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The Shaggy Duck quacks in with this enthusiastic look at QUILLS
Ya know... First Geoffrey Rush plays (for all intents and purposes) Vincent Price in HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL... now, he plays a role... right up Price's alley.... The Marquis de Sade. Personally, with that casting and about that character... I'm at the theater, no matter what, but wait! There's good news... Apparently there is quite a bit more... Check it out for yourself...
Harry,
I finally got to be part of focus group for a movie Monday night in Marin,
California, spitting distance from Lucas' ranch. The movie was Quills.
This is the story of the Marquis de Sade and his tenure at a mental hospital
under the supervision of Abbe the priest trying to silence him.
The movie was quite disturbing and pushed the "envelope" in a directions I
wouldn't have imagined for a historical period type movie. The movie
follows the Marquis attempts to continue his writing and publishing even
though he is placed in an insane hospital. He is aided by a Chamber Maid,
who sneaks his material to the outside world. Abbe, the priest, is the
curator of the hospital and is a sensitive sole who gives great leniency to
the Marquis. Both men have romantic feelings toward the Chamber Maid. Abbe
is not aware that the material is escaping the walls of the hospital.
One of the books makes it to Napoleon and he finds it repulsive and orders a
doctor to supervise the Marquis. From here the movie leaves its playful
tone and spirals to a dark and disturbing tone. The more and more the
doctor and Abbe attempt to silence the Marquis, each men fall deeper into
demise. The ending is a roller coaster of highs and lows. Each high is a
suitable ending but the movie kept continuing and there would be a lull in
activity before the next climax. Every time we expected the ending to come
soon but there would be more sequences. Some audience members even walked
out. The movie ran 2 hours but it seemed like 3 hours.
My friends and I stayed beyond to answer questions. The editors were there
and seemed to be most interested on the ending, which most people thought
was acceptable to inadequate.
The Marquis de Sade was played by Geoffrey Rush and he did an excellent job.
The first hour of the movie is filled with comical conversations between
him, Abbe, the Chamber Maid, and other inmates. I have never been a big
Geoffrey Rush fan, but after this I am a believer. Abbe is played by
Joaquin Phoenix. I would have liked to seen a slightly older actor portray
this character. At times he just wasn't believable, especially in the key
emotional scenes. Kate Winslet plays the chamber maid, Madeleine . While
she was enjoyable to watch and turned in good performance, she didn't come
off as a suitable chamber maid. She was too clean and prissy. Finally
Michael Caine plays the doctor. The audience loves to hate him in this
role. He is bad to the bone, although in key scenes he seemed to not
deliver the emotional punch you hoped for.
I would recommend this movie on Geoffrey Rush's performance alone.
You can call me the Shaggy Duck
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Rush and Caine both kick ass. Winslet's alright for a fat chick, I suppose....
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See I didn't mention either of them in this talkback.
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Kate Winslet may be a little more strudy than some of these waif girls of the modern era but I think she a corker. Plus she is acyually a great actress and one of my favourites along with Diaz and Goldberg.
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He has got to be one of THE greatest actors, together with Kevin Spacey, to step into the spotlight these recent years.
As sson as this movie hits my local multiplex, I -
If you wanna screw a beanpole, go into your grandma's garden and screw one. That's all I'm going to say about that.***I'm interested in seeing this movie, but I think I'll wait for video.
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Last year the Toronto Fest sucked ass. I heard a rumour that Quills would be a featured gala. I hope...
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She's just a bit overrated. The way folks go on and on about her, you'd think she was the alpha and omega of twentysomething screen actresses. Hate to break it to you Kate devotees, but if she retired tomorrow, neither the British nor the Hollywood motion picture industries would cease to exist. -
This is the first time I have to disagree with VEERS because Kate aint that fine. On an unrelated note about Heavenly Creatures, One of the woman that the movie was based upon lives near me Gran up in Portmahomack. Lovely lady, even if she is a killer......shit books mind.
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Apr 14, 2000 3:07:53 PM CDT
To Harry or anyone - about the Toronto International Film Festiv
by darius25
Do you guys know if Deepa Mehta's new film - Water - is being released this year ? I would imagine that since she is from Toronto, it would have its world premiere here.I heard that the movie is almost done since it had a short shooting schedule and that it wrapped sometime in March.
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