Wrestler Headwind
The Venice Film Festival has handed the Golden Lion award to Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler. It would obviously have been a nice double-whammy if they'd given the Best Actor prize to comeback kid Mickey Rourke, whose lead performance in Aronofsky's film was strongly praised here and there. (The Wrestler will screen for TIFF press on Monday.) The only other English-speaking winner was Jennifer Lawrence, who won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress for her performance in Guillermo Arriaga's The Burning Plain.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM
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YND
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Sounds like Wim Wenders implied Rourke would've taken Best Actor as well, but there's a rule that they don't give acting prizes to the winner of the Golder Lion. (Must've made the guy who DID win Best Actor feel warm all over.)
Can't wait to see the film.
Posted by YND
at September 6, 2008 2:12 PM
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D.Z.
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http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2008/STUVWXYZ/Wrestler,The/trailer.php
Posted by D.Z.
at September 6, 2008 2:45 PM
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Aris P
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Love what Aaronofsky told him. Awesome.
Posted by Aris P
at September 6, 2008 4:12 PM
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destriuspale
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It's a shame that all the buzz is about this film and so little on HURT LOCKER, which was the talk of the festival - where's the love for KATHRYN BIGELOW??? Corliss gave the film a love letter, (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838615,00.html) and I'm hearing that the Italian press are all pissed cause it was their favorite. Oh, and here's something else, that guy who panned it in Variety was apparently going around the VF saying what a great &&^ film it was - that's why we LOVE CRITICS. HURT LOCKER was such a superior film to the WRESTLER -- why is it always the stupid sappy stories that people fall for??
Posted by destriuspale
at September 6, 2008 5:15 PM
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Dan Revill
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DZ posts a relevant link. Awesome.
Has this been given a North American release date yet?
Posted by Dan Revill
at September 6, 2008 6:04 PM
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MathewM
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"DZ posts a relevant link. Awesome."
Deez is a closet rasslin' fan.
Like Jeff said before, it's rather hard to look at Mickey Rourke nowadays and if the film consists of a lot of tight close ups of his ugly mug (especially with a goofy looking hearing aid. Maybe Rourke could play Mickey in Stallone's proposed Rocky prequel).
Has there ever been a really good movie made about professional wrestling? There's a lot of great material out there for it. It will be interesting to see if Aronofsky really digs into the "sport's" darkest crevices.
Posted by MathewM
at September 6, 2008 7:43 PM
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dixiedugan
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I'm a rasslin' fan and have been since the days of the Von Erichs - really looking forward to this film. Glad to see it's getting some attention.
RIP Killer Kowalski.
Posted by dixiedugan
at September 7, 2008 10:31 AM
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BurmaShave
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Nothing will ever be as emasculating as Tarantino making Travolta play GREASE and WELCOME BACK, KOTTER board games, unless that is an urban legend.
Posted by BurmaShave
at September 7, 2008 2:04 PM
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rr3333
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Fox Searchlight just paid $4 mil for US Distribution
Posted by rr3333
at September 8, 2008 1:24 PM
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D.Z.
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Mathew: "Deez is a closet rasslin' fan."
Not really, but I'm familiar with the culture. I'm more into this wrestling manga series called Ultimate Muscle, to be honest.
"Has there ever been a really good movie made about professional wrestling?"
Does Beyond the Mat count?
Posted by D.Z.
at September 8, 2008 8:18 PM
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