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TORONTO: Anton Sirius chimes in with the latest from Toronto International Film Festival
Hey folks, Harry here... for all you people that think I have a problem namedropping... Ol Anton here... wooooooiiieeeee, can this boy namedrop like an Agent.... And from his hunting list... he's going to be hunting quite a few rabbits this year... Let's see how lucky he gets... Read on...
Fest Preview 2 – Return of the Stargawker
Name drop, bop bop doo bop, biddly-bop bop ooo bop…
Big stargawking news at the fest has to be the Godfather near-reunion. Pacino, Deniro and Duvall are all in town within about a day of each other. Whee! Maybe somebody can get hold of Jimmy Caan too and tell him to come up in support of the Yards. Then the party can REALLY begin. Beyond the big three though, the A-list is conspicuously absent this year. Gwynnie Paltrow, Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton, Minnie Driver, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Ken Branagh, Robin Wright-Penn (but no Sean), Cuba, Sarah Jessica, maybe Gillian… I mean, fine folk all, but it’s not like previous years when you couldn’t walk down the street without tripping over someone with a recent $100 million hit. (Oh wait, I forgot, this year’s sucked so far. There ARE no recent $100 million hits.)
This does, however, leave plenty of room for geek gods and goddesses made flesh. Kevin Smith, Carrie Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano (in the same movie together for I think the 3rd time. Are they an item or something?), Darren Aranofsky, Tom and Franke, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee (hey, Chasing Amy reunion!), Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro (and Sam Elliott too- Lebowski reunion!), major Saturday Night Live/SCTV redux with Chris Guest, Michael McKean, Dan Ackroyd, Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy, Jennifer Tilly, Laura Dern, Patrick Warburton (it is my mission this year to get him to say ‘Spoon!’ to me), Suzie Porter (OK, I slipped that one in- she’s got a bit part in Star Wars II)…
Representing the DGA upper crust is Cam Crowe, Ang Lee, Robert Altman and Kathryn Bigalow. Stephen Frears of course too, him being retrospected and all. Oh yeah, and that Joel guy who should never be allowed near a comic book movie again.
International contingent is led by MAGGIE! (I hope that came across as the full-throated, Ewen Bremner-from-Naked shout that it was.) Maggie Cheung, heir to Audrey Hepburn’s tiara, in the same city as me once again. Will we finally meet, or will this ridiculous game of global hide and seek continue for another round? Plus Wong kar-wai, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Victoria Abril, Agnes Varda, Tony Leung, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Ian Hart, and a bit of a surprise guest, Roddy Doyle.
Belle of the Ball handicapping:
Catherine McCormack 1-5 (she’s here with about 86 films or so)
Kate Hudson 3-1
Jessica Pare 4-1 (the Milla-ish star of Arcand’s Stardom)
Asia Argento 7-1
Parker Posey 25-1
Molly Parker 25-1
Deborah Cox 50-1
Gretchen Mol 50-1
Samantha Mathis 50-1
That annoying Pepsi girl 1,000,000-1
Speaking of belles, time for my annual pre-fest ‘trashiest movie Hollywood has in theaters right now.’ And this year that’s Bring It On. Mmmm, Eliza Dushku…. If you ask nicely I’ll throw in my review of it for free. But you have to ask nicely.
Here’s a quick list of the folks I’m going to try and interview. No promises, but if you have questions for any of these people e-mail ‘em to me and I’ll see what I can do:
Kevin Smith; Darren Aranofsky; Joe Pantoliano; Ellen Burstyn; Asia Argento; E. Elias Merhige (director of Shadow of the Vampire); Tom Tykwer; Franke Potente; Maggie Cheung (As if!); Adam Simon (director of American Nightmare and a nifty little film from a few years ago Brain Dead); Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Jonathan Teplitzky (director of Better Than Sex); Guy Maddin…
Be seeing you!
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Hey everybody.....yesterday I lined up for 3+ plus hours and finally got my hands on some tickets!! Anyway....It was fun, and jammed at the same time...most (if not all)galas are gone, plus the one I wanted , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is gone too...But I did get some good tickets to Chinese Coffee, The Mission, Men of Honour, and a few others.
Post your selections, and lets compare....and if anyone has an extra Tiger ticket......PLEASE let me know!!!
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Anton, you name dropper you! Tell us about Reqiuem for a Dream, Ginger Snaps, and the mad Jap Zombie Rock Band Flick...
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Anton, you name dropper you! Tell us about Reqiuem for a Dream, Ginger Snaps, and the mad Jap Zombie Rock Band Flick...
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If you read at the top, this is coverage of the Toronto Film Festival. As none of the movies have been screened yet, the celeb news is about all there is.
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You seem to be hot for starlets Antonio. Is MAXIM hottie Dursten Kunst going to be at the Fest? She's easy to find, she'll be topless except for a ill-fitting jean jacket and wearing tiny white briefs with a big red cervyX. Dursten was the best part of the ass-clapping, livin' lolita loca, pom-pom dueling, Blaque vs. White race-war in Bring It On. I've read everyone's review on it but yours Sirius, have you seen it? Man enough???
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I worked on GS, what do you want to know. Saw it last week. It's Heathers meets American Werewolf in London. Very funny and dark. Mayhem in suburbia.
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Well you asked Datacrime:
Goddess of 1967; Rumor of Angels;
Turandot Project; Asylum; Pollock; Shot at Glory; Chinese Coffee; Risk; Before Night Falls; Men of Honor; Code Inconnu
and a couple of short series.
explain to me why some of the independents and Aussie flicks were sold out -- but I hit the Deniro Duvall Pacino tickets no problem?
It only took 3 hours in line yesterday (maybe someday TIFF will get organized for those of us who don't go for the coupon books or galas.) Rant is over - all together AHHHH!
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Hey there Jen-in-toronto.....I was in that bloody line for 3 hours too...probably saw you there for all i know...... Anyway, guys, if your an action /gang movie fanatic please check out Lockdown,
Check out the following for more info about his movie...Also have tickets to the Sat. showing if anyone is interested....cuz I probably can't go...or if you have tickets for another showing we can swap (my tickets are at Uptown 1, the biggest damn theatre...900 seats)
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2000/schedules/description.asp?pageID=search&id=1454 Thats all for now....see ya the movies...! DC
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Man....I gotta get a grammer checker....sorry guys...don't worry...I ain't no retard...just canadian, eh? :)
DC
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