Sunday, August 23, 2015

Venice preview - TDG related articles - LGBT issues

...This year’s winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, Eddie Redmayne, will be on the Lido with new film The Danish Girl. After his remarkable transformation into the disabled Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, his performance as Lili Elbe, one of the first recipients of gender-reassignment surgery, is likely to be one of the festival’s biggest talking points. It should also ensure the young Briton is a strong contender for the festival’s Volpi Cup for acting....

 #Venezia72 work is in progress (x)  -  Installations. The Sun Finally ...(x) (x)

If you are ready to let #Venezia72 get at your front door, then check out @venice_salaweb.
You will not be in Venezia but want to watch movies? Here's the whole EsternoNotte program

dailykos.com: Actors play trans in search of Oscars
Article about 'The Danish Girl' and 'About Ray', with a description of Lili's backstory and Out interview quotes. Intelligent approach of the transgender issues by a trans woman author rserven.
"I do get the point about the inappropriateness of using trans people who have already transitioned to portray transgender people who are just transitioning. But everyone knows the real reason to use cisgender people to play transgender people in films is the ability to use name actors in the cast in hopes of a bigger payday and more awards."

"...On top of practically dripping with talent, being an ultimate fashion icon, and having the most beautifully freckled 
face in history, Ed has now spoken out in support of Caitlyn Jenner and even had the guts to admit that he held 
some serious misconceptions about the trans* community in the past..."

Indiewire: 'About Ray' Director Gaby Dellal Ignites Controversy With Very Problematic Interview
...Gaby Dellal gave an interview to Refinery29 about the upcoming "About Ray," an inter-generational story focusing on a transgender boy (Elle Fanning) and his supportive mother (Noami Watts) and grandmother (Susan Sarandon). And unlike a recent interview in which Eddie Redmayne (who plays a transgender woman in another fall release, "The Danish Girl") offered thoughtful and respectful words on the community he's representing, Dellal presented herself quite problematically...

RESPECTFUL PORTRAYAL: The real Lili Elbe and Eddie Redmayne as Elbe 
for The Danish Girl location filming in Copenhagen (source: bespokeredmayne)

bespokeredmayne: It’s clear that what the filmmakers and stars say about this sudden spate of LGBT films is going to be reviewed as intensely as the films themselves. This is a good example, and Eddie Redmayne receives a thumbs-up for his recent Out Magazine interview about The Danish Girl.

Note: One of my Italian Redmayniac friends invited me to Venice to the Premiere. I can go, because Venice is not too far from where I live, so I hope that everything will be alright and finally I can meet Eddie. Root for me!

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Second day of filming Fantastic Beasts - Fogler time 18th August

Fanmade picture from twitter

Dan Fogler continued his funny twitter chat with fans on Tuesday night. Here are a few project related tweets.

A sneak-peek of Jacob's
appearance (video)




A few supporting cast members



Constructions at Leavesden Studios for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ (x)

Playbill: "Harry Potter" Movie Sequel Begins Filming With Broadway Stars
hypable: The ‘Fantastic Beasts’ cast and everything we know about them
mugglenet: Muggles Debriefed Their First Day on the “Fantastic Beasts'” Set
Video: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them production begins - Collider

Eddie Redmayne sighting in London:

Updated on 25st August 2015 23:20

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge 2015 - Eddie's done it again :)

He accepted Renée Zellweger's challenge.


Hey there, it's Eddie Redmayne here, and it is cold, and it is dark, and it is raining, which means that it is 
August in London. ALS, or Motor Neuron Disease as we call it here in London, is of course incredibly 
close tu my heart. And so you can donate by going there to TeamNanci.com or here. And ... here we go.




Oooh, yes! That's what I'm talking about! I nominate Felicity Jones and Charlie Cox. And I'm really cold.



Renée was supporting the Golden West Chapter of The ALS Association, who are the American equivalent of the 
MND Association. She was challenged by her longtime friend Nanci Ryder who is living with ALS, and called out 
for her English pals Eddie Redmayne and Colin Firth to take part too! 



MND Assocation: Many thanks from the Motor Neurone Disease Association to our supporter Eddie Redmayne 
for doing the Ice Bucket Challenge for the second year running!
To support Eddie and donate, visit http://www.bit.do/IBC15. If you're in the UK, text ICED55 £5 to 70070. 
Thank you for your support!