Connnecticut Weltzschmerz
This photo of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (apparently) taking a break from Revolutionary Road filming is so crisp and beautiful that it makes me wish that the film itself had been shot in black-and-white. I'm very interested in seeing this Cheeveresque period drama, but I'd be 50% more cranked if the whole thing looked this way. Not as commercial, of course, but I'm a falling-down fool for monochrome.
Revolutionary Road costars Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio in a series of on-set photos posted by Alex Billington's First Showing.net.
One of my journalistic dreams of the '80s was to persuade a month magazine to let me write a column for them called "Hollywood Weltschmerz." It was a fallback thing after my attempts to fund a monthly magazine called Nothing, a concept 10 to 15 years ahead of its time, led to nought.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 19, 2008 at 2:18 PM
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arturobandini2
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I always wanted to start a magazine called Celebrity Tonguebath, but Vanity Fair beat me to the idea.
Posted by arturobandini2
at October 19, 2008 5:01 PM
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Cadavra
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Gee, Jeff, too bad you won't be in town on Nov. 9th, when the Egyptian hosts the L.A. premiere of the mightiest sequel of all time, THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN, in glorious black-and-white (and the majesty of SuperSkeletorama).
Posted by Cadavra
at October 19, 2008 8:09 PM
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Josh Massey
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I would be so much more interested in Revolutionary Road if it were black-and-white. Sadly, I think we're in the minority here.
Posted by Josh Massey
at October 19, 2008 8:35 PM
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Mr. Muckle
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Nothing came to nought. What a great example of the harmony of the universe. This should be a source of cheer, JW.
Both nothing and Weltshmertz will always be a source of fine philosophy, though not necessarily susceptible to the dumbing-down influence of Hollywood.
Or did you mean to say Hollywood Schadenfreude?
Posted by Mr. Muckle
at October 19, 2008 9:50 PM
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p.Vice
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I'm not sure that Mendes even knows what black-and-white is.
Posted by p.Vice
at October 20, 2008 8:23 AM
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TVMCCA
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I think Mendes does know. Would have been interesting if he had talked Paramount into black-and-white prints for select theaters, with color prints for the wide release.
Or perhaps do a Frank Darabont and have both color and black-and-white options on the DVD.
Posted by TVMCCA
at October 20, 2008 11:40 AM
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Jay T.
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Two years ago I would have agreed with you about the black and white, but Mad Men has convinced me otherwise.
Posted by Jay T.
at October 20, 2008 11:09 PM
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nola
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I would be more excite if Leo was not in the cast.
Maybe Mad Men has ruined me. Jon Hamm makes Leo seem like a boy, not a man
Posted by nola
at October 21, 2008 5:34 AM
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