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melilive3 · 21 days

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A couple more scattered thoughts:

1. About Joe’s screen time: I’d say he’s more present here than he is in KOK (he’s fourth billed for a reason), but he’s not present homogeneously throughout the movie. He has a relevant role in 4/5 scenes in the first half, and then he’s in the background of a few scenes in the second half. In the second half he also has his two most prominent scenes: a long conversation with Adrien Brody’s character halfway through the second half that’s a very pivotal scene that completely changes the tone of the movie, and the final scene before the epilogue (he’s AMAZING in both of them).

2. I don’t know if Joe’s scenes were shot in chronological order, but I noticed that in the first half he was still “adjusting” to the role, and I noticed some of his usual “tics” when he acts that take me out of his performance and make me say “yep, that’s Joe, not his character” hahah. He was still good, just less than in the second half. In the second half he was absolutely flawless.

3. I’m just so so so happy he’s “picky” with the roles he chooses, and he’s professional, and his coworkers always have the most beautiful things to say about him. I just feel like with everything that happened in the last years (from starting off right after acting school as the lead role in a movie made by a Oscar-winning director that was panned, to the pandemic and what happened during it, to a very high profile relationship and breakup, to what he’s said about his anxiety), there have been a lot of instances where his career could’ve completely derailed, or he could’ve chosen to stop taking his job so seriously, and I’m just glad he stuck it out.

4. I love how harsh but subtle the critique of capitalism is in the movie. It doesn’t leave any space for redemption but until the end you’re left thinking “okay, it’s bad, and there’s no escape, but maybe the protagonist can still survive in this environment”, and then the final scenes happen and they leave you completely scared and in tears.

5. The second half in general is so impactful. Behind me there were three very snobby Roman women who during the intermission said that “they’d seen better movies, this was fine but nothing more”, and by the end they were calling it a masterpiece hahah. The second half is really one gut punch after the other.

6. I don’t know if they shot the scenes at the marble caves during a foggy day or they added the fog during post-production, but I need to know whose idea it was to show marble blocks surrounded by silence and fog because I’ve been thinking about those scenes since yesterday. Just so Romantic and breath-taking.

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Okay, I’d feel guilty if I didn’t share the roll call and this pic of Joe hugging Adrien Brody in such a sweet way.

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how was it?

You’ll have to be patient with me because I barely had anything to drink and eat the entire day and I’m feeling so weak and I’m almost on the verge of fainting and I’m not even home yet hahah. Here are some bullet points, I’ll talk more about it tomorrow:

1. The film is spectacular and Adrien Brody delivers the performance of a lifetime. Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce are immense too.

2. Brady Corbet said that this is a movie about escaping fascism just to meet capitalism and he’s right… expect a lot of scenes about what it means to make art and what it means to make your own art to tell your own story when you have enough money and power to do it.

3. The movie is heavy but surprisingly funny. The entire room laughed quite a few times and a bit about a character beating the dead body of Mussolini almost sparked an applause.

4. The director talked about the “urgency” of the movie and its evident. Everything in this movie feels urgent: from the extremely claustrophobic opening scene, to the music, to a particularly metaphoric sex scene… during the second half of the movie my heart never stopped beating fast, I felt like I couldn’t breathe.

5. The scenes in the marble caves of Carrara!!! I’ll be thinking about them for years.

6. Joe is in a few scenes in the first half and in a very powerful scene towards the end where his performance almost brought me to tears.

7. I was first in line at the red carpet inside the venue but unfortunately when people started arriving and the room became full I had a mild panic attack and I couldn’t breathe anymore. So I moved back and I missed Joe’s arrival. I’m so sorry most of all to all of you because I really wanted to deliver on my promise and give you a few pics of Joe from up close, but I really wasn’t feeling well and I had to leave the red carpet. I’ll be angry at myself for weeks.

8. Joe was so sweet and he hugged every costar and he looked quite nervous and it was so sweet to see hahah.

Here are a few pics, from inside the theater and of Venice. I also have a video of the initial roll call but I’ll post it tomorrow.

THE MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and I’m so so so so proud of Joe ❤️.

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Thank you for posting about the novel and the play- your insights especially what you've written about Agnes is interesting and would love to see that on the screen. There's a facebook video where Maggie Farrell talks about how she envisioned Bartholomew as "a taciturn, silent and tall man" which sort of fits Joe to a T. So I do think that's the role he is playing .

Thank you very much for your comments. O’Farrell describes Bartholomew as “a mountain of a man,” and notes that he is rumored in town to be “a giant.” He is, in fact, “a giant” both inside and out.

Bartholomew is the stable element from beginning to end. He is smart and wise, and he has insight into people. He is the one that keeps Agnes safe. His and Agnes’ deceased father has left him the house and farm; thus, he stands up to his and Agnes’ stepmother Joan. He also outsmarts Will’s father John, who is trying to gain financially from the pregnancy and marriage. When Agnes says that she will not go back to live with Joan (who would likely cause her and the baby harm), Bartholomew insists to John that Agnes and Will have a separate dwelling even if it is built in the small space between the Shakespeare’s house and the house next door. When the drunken John acts out, Bartholomew’s face is “expressionless” except for “one eyebrow that raises,” and “the raised eyebrow” communicates to Agnes, “You see now why I insisted you have a separate dwelling [away from these people]? Just after he escorts Agnes to be married, he whispers to Will (although Agnes can hear him): “Take care of her Latin boy, and no harm will come to you.”

Bartholomew needles William after Agnes delivers her first born in the woods. As they look for her, Bartholomew tells Will, “‘I never understood why she chose you. ‘What use is he?’ I asked.’” He then asks Will, “D’you know what she said?. . . That you had more hidden away inside you than anyone she'd ever met. I can't pretend to understand it, but I do know one thing, my sister is rarely wrong.” When Will replies that “Perhaps they should spend some time getting to know each other,” Bartholomew retorts, “I have no interest in it.” Bartholomew then picks up Agnes and her baby and carries them, ordering Will, “Bring the basket, if it’s not too heavy for you.”

I was really laughing at this point because Will has already been described as being very strong from having carried the bags of wool and skins for his father John that “have brought muscles and weight to his shoulders and neck.” So Paul Mescal’s muscular arms and brawn that he has built up to act in Hercules II really are ironically opposed to Bartholomew’s comments that wryly suggest Will’s weaknesses.

Bartholomew, of course, has not misjudged and realizes that Will’s survival—and, thus, Agnes’—depends upon getting Will to London. Sadly, when births and death intervene in their full plan, Bartholomew still stands as their fortress. Bartholomew is a foil for Will. While both men have physical strength, Bartholomew’s emotional strength contrasts with Will’s sensitive nature. Both men do, however, have a place in the scheme of things. Both men “have more hidden away inside,” and Agnes loves them both. Will renders his and Agnes’ emotions concrete through his dramas. Bartholomew is no less intelligent, no less sensitive than is Will; however, Bartholomew’s practicality—and his undercurrent of humor—do make him endearing. In some ways, he and Agnes are like the twins Hamnet and Judith, two halves of a whole.

Acting the part of Bartholomew does suit Joe Alwyn. Before I read the novel and stage play, I have to say that I thought his appearance on set as formidable. He looks quite tall, sturdy, and that he is Agnes’ pillar emotionally, (and of course, he is quite handsome). I think the photographs of the two men with Agnes on set reveal their differing relationships: her facial expressions when she greets Will show her pure joy at seeing him. Her facial expressions when she is hugging Bartholomew reveal how he gives her comfort, how he provides her with peace and quietude.

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JOE ALWYN Stars at Noon (2022)

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Joe Alwyn!

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melilive3 · 2 months

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Kinds of Kindness on digital platforms starting Aug. 27 and Blu-ray/DVD on Oct. 8.

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THE FAVOURITE (2018)

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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK 2024: Day 4, Favorite Relationship - Bertha and George Russell, The Gilded Age (2022- )

Useless, each without the other.

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Ladies, I know it's hard,but it's time to face the truth. To quote Ecclesiastes, for everything in life, there is a season. And it seems the season of the Academy of Music has is drawing to a close.

THE GILDED AGE (2022- ) | 2x08 "In Terms of Winning and Losing"

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