Robert Evans in shades. Of course.
"She was a great-looking chick and whatever was in her eyes, it sure wasn't love. Was I smart? No, I was dumb. With a capital D. Wow, was I dead wrong! I had no idea what was ahead of me. You try to figure a dame out."
Mind Games, an Oliver Peoples sunglass ad shot as a film noir satire in luscious monochrome, is an agreeable two-minute hoot. It's also the classiest looking plot-driven film that Robert Evans has ever physically acted in. (Voicing his Comedy Central animated series Kid Notorious doesn't count, and neither does Brett Morgen's The Kid Stays in the Picture, a doc.) It certainly makes Evans seem like a better, more confident actor than he was in the '50s when he had small roles in The Best of Everything, Man of a Thousand Faces and The Sun Also Rises.
Evans' costar is Kate Nauta, a 25 year-old model-actress (Transporter 2, The Game Plan) with great gams. The director/style maestro is ad veteran and photographer Sinisha Nisevic.
You're supposed to know with me telling you that Evans was a legendary studio exec and producer in the '60s and '70s (The Godfather, Chinatown, Marathon Man) who suffered a personal and career crisis in the '80s only to resurge in the early '90s as a Paramount-based producer and author ("The Kid Stays in the Picture") while reinventing himself as a kind of iconic-ironic pop figure as the quintessential old-school Hollywood smoothie.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 26, 2008 at 7:49 AM
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Bocephus
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Love Robert Evans. Kid Notorious was pretty bad, though. Why animate someone who is already a living caricature?
Posted by Bocephus
at February 26, 2008 9:08 AM
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christian
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I do love me my Bob Evans.
Posted by christian
at February 26, 2008 9:30 AM
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corey3rd
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when is Kid Notorious coming out on DVD?
Posted by corey3rd
at February 26, 2008 9:34 AM
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T. Holly
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Even I could write something as nonsensical as the quote at the top; misogyny deserves better.
Posted by T. Holly
at February 26, 2008 9:35 AM
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MAGGA
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Anyone know what the music playing at the webpage when the trailer is over is? Anyway, The Kid Stays In The Picture is pretty damn entertaining. Oh, and so is The Godfather etc, of course, but we all know Evans took more credit than he deserved for that (ordering a trim, then ordering the scenes back in the movie claiming he then improved the film etc)
Posted by MAGGA
at February 26, 2008 10:00 AM
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broadstreetbully
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I think Jeff is going to look like Bob Evans in 15 years or so.
Posted by broadstreetbully
at February 26, 2008 10:05 AM
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christian
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I believe that's his goal.
Posted by christian
at February 26, 2008 10:06 AM
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T. S. Idiot
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I prefer Evans in The Fiend Who Walked the West.
Posted by T. S. Idiot
at February 26, 2008 10:19 AM
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Dave
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"Even I could write something as nonsensical as the quote at the top; misogyny deserves better."
Personally, I find it a perfect description of my ex-.
Evans was born to be a cliche, and I will always love him for it.
Posted by Dave
at February 26, 2008 10:28 AM
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T. Holly
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So your ex wound up having love in her eyes afterall? And don't be passive about it with a capital P.
Purssonally, I purrfer the Vicennt Gallo ads running in HR.
Posted by T. Holly
at February 26, 2008 10:39 AM
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Jesse Perry
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"Even I could write something as nonsensical as the quote at the top"
I don't doubt that for a second, T. Holly.
Posted by Jesse Perry
at February 26, 2008 10:54 AM
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lazarus
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Jesse: Someone had to say it. Well put.
Posted by lazarus
at February 26, 2008 1:37 PM
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BurmaShave
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I miss 'Kid Notorious'. That was some crazy shit.
Posted by BurmaShave
at February 26, 2008 2:14 PM
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Walter Sobchak
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Was I interested in reading this post based on the photo and the subject matter?
Perhaps.
Did I regret for one minute that I opened it and wrote a reply?
You bet your ass I did.
(from "Walter Stays In The Picture")
Posted by Walter Sobchak
at February 26, 2008 2:32 PM
comment #15
T. Holly
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The piece doesn't work, even as satire, and the dialog and cards are an aesthetic insult.
I like the print ads Vincent Gallo is doing for Belvedere better. And you can find the video from last year yourself.
Posted by T. Holly
at February 26, 2008 2:47 PM
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MilkMan
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Excuse me for this pointless gob of bile I'm about to spit, but I can't stand Robert Evans, or his type, and the sooner he dies, the better I will feel about my own worthless life.
Whoops, watch where you step. I just made a mess.
Posted by MilkMan
at February 26, 2008 3:21 PM