims to educate others about the business model, transfer job skills to the children, and bring foreign investment into Kenya.
We encourage you to take a moment to visit their site at www.cpgkenya.com.
You can also call 604-726-7826 for further information.
The exhibit is available for viewing at AutoOne, 1755 West 3rd Avenue (at Burrard) in Vancouver, between 6:00 and 9:30PM, Oct. 27 to Nov. 26, 2005.
Click the image below for more pictures from the event!
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http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com...ts/Hugh_Jackman
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Here's another article about the event:
Here's another article about the Vancouver event:
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/2005/11/01/pf-1287332.html
24 seconds with Hugh Jackman
By Darren Parkman
One of the stars of the hugely successful X-men movies is becoming downright comfortable in Vancouver these days.
Hugh Jackman, back here shooting the sequel X-men 3 was out on the town recently, lending his support to a Vancouver artist's exhibition benefiting African children. 24 hours' Darren Parkman was on hand to chat with the charitable Aussie.....
24 hours: A lot of fans are looking forward to the next X-men flick. How is filming going?
Jackman: I've worked all over the world and I have to say the film crews here in Vancouver are phenomenal. Things are going great. It's a great city to make a movie in.
24 hours: You've spent a lot of time here in the past few years. Is this becoming your home away from home?
Jackman: It really is. Vancouver reminds me of my home town, Sydney, Australia. It's family-friendly, the food is great, and it's easy to get around. What more do you want?
24 hours: You're a passionate supporter of a new fundraising effort involving Vancouver artists. Tell us about the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya.
Jackman: It's a great idea where local artists create works by interpreting photos actually taken by orphans in Kenya. This is a self-sustaining business. These kids are not asking for a handout. They are working for their money.
24 hours: Any plans to visit Africa yourself?
Jackman: I can't wait to get there and visit their orphanage myself. It's a great cause.
Here's another article about the Vancouver event:
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/2005/11/01/pf-1287332.html
24 seconds with Hugh Jackman
By Darren Parkman
One of the stars of the hugely successful X-men movies is becoming downright comfortable in Vancouver these days.
Hugh Jackman, back here shooting the sequel X-men 3 was out on the town recently, lending his support to a Vancouver artist's exhibition benefiting African children. 24 hours' Darren Parkman was on hand to chat with the charitable Aussie.....
24 hours: A lot of fans are looking forward to the next X-men flick. How is filming going?
Jackman: I've worked all over the world and I have to say the film crews here in Vancouver are phenomenal. Things are going great. It's a great city to make a movie in.
24 hours: You've spent a lot of time here in the past few years. Is this becoming your home away from home?
Jackman: It really is. Vancouver reminds me of my home town, Sydney, Australia. It's family-friendly, the food is great, and it's easy to get around. What more do you want?
24 hours: You're a passionate supporter of a new fundraising effort involving Vancouver artists. Tell us about the Children's Photographic Gallery of Kenya.
Jackman: It's a great idea where local artists create works by interpreting photos actually taken by orphans in Kenya. This is a self-sustaining business. These kids are not asking for a handout. They are working for their money.
24 hours: Any plans to visit Africa yourself?
Jackman: I can't wait to get there and visit their orphanage myself. It's a great cause.
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http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-11-03/cover_story.php(click on link for picture)
Ellen Page
Raw talent busts out in gritty Mouth To Mouth
MOUTH TO MOUTH written and directed by Alison Murray, with Ellen Page, August Diehl, Maxwell McCabe- Lokos and Eric Thal. 97 minutes. Playing at the Moving Pictures Festival Of Dance On Film And Video, Friday (November 4), 7:30 pm, at the Royal Cinema (608 College). Continues November 11-18 at Camera Bar (1028 Queen West). Rating: NNNN
This time next year Ellen Page might be a movie star. Or she might grow into one of the best actors of her generation. Or both. Right now she's just a girl sitting in a Parkdale restaurant grooving on the tunes they're playing. She's tiny, and with her engineer's hat pulled tight over her eyes she looks even smaller. As soon as I walk in she yanks off the hat. It's a surprising move for someone so clearly shielding herself from the world. But then, that's Page massively sensitive, suddenly bold. It's what movies feed on.
So this time next year she'll be a name. That's when 20 million people around the world will have seen her in a full-body leather suit playing Shadowcat in X-Men 3. Others will see her tear up the screen in Hard Candy, as a girl who takes revenge on a pedophile. But real fans will track back before her Hollywood debut and her American indie breakout to her first leading role, Mouth To Mouth. Playing a girl seduced into a street-kid cult in Europe, she shows all the torment and vulnerability that could catapult her to stardom if stardom is what she wants.
Mouth To Mouth gets a special screening at the Moving Pictures Festival this weekend, then goes on to a run at Camera Bar. As Page's director, Alison Murray, makes her way to join us at Mitzi's Sister, the 18-year-old actor explains what draws her to the intense roles she's chosen.
"It's juicy, man!" she exclaims. "All these characters, they have balls!
"If I read something and it grabs me, I just wanna go for it."
Putting herself in the shoes of her parents reading the script for Mouth To Mouth, she admits, "It would be scary for anyone to have their daughter go off to shave her head and have sex on acid and stuff like that. But they believe in me, and I'm really lucky to have that." She laughs, "They're good kids!"
For Page, shooting Mouth To Mouth in Portugal and Berlin changed her life.
"I'd never even gone to Europe before," she begins. But then the music in the restaurant changes and she stops cold.
"I love this song," she says. "It's The Anthem Of A 17 Year Old Girl, by Broken Social Scene. Emily Haines from Metric sings it? When I turned 17, I was very excited because I was like, 'This is my song!' And I'd be all mellow and angsty walking down the street listening to it."
That was a year ago. Where were we?
"When I first met Alison, I was really scared," Page recalls. "She just intimidated the crap out of me. I was like, who is this lady? We were about to start a very intimate process: my first time in Europe, I was 16 years old, I was doing things on film I'd never done before."
After shooting Marion Bridge years ago with director Wiebke von Carolsfeld, Page found herself again befriending her director on Mouth To Mouth.
"I really like to bond, because I can get really emotional, really neurotic, and I really, really want to be able to trust someone," she says. "I have to admit it is better with women, because I guess I feel safer, especially shooting more delicate material."
Not that this movie is in any way girly-girl. Page's character is a raging street punk, and the film draws on Murray's background making aggressive dance films in the UK. Every now and then, little shards of choreography jut their way into Mouth To Mouth, which is why it qualifies as a Moving Pictures entry.
Page has no dance training ("I was always a soccer player"), but she recalls spending a day with Murray in Lisbon "listening to Queens of the Stone Age and hopping down the street." She and her director were finally in sync.
Murray shows up to join the conversation, and it's instantly like two sisters punching each other on the arm.
"Are we friends?" Murray asks Page.
"Are you kidding?" Page jokes back. "You're such an *******!"
"I've tried to get Ellen to leave me alone," Murray deadpans. "I tried to change my number."
The sparring is both sharp and loving, and it hints at what Page and Murray have been through together. The European shoot was hard enough, but Murray also wrote a sex scene for the 16-year-old Page and Eric Thal, the man who plays her cult leader.
"I felt horrible making her go to this place," says Murray. "Her character consentingly, but through a lot of coercion and manipulation, gives up her virginity to this horrible man who also happens to be, like, three times her size. I felt like a pornographer. It was a really unpleasant experience to watch that. But I didn't want it to be comfortable or pleasant for the audience to watch either. It's not supposed to be remotely titillating, and I don't think it is."
On the night of the shoot, Murray recalls, "I wanted to get it over with quickly."
"That didn't happen," Page interrupts. "It took so ****in' long. And those cobblestones were cold."
Clearly still a raw memory. But "ultimately," Page says, "it's a pretend sex scene. Boo hoo. And I was getting paid to do it. And I wasn't actually being penetrated." She laughs awkwardly and pauses. "It seems silly to dwell on it."
Murray has nothing but praise for her actor.
"She didn't filter or hide her confusion, her pain, her uncertainty," she says. "That's what I needed from the performance. It's her ability to stay open and show those things that makes her so good to work with.
"There's an urgency to teenage experience that I certainly remember and that I think Ellen brought to making the film. It's to do with the newness of being in the adult sphere, and the importance of everything that's happening to you because it's the first time.
"So that was really exciting to have. As a jaded 30-something, even though I wrote the script there are some things I couldn't create on the screen on my own without Ellen. There were some things I couldn't even tell her to do as a director. She found those things, and then there they were in front of me."
That's why Murray isn't anxious to see Page become a movie star.
"I think she's better than a movie star," she says. "There's something sad and ****ish and plasticky about movie stars. I wouldn't want to see Ellen turn into one of those."
"I don't think she approves of my latest decisions," Page interjects.
But Page is glad that X-Men 3 director Brett Rattner saw her in Hard Candy and that she's getting the blockbuster experience.
"It's very different from what I'm used to," she says. "You'll have four cameras shooting at once while 30 explosions go off and Hugh Jackman's smoking a cigar."
And, she adds, "I never pictured myself in a leather suit. Who does?"
But "it gives me a lot more opportunity," she insists, to do her favourite thing in the world.
"I just love it so much," she says about acting. "When I get passionate, I'll give you everything until I collapse. That's not in any 'Look at me, I'm a saint' kind of way. It's very selfish in a way. I'm doing this really awesome exploration, and it's like a drug, because I completely disappear." MOUTH TO MOUTH (Alison Murray)
Rating: NNNN
Ellen Page stars as a teenager sucked into a street-kid cult in Europe. It's a terrific performance by a young actor on her way up, showing layers of aggression, fear and euphoria rarely expressed with such immediacy and precision.
Even better, director Alison Murray uses the cult story to tap themes of belonging common to any kid. Though the story has the intense feel of a European underground film, the conflicts are universal. There's also some surprisingly effective use of movement to say what words sometimes can't. Mouth To Mouth is brazenly original, and a dead-on portrait of a young woman looking for an alternative. CB
Ellen Page
Raw talent busts out in gritty Mouth To Mouth
By CAMERON BAILEY PHOTO BY STEVE PAYNE
This time next year Ellen Page might be a movie star. Or she might grow into one of the best actors of her generation. Or both. Right now she's just a girl sitting in a Parkdale restaurant grooving on the tunes they're playing. She's tiny, and with her engineer's hat pulled tight over her eyes she looks even smaller. As soon as I walk in she yanks off the hat. It's a surprising move for someone so clearly shielding herself from the world. But then, that's Page massively sensitive, suddenly bold. It's what movies feed on.
So this time next year she'll be a name. That's when 20 million people around the world will have seen her in a full-body leather suit playing Shadowcat in X-Men 3. Others will see her tear up the screen in Hard Candy, as a girl who takes revenge on a pedophile. But real fans will track back before her Hollywood debut and her American indie breakout to her first leading role, Mouth To Mouth. Playing a girl seduced into a street-kid cult in Europe, she shows all the torment and vulnerability that could catapult her to stardom if stardom is what she wants.
Mouth To Mouth gets a special screening at the Moving Pictures Festival this weekend, then goes on to a run at Camera Bar. As Page's director, Alison Murray, makes her way to join us at Mitzi's Sister, the 18-year-old actor explains what draws her to the intense roles she's chosen.
"It's juicy, man!" she exclaims. "All these characters, they have balls!
"If I read something and it grabs me, I just wanna go for it."
Putting herself in the shoes of her parents reading the script for Mouth To Mouth, she admits, "It would be scary for anyone to have their daughter go off to shave her head and have sex on acid and stuff like that. But they believe in me, and I'm really lucky to have that." She laughs, "They're good kids!"
For Page, shooting Mouth To Mouth in Portugal and Berlin changed her life.
"I'd never even gone to Europe before," she begins. But then the music in the restaurant changes and she stops cold.
"I love this song," she says. "It's The Anthem Of A 17 Year Old Girl, by Broken Social Scene. Emily Haines from Metric sings it? When I turned 17, I was very excited because I was like, 'This is my song!' And I'd be all mellow and angsty walking down the street listening to it."
That was a year ago. Where were we?
"When I first met Alison, I was really scared," Page recalls. "She just intimidated the crap out of me. I was like, who is this lady? We were about to start a very intimate process: my first time in Europe, I was 16 years old, I was doing things on film I'd never done before."
After shooting Marion Bridge years ago with director Wiebke von Carolsfeld, Page found herself again befriending her director on Mouth To Mouth.
"I really like to bond, because I can get really emotional, really neurotic, and I really, really want to be able to trust someone," she says. "I have to admit it is better with women, because I guess I feel safer, especially shooting more delicate material."
Not that this movie is in any way girly-girl. Page's character is a raging street punk, and the film draws on Murray's background making aggressive dance films in the UK. Every now and then, little shards of choreography jut their way into Mouth To Mouth, which is why it qualifies as a Moving Pictures entry.
Page has no dance training ("I was always a soccer player"), but she recalls spending a day with Murray in Lisbon "listening to Queens of the Stone Age and hopping down the street." She and her director were finally in sync.
Murray shows up to join the conversation, and it's instantly like two sisters punching each other on the arm.
"Are we friends?" Murray asks Page.
"Are you kidding?" Page jokes back. "You're such an *******!"
"I've tried to get Ellen to leave me alone," Murray deadpans. "I tried to change my number."
The sparring is both sharp and loving, and it hints at what Page and Murray have been through together. The European shoot was hard enough, but Murray also wrote a sex scene for the 16-year-old Page and Eric Thal, the man who plays her cult leader.
"I felt horrible making her go to this place," says Murray. "Her character consentingly, but through a lot of coercion and manipulation, gives up her virginity to this horrible man who also happens to be, like, three times her size. I felt like a pornographer. It was a really unpleasant experience to watch that. But I didn't want it to be comfortable or pleasant for the audience to watch either. It's not supposed to be remotely titillating, and I don't think it is."
On the night of the shoot, Murray recalls, "I wanted to get it over with quickly."
"That didn't happen," Page interrupts. "It took so ****in' long. And those cobblestones were cold."
Clearly still a raw memory. But "ultimately," Page says, "it's a pretend sex scene. Boo hoo. And I was getting paid to do it. And I wasn't actually being penetrated." She laughs awkwardly and pauses. "It seems silly to dwell on it."
Murray has nothing but praise for her actor.
"She didn't filter or hide her confusion, her pain, her uncertainty," she says. "That's what I needed from the performance. It's her ability to stay open and show those things that makes her so good to work with.
"There's an urgency to teenage experience that I certainly remember and that I think Ellen brought to making the film. It's to do with the newness of being in the adult sphere, and the importance of everything that's happening to you because it's the first time.
"So that was really exciting to have. As a jaded 30-something, even though I wrote the script there are some things I couldn't create on the screen on my own without Ellen. There were some things I couldn't even tell her to do as a director. She found those things, and then there they were in front of me."
That's why Murray isn't anxious to see Page become a movie star.
"I think she's better than a movie star," she says. "There's something sad and ****ish and plasticky about movie stars. I wouldn't want to see Ellen turn into one of those."
"I don't think she approves of my latest decisions," Page interjects.
But Page is glad that X-Men 3 director Brett Rattner saw her in Hard Candy and that she's getting the blockbuster experience.
"It's very different from what I'm used to," she says. "You'll have four cameras shooting at once while 30 explosions go off and Hugh Jackman's smoking a cigar."
And, she adds, "I never pictured myself in a leather suit. Who does?"
But "it gives me a lot more opportunity," she insists, to do her favourite thing in the world.
"I just love it so much," she says about acting. "When I get passionate, I'll give you everything until I collapse. That's not in any 'Look at me, I'm a saint' kind of way. It's very selfish in a way. I'm doing this really awesome exploration, and it's like a drug, because I completely disappear." MOUTH TO MOUTH (Alison Murray)
Rating: NNNN
Ellen Page stars as a teenager sucked into a street-kid cult in Europe. It's a terrific performance by a young actor on her way up, showing layers of aggression, fear and euphoria rarely expressed with such immediacy and precision.
Even better, director Alison Murray uses the cult story to tap themes of belonging common to any kid. Though the story has the intense feel of a European underground film, the conflicts are universal. There's also some surprisingly effective use of movement to say what words sometimes can't. Mouth To Mouth is brazenly original, and a dead-on portrait of a young woman looking for an alternative. CB
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It seems that she's gonna be quite the actress to look out for..
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