I still can't believe Phillip Seymour Hoffman is dead. Anyway, maybe not like this, but he was not alone. Oh, he felt alone, that's for sure, and if you want to blame addiction, you have to think twice, because his death seems to be a frame, logically based on previous "facts". I do not subscribe to this kind of trash. I think that what he said in that interview on "60 Minutes" (“It was all that [drugs and alcohol], yeah. It was anything I could get my hands on . . . I liked it all..”), and … [Read more...]
The Master
There are five nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and one of them is my favorite, Joaquin Phoenix for his performance in The Master. The film received two other Oscar nominations, also important, Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Hoffman and Amy Adams. It is strange and dark, it is filmed by a compatriot of mine, Mihai Mălaimare Jr., it is directed by Tom Cruise's friend, Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia fame. By the way, the premiere was at the Venice Film Festival in … [Read more...]