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Seberg at Venice and other film fests


OK, today's the day that Seberg has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, so I thought I'd start a new thread in order post reviews and interviews.

First up is an interview with Kristen from Deadline ...
https://deadline.com/2019/08/kristen-stewart-seberg-interview-venice-film-festival-1202707227/

As for other film festivals, we've already learned that following Venice, Seberg will also show that The Deauville Film Festival in France and at the Toronto International Film Festival where the film will have its North American premiere.

Another film festival has just been announced, as Seberg will also be showing at the London Film Festival which runs from October 2 - 13.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/the-aeronauts-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood-london-film-festival/1203316694/

I look forward to reading the reviews for Seberg later today, and I shall post them if possible.

Unfortunately, I shall also be keeping an eye on Hurricane Dorian, which is now expected to grow into a category 4 storm by the time it crashes into and smashes the coast of Florida. This is going to be a bad one.

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Stay Safe Ckid!!

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More film festivals to show Seberg - I'll also be interested to see the reviews and comments. Good interview, a lot covered. Also, I see Kristen talking about being still so closely identified by Twilight, given how she has done so much more before and since, to paraphrase her as I understand it. We often talk about similar views here.

CK, good luck with the hurricane! Yes, looks like a bad one and may linger for a couple days. Going to hit the east coast so I assume that are will take the worst damage. Lots of rain if it lingers, if a very slow moving storm.

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Thanks for the good wishes, Mody and Ron.

Meanwhile, I just read two great articles about Kristen and Seberg, one in Variety and the other in The Hollywood Reporter ...
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/kristen-stewart-seberg-amazon-venice-film-festival-1203319114/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kristen-stewart-seberg-embracing-her-place-spotlight-1235573

I loved how informative those articles were regarding Kristen and the film.
But what I really loved were the photo of Kristen that each article contained. I must confess that I had been feeling down in the dumps concerning the news of Hurricane Dorian, but those feelings were abated when I saw those two photos of Kristen.
I swear, that smile could light up the world!
It certainly lit up my day.

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Hurricane season is definitely upon us Carved, us Hawaiians included, as approximately 95 percent of storms are produced from mid-August to the end of October. Despite the storm's track being unclear at the moment, hopefully Dorian turns north early on, in order not to make landfall in Florida. But whatever direction it chooses to go, this hurricane seems to be gaining strength and is a large category 4 storm, some cautiously comparing it to Hurricane Andrew. So even if it heads north, Floridians will most likely be hit with strong winds, heavy rain, flash flooding, storm surges and other tropical storm conditions--so taking the necessary precautions are in order--hoping for the best but preparing for the worst as they say.

That smile Kristen has in that Variety article is one of the nicest grins I've seen her put on display in years--she appears very happy and contented. Thanks for posting these articles which provided more details about her titular character in Seberg, along with her reason for doing roles like these along with her political and philosophical outspokenness.

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Well, the reviews for Seberg are out and somewhat unfortunately, there's both good news and bad news.

The good news is that Kristen's performance is drawing very high praise. The bad news is that the film is not.

Here's two reviews, one from Variety and one from The Hollywood Reporter. I chose these two because these two publications form the bedrock of Hollywood reporting.

First, Variety ...
https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/seberg-review-kristen-stewart/1203319131/

Kristen Stewart's subtle, enigmatic performance as the ill-fated starlet merits a thornier screenplay than this smooth biopic-cum-espionage drama provides.
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Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of the subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she's serving get in the way.
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That Seberg, for all its false notes and missed opportunities, remains pretty compulsive viewing is almost entirely down to the peculiar star magnetism of Stewart -- a very different animal onscreen, it so happens, from the more gamine, hungry-to-please Seberg, though she knowingly captures the brittle, dissociated quality of a private celebrity still figuring out how to exist in public.
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Who is Jean Seberg? It feels like Kristen Stewart knows; it's the film that won't quite tell us.


The Hollywood Reporter's take on the film is a bit more positive however ...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/seberg-review-venice-2019-1235581
A fascinating historical footnote tracing the intersection between late-1960s Hollywood and iniquitous American government meddling is explored in Benedict Andrews' involving second feature, Seberg. This sleek, pleasurably glossy thriller chronicles the FBI's sustained efforts to neutralize actress Jean Seberg as she became a supporter of the Black Panther Party and other civil rights groups. The script doesn't always avoid canned sloganeering, and the pacing could be tighter. But as the gamine with the pixie cut immortalized on the poster for Goddard's Breathless, the luminous Kristen Stewart keeps you glued throughout, giving a coolly compelling performance that becomes steadily more poignant as the subject unravels.
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As always, the camera loves Stewart, and she shows her integrity by conveying churning depths with economical means. The role goes light on flashy dramatic explosions, but there's a genuinely affecting build in the amplification of fear, paranoia, anger and sorrow as Jean's defiant refusal to abandon her beliefs under mounting pressure is broken down. When the FBI campaign against her becomes viciously personal, exemplifying the absolute worst of J. Edgar Hoover's tenure at the Bureau, the psychological damage to Jean is devastating. Anchoring a movie that's well-acted across the board, Stewart is riveting, her fully inhabited presence resonating over end credits about Seberg's subsequent years and tragic death at 40, the circumstances of which are still murky.


So there you have it. Despite the mixed reviews for the film, I still look forward to seeing it. I hope that Amazon will give the film a wide release so that we can all see it, and that we will hear about the release date soon.

Btw, I find it interesting that Jean Seberg died forty years ago today.
Oh yeah, I do believe that I shall also try and watch Breathless in the not-too-distant future.

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Anchoring a movie that's well-acted across the board, Stewart is riveting


CK, thanks again for the links and reviews.
Once again we see a film where Kristen gets high praise but the film's story line falters a bit. And also the cast gets high marks. This is good as I feel it will at least give the film more depth.

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Speaking of high praise, Carved, top film critic Stephanie Zacharek of Time, gives Kristen a standing ovation and speaks more highly of her acting prowess than I recall any critic pay tribute to the thespian which we have come to admire dearly. Ever! Zacharek doesn't merely call Kristen one of the best actresses of her generation, as if this wouldn't be flattering enough of an accolade--she goes on to describe her as "among the greatest actresses of our day." The manner in which she poetically describes Kristen's deft ability to nonverbally communicate to the moviegoer without uttering a word, is akin to conveying her thoughts via a spoken language.

And Zacharek doesn't leave it at that, as her use of the adjective "great" she regards as an understatement of Kristen's mastery over her subtle and nuanced facial expressions. As a longtime fan of Kristen, a review such as this makes me feel exonerated, even a bit vindicated, in the face of many labeling her an expressionless, monotone, one-note, wooden actor who performs exactly the same in every movie she has ever starred in. According to Zacharek, this couldn't be further from the truth, as in this case, Kristen becomes the very embodiment of Seberg. Is Zacharek indirectly implying that Kristen is a method actor of the highest order--referring to the part where she describes, "Stewart is a vessel", allowing every part of her being to be filled with and to become Seberg? I'm not really sure. But one thing's for certain, for those who just don't get Kristen as an actress, probably aren't watching her eyes and facial expressions closely enough as Zacharek most definitely has.

Here are a couple of excerpts from her Time review which pays homage to one of the greatest actresses of our time: https://time.com/5665387/seberg-kristen-stewart-venice-review/

And Stewart is off the charts, though that’s hardly a surprise. She’s among the greatest actresses of our day, though to call her “great” does a disservice to her subtlety—maybe it’s better to call her the master of the small gesture. The flicker of her eyelids is a dialect unto itself.

As an actor, Stewart is a vessel, not the driver of a vehicle. She didn’t “learn” Seberg; she opened herself up to this sad, lost woman, allowing her to rush in, to fill every channel and vein. Stewart hears the language of ghosts, and she translates it for us. The words are all there, finding their way out through the light in her eyes.


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Wow, that was quite a read, LL. Thanks for posting it.
It sure seems, what with Seberg showing in three different film festivals in Europe (Venice, Deauville & London), that a plan is in place to promote Kristen's performance for a Golden Globe nomination.

And in other news, it looks like South Florida has dodged a bullet what with the forecasts of Hurricane Dorian turning north before it reaches us.
Yes, we'll still probably get a lot of rain along with tropical storm force winds with gusts of 50 mph or so, but that's a helluva lot better than getting hit by 140-150 mph winds.

So now I can look forward to another dreadful season of Miami Dolphin football. Many NFL team rankings have them as dead last.
On the other hand, they are accumulating a ton of draft choices, many of them high ones, so at least there seems to be a plan to lift themselves out of this mess.
None the less, this is going to be one awful year.
Hmm, maybe I should call Charlie and see if the Angels can help. ;-)

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And in other news, it looks like South Florida has dodged a bullet what with the forecasts of Hurricane Dorian turning north before it reaches us.
Yes, we'll still probably get a lot of rain along with tropical storm force winds with gusts of 50 mph or so, but that's a helluva lot better than getting hit by 140-150 mph winds.


Very welcome news indeed, Carved. I can almost hear your sigh of relief. While Florida isn't completely out of the woods just yet, hurricanes sometimes can and do change direction dramatically and can grow larger, Dorian is now a Cat 5, it sure looks like the Florida coast will be spared by most of Dorian's wrath and fury. During the past few years, us Hawaiians have dodged several bullets, as a bunch of hurricanes were on track to hit our islands over that time period, but either changed course, usually moving north and away from us, or the power of the hurricane dwindled down to that of a tropical storm.

As far as the Dolphins, yes, they have lots of draft picks in 2020, so I'm wondering if Miami's strategy for this upcoming season will be to try and win as many games as possible to please their fans in the short term, or lose enough games to ensure that they will draft the players they need to rebuild this franchise for the longer term. We'll probably have to wait and see as the season progresses.

Of course, another option would be that if you want to feel what it's like to be a winner, until the Dolphins build a formidable franchise, you can hop on the bandwagon and root for New England like me and Ron will be doing this year. Just hope the Patriots can find an adequate replacement for Gronk, as he leaves some big, size 16, shoes to fill. Speaking of rebuilding a ball club, the Patriots seem to be in constant rebuild mode, yet they never seem to miss a beat.

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CK, good to hear that the hurricane has tracked a bit further from the coast, sparing Florida the worst of it. I hope we can say the same for the neighboring coastal states as well.

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Wow, that's some great praise there in the Time.com article. It speaks to Kristen's strengths and especially to her subtlety which is a key facet to her acting but not always appreciated enough. Thanks for posting that LL.

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It speaks to Kristen's strengths and especially to her subtlety which is a key facet to her acting but not always appreciated enough.


Exactly Ron. This could be the very reason why when I watch other actors who are not as critically acclaimed as Kristen, they could be going through the physical motions of their character, move around in space effortlessly, even nailing down all of their lines, yet somehow they don't affect me anywhere as much as Kristen does. The subtleties of their acting and their nuanced micro and subtle expressions, or lack thereof, oftentimes fail to ring true, as their deadpan eyes belie what they are really feeling inside.

In my opinion, it's much easier to fake a macroexpression, such as a faked smile, than it is to fake a microexpression, such as the look one gives when she is genuinely ecstatic about something. According to scientific studies, such subtle expressions can't really be faked, as they are involuntary expressions that an individual displays according to what he or she is feeling and experiencing. This is why we are sometimes able to discern whether someone lying or telling the truth by recognizing a person's microexpressions. This is also why, out of the thousands of actors working in Hollywood today, only a few have a mastery over their subtle facial expressions, most of these being method actors.

This is the reason why I came to the conclusion that Zacharek may be indirectly implying that Kristen is a method actor, as method actors visualize and relive an experience and act accordingly, acting from the inside out. With Kristen, she comes across as genuine and believable, because like they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul and by peering into those pearly whites, there is never a doubt as to what she is thinking and feeling onscreen, because I'm pretty sure this is correspondingly how she is thinking and feeling in real life.

Like I was telling Carved, I've heard other critics label Kristen as one of the best actresses of her generation before--but I don't ever recall any top critic ever calling her "among the greatest of our day."

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In my opinion, it's much easier to fake a macroexpression, such as a faked smile, than it is to fake a microexpression, such as the look one gives when she is genuinely ecstatic about something. According to scientific studies, such subtle expressions can't really be faked, as they are involuntary expressions that an individual displays according to what he or she is feeling and experiencing. This is why we are sometimes able to discern whether someone lying or telling the truth by recognizing a person's microexpressions. This is also why, out of the thousands of actors working in Hollywood today, only a few have a mastery over their subtle facial expressions, most of these being method actors.


You put into words what I sometimes think and wonder about. That is the difference between large expression vs small, subtle expressions. Both are valid for actors but often times the subtle expressions are more about how people express things in real life and don't over do, or in the cast of an actor, over act it.

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This is a major reason why many acting performances come off as contrived--the actor may be trying hard to deliver their lines and enact appropriate body language--but if their facial microexpressions are out of sync with the emotions they are supposed to convey, the performance will not come across as genuine.

And there is science to back up such a statement. Dr. Paul Ekman, who was named to Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, ranked fifteenth among the most influential psychologists of the 21st century, and is world renowned as the leading deception detection expert, has spent much of his career conducting groundbreaking research on decoding the human face via facial microexpressions: https://medium.com/@101/how-to-detect-lies-microexpressions-b17ae1b1181e

This particular excerpt gave me pause when I relate this to the way Kristen emotes sadness:

This is the hardest micro expression to fake. Not many people can fake it without feeling a slight amount of sadness.


As a case in point, this video which I put together showcases Kristen's mastery over the facial microexpression sadness, as she does not appear to be faking it at all, thus her performance is deeply affecting and touching, even moving me to tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPNTlC_OFQ

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Great video LL. It shows her seemingly effortless ability to show emotion even with subtle expressions which are conveyed to viewers so well and so authentically.

Another actress that I saw first time in the Starz show Counterpart is
Sara Serraiocco, an Italian actress. She reminded me of Kristen with similar sublety. The show was excellent, great cast and good acting including JK Simmons. When see Sara on screen I felt she would just steal the scene and I've seen several articles saying the same.

Sadly and annoyingly, the show was canceled after two or three seasons. It was a unique concept and story line and a well acted drama/spy thriller.

https://decider.com/2018/01/26/counterpart-baldwin-sara-serraiocco-interview/

Starz‘s new thriller Counterpart opens on a murder scene in a slanted version of present-day Berlin. The one survivor — a woman discovered sobbing in a shower stall — soon reveals herself to be a deadly assassin named Baldwin. This short-haired gamine soon kills her way across parallel universes, but the actress who plays her, Sara Serraiocco, is the person stealing the show on Counterpart so far. In Episode 1, she tussled with two different versions of J.K. Simmons‘ character Howard Silk, and in this week’s all-new episode, we’ll meet Baldwin’s other, a stunning violin star named Nadia Fierro.

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Another actress that I saw first time in the Starz show Counterpart is
Sara Serraiocco, an Italian actress. She reminded me of Kristen with similar sublety. The show was excellent, great cast and good acting including JK Simmons. When see Sara on screen I felt she would just steal the scene and I've seen several articles saying the same.

Sadly and annoyingly, the show was canceled after two or three seasons. It was a unique concept and story line and a well acted drama/spy thriller.


Along the lines of the topic we are discussing, Ron, a fan of Sara Serraiocco made a video containing clips showcasing her nonverbal communication skills as an actress, more specifically her ability to realistically portray microexpressions of sadness:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJzuorhPndw

Like you, this fan obviously wants this TV series to continue as the video was entitled, Allow 'Counterpart' to live on! Sara is an actress who appears to totally immerse herself in a role. For example, she learned how to speak English in order to play the part. And my first impression of Sara portraying Baldwin was that of Hilary Swank in her Oscar winning performance in Boys Don't Cry. Hopefully, in the near future, she is cast in Hollywood productions, as she appears to be a well qualified actress in more ways than one.

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LL, I think that we'll see Sara in Hollywood movies sooner than later, as it seems that she would be in some demand. She's done a number of films, mostly Italian ones. I also did see an article or heard her say in an interview that she learned English for her Counterpart role. Prior to learning that I figured she had known English for some time as she spoke it quite well.

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Dude... how much in love with Stewart are you? I've never seen anyone giving such exaggerated praise to sn artist.

Okay, Kristen Stewart definitely has tallent... but she's not fucking Meryle Streep or Hillary Swank neither...

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Seberg will also be screening at the San Sebastian Festival in Spain: https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2019/sections_adn_films/7/671599/in

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OK, so with the San Sebastian Film Festival showing Seberg, this makes Spain the fourth European country to show the film.
Add in Toronto, and you now have five film festivals showing the film outside the U.S.
Therefore, I repeat my statement regarding what seems to be a push for a Golden Globe nomination for Kristen.

This news, coupled with Mody's post about the Mill Valley Film Festival in California, makes me feel that Amazon is just going to go with the film festival route in showing the film, which, I believe, will then be followed by a limited release of Seberg in Los Angeles and possibly New York in December. This limited release will make the film and the actors eligible for awards consideration. Then, should Seberg or any of the actors involved receive a nomination, either from the Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globes), the Academy (the Oscars) or the Actor's Guild, the film might get a wider release early next year.

So speaking of film festivals, I shall now keep a close eye on which films will be showing at The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, which runs from November 1-17. https://www.fliff.com/festivals-about-fliff/

After all, the festival screens approximately 200 independent films, the titles of which will be announced in mid-October, thus the possibility exists that Seberg might very well be included.
Oh how well I remember how great it was to see The Cake Eaters at that festival in November 2007.
https://filmfreeway.com/FortLauderdaleInternationalFilmFestival

I hate to say this, but the feeling grows ever stronger that unless I get to see Seberg at FLIFF, the only way I'll get to see it is when the Blu-ray goes on sale at Amazon.

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This news, coupled with Mody's post about the Mill Valley Film Festival in California, makes me feel that Amazon is just going to go with the film festival route in showing the film, which, I believe, will then be followed by a limited release of Seberg in Los Angeles and possibly New York in December. This limited release will make the film and the actors eligible for awards consideration. Then, should Seberg or any of the actors involved receive a nomination, either from the Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globes), the Academy (the Oscars) or the Actor's Guild, the film might get a wider release early next year.


I couldn't have said it better and more accurately myself, Carved. One reason why I am optimistic that Seberg will get at least a decent theatrical release, hopefully wide enough to at least reach our shores here in Hawaii, is because it made the cut to screen at the Venice International Film Festival.

While there are no guarantees that the films which screen there will have a wide release and/or do well at the box office, for those familiar with VIFF know that this film festival is often a precursor/predictor for films that will be successful in the U.S. Part of what makes VIFF prestigious and renowned is their track record in choosing the best films that are submitted, for out of the thousands of film submissions each year, less than 100 are selected to make their debut at VIFF. So just the fact that Seberg was chosen is quite an honor in and of itself.

Other prestigious film festivals are likewise very picky when it comes to the films they decide to screen. As a case in point, out of the thousands of films submitted each year for the Cannes Film Festival, only 50 make their debut here. And while Sundance Film Festival chooses approximately 200 films, it drastically narrows down their picks from a pool of a whopping 10,000+ short and feature-length films submitted each year.

So this is why the critics come out in droves, seeking out the best-of-the-best that Hollywood and other studios around the world have to offer. It is no wonder that when it comes to the critical acclaim that Kristen has received, the Lion's share of the acclaim from film critics come from her performances in films that have made their debut at either Sundance or Cannes. For example, her most critically acclaimed performances of her career were in "Clouds of Sils Maria", "On the Road", "Cafe Society", and "Personal Shopper" which all screened at Cannes, while a bunch of my personal favorites such as "Speak", "The Runaways", "Adventureland", "The Yellow Handkerchief", "Lizzie", "Certain Women", and "Camp X-Ray", all debuted at Sundance.

Thus, it should come as no surprise that just as long as Kristen continues to nail her roles, she will remain a critics darling, as they will certainly watch her films that screen at the major film festivals. So even if her films aren't picked up by distributors with deep enough pockets to pay for promoting these films, at least her films get reviewed by critics--keep in mind that most publications will only review films that have a cinema release, be it theatrical and/or screened at film festivals.

Of course, there is also a downside and trade-offs for films that screen at film festivals. A consensus of negative critic reviews will ensure that the film never sees the light of day in a theater--or on the flip side, even if the film does receive raving reviews by critics who write for major trade publications such as Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline [Hollywood], by the time the film is shown commercially in theaters months later, it may have already lost much of its initial buzz, thunder and impact, which could very well have an integral effect on whether the film will be released at all, if the film does not develop legs.

But I'll still have to say that the potential upside is worth the pre-release risks associated with showing a movie at a film festival, especially for small budget, independent films that don't fit in the traditional, paint-by-the-numbers, connect-the-dots, Hollywood mold, which depend greatly on exposure. Especially if the film will be released theatrically in other countries, an international film festival could give that film an added boost, as nowadays, many films earn over 50% of their box office revenues overseas.

Ultimately, even though commerce is the driving force behind the major film festivals, what better place is there to screen a film for an economical cost, at a venue where filmmakers, distributors, boards, funders, sponsors and moviegoers, new, old and established alike, all converge and interact with each other?

Admittedly, I have yet to attend a film festival event. Sure, our Hawaii International Film Festival is coming up next month, but unfortunately for myself, HIFF's primary focus and mission is to showcase emerging films from Asia and the Pacific, so I doubt "Seberg" will screen here.

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Time to add another European film festival for Seberg, as well as an award for Kristen.
Seberg will be showing at the Zurich Film Festival (September 26th to October 6th) where Kristen shall receive the Golden Eye Award (hmm, that almost sounds like an award for best performance in a James Bond film).
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/kristen-stewart-receive-zurich-film-festival-golden-eye-award-1203328352/

As for the film's showing at the Toronto International Film Festival, here's another review that echos the ones from Venice, i.e., while the film is flawed, Kristen's performance is top notch.
https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/tiff-review-kristen-stewart-captures-seberg-but-the-drama-is-lopsided/

Stewart excels, as always, in a deeply underwritten role.
As she has proved in films as diverse as Personal Shopper, Still Alice and Certain Women, there is no actor of Kristen Stewart's generation as adept at joining emotional trauma and innate confidence.

The review is focused primarily on the film's flaws, i.e., the script, complaining, for the most part, that way too much time is spent on the FBI's activities rather than on Jean Seberg herself. This focus, or perhaps I should say miss-focus is actually understandable to me if you consider that the film's original title was Against All Enemies. That title sort of implies that the film would be about that part of the FBI which conducted the surveillance of Jean Seberg and others, rather than how said surveillance affected Jean Seberg.

This is a shame, because I had such high hopes for the film. Unfortunately, I fear that the flaws in the film might overshadow the brilliance of Kristen's performance in the eyes of many moviegoers.

Of course, if you really want to discuss a major disappointment, all I have to say is, 59-10.
Ugh, the Dolphins really suck.

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The review is focused primarily on the film's flaws, i.e., the script, complaining, for the most part, that way too much time is spent on the FBI's activities rather than on Jean Seberg herself. This focus, or perhaps I should say miss-focus is actually understandable to me if you consider that the film's original title was Against All Enemies. That title sort of implies that the film would be about that part of the FBI which conducted the surveillance of Jean Seberg and others, rather than how said surveillance affected Jean Seberg.

This is a shame, because I had such high hopes for the film. Unfortunately, I fear that the flaws in the film might overshadow the brilliance of Kristen's performance in the eyes of many moviegoers.


Like the review pointed out how, "Stewart excels, in a deeply underwritten role." has pretty much been the story of her career thus far. While it is important that the film give us some backstory on what the FBI did, the heart of the story should have been on Seberg's personal struggle and the perseverance she had in never abandoning her cultural, political and philosophical beliefs. This is what gives a film its power and makes it profound--seeing how a character, in this case, is pitted against insurmountable odds, is faced with a human dilemma of doing the right thing and never giving up instead of caving in for various reasons.

It would make her character relatable and likeable, which is key to having the audience be able to empathize with and suspend their disbelief for and with whom they can live vicariously through their onscreen character's life. That would inspire us to look inside of ourselves and ask our self what we would have done if confronted with a similar situation. And this is exactly what would have given the film a truly heartbreaking conclusion--something that would tug at our heartstrings in a way that is unforgettable.

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"Like the review pointed out how, "Stewart excels, in a deeply underwritten role." has pretty much been the story of her career thus far. "

This does seem the case a bit too often, that Kristen excels at a role in a film that's a bit underwritten, not filled out well enough or something like that. Still good though to see her getting the top reviews for her work/roles.

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OK, enough of those reviews. On more positive note, here's a rather interesting article regarding the clothing that Kristen wore during the shooting of Seberg ...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-seberg-costumes-elevate-kristen-stewarts-style-savvy-onscreen-1238274/

28 costumes in a 96 minute film, and not a word about Kristen kicking off her heels and changing into sneakers.
Will wonders never cease. ;-)

Ah yes, I do hope we see Kristen wearing that gown pictured in the drawing.

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Hmm, that's pretty cool, so many costumes for the movie! And it indeed would be interesting to see what that gown in the drawing looks like.

But somewhere in the film she must be in jeans and sneakers! ;)

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kristen-stewart-talks-charlies-angels-reboot-vindicating-jean-seberg-1239653

As the only American actress to have ever won a Cesar award, the country's equivalent of the Oscar, Kristen Stewart felt at home bringing the story of her latest film Seberg to the Deauville Film Festival after its bows in Venice and Toronto.
Speaking at a press conference, Stewart praised the upcoming Charlie's Angels reboot, scripted and helmed by Elizabeth Banks, for its female camaraderie. She grew up with the Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu version and said she always wanted to befriend them.


This is a recent interview Kristen gave about movie Seberg and also mentions Charlie's Angels. This is a quote of a part of it. I like that they mention her Caesar award.

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Thanks for posting that Hollywood Reporter article, Ron.
I'm glad that Olivier Assayas was there as well.

Here's Variety's take on the evening ...

French Director Olivier Assayas Pays Tribute to Kristen Stewart at Deauville

The Deauville tribute highlighted Stewart's eclectic acting career through a montage of clips from her key roles in films including Panic Room, Into the Wild, The Twilight [Saga], The Runaways, On the Road, Cafe Society, Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper and the upcoming Charlie's Angels.

A nice selection of films, I must say. Of course, I would have been even more impressed had a clip from The Cake Eaters been included as well.

You can read the entire article at ...
https://variety.com/2019/film/global/olivier-assayas-kristen-stewart-deauville-seberg-1203335977/

And now, since it's breakfast time, to help honor Kristen's appearance at the Deauville Film Festival, I do believe that I shall make some French Toast.
Furthermore, lunch shall definitely include some French Fries and dinner shall start off with French Onion Soup.

Hopefully that will help ease the pain that will most likely occur tomorrow when Ron's Patriots take the Dolphins out behind the woodshed and give them a good spanking.
18.5 point underdogs. Ugh.
Hmm, I think I'll give the points and take the Patriots by something like five touchdowns (don't forget, we lost to the Ravens by seven touchdowns last week). Man, it's gonna be a looooong season.

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Assayas said he admired Kirsten for her freedom. “She never made a conventional choice, she never tried to achieve anything else but preserve her independence, in her life, in her acts and in her art,” said Assayas, who won best director at Cannes with “Personal Shopper.”

“This freedom… is much more difficult to achieve for movie stars who are being placed under the microscope of media, who are being subjected on a daily basis to the unbearable pressure of the ‘Hollywood machine,’ its cynicism, its corny sentimentalism, the brutality of power and money struggles,” said Assayas, who is presenting on closing night in Deauville his latest film “Wasp Network,” a thriller based on the true story of the Cuban Five which stars Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez.


Good article. Yes CK, The Cake Eaters is another strong role by Kristen, one of my favorites. Here, Assayas sums up quite well what we see with Kristen's role and film choices.

Thanks for posting this CK.

As for the Patriots vs Dolphins, that was indeed a tough season opener for Miami. I hope the Pats can do as well as their season opener vs Pittsburgh. I do like the Miami franchise and hope they can get things together....but of course after tomorrow. ;)

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CK, sorry for the drubbing the Pats gave the Fish. I expected a closer game than a blow out like that. I heard Miami made a lot of changes prior to this season, losing a some of its good players. Not sure if that's so true, but I hope Miami gets back on track this season or with some rebuilding for future seasons.

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Kristen is in Spain today for Seberg's showing at the 67th San Sebastian Film Festival, where, apparently, it was the opening film.

Variety had a nice article about her appearance there.
https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/kristen-stewart-benedict-andrews-san-sebastian-opener-seberg-1203343104/

'Seberg' has received mixed reviews since premiering at Venice last month, but there's been near unanimous consensus that Stewart has given one of the most assured performances in her still-young career.

The article contains more about the film, most of which has been said before, but it also contained more on The Chronology of Water ...
Stewart also fielded questions about her own ambitions behind the camera on the previously announced adaptation of Lidia Yukanavitch's memoir 'The Chronology of Water.'

"The movie I want to make is really confronting. I think (the memoir) is one of the most jarring, honest coming-of-age stories. More than that, it's one of the most honest self-realized female stories I've ever read. It's all true and devastatingly gorgeous," she said.

So, Seberg has now been shown at Venice, Toronto, Deauville and San Sebastian film festivals. Next up is the London Film Festival which runs from October 2-13, as well as the Mill Valley film fest in California which runs from October 3-13.
While this is all well and good, it sure would be nice to know when the film will open in theatres so that the rest of us can see it.
Hey Amazon, are you listening???

UPDATE: I see that the nominations for the 2020 Golden Globe awards will be announced on Monday, December 9th.
Somehow I get the feeling that Amazon is waiting to see if Kristen receives a nomination before announcing the release date for the film.
If she gets one, then I believe that Amazon will have a limited release for Seberg in Los Angeles and possibly New York before the end of the year, thus making Kristen eligible for Academy Award and Independent Spirit Award consideration .
Right now, it wouldn't surprise me if Seberg doesn't get released to the rest of the country until January 17th, one week after Underwater.
After all, January 17th is when Martin Luther King Jr.'s three day birthday weekend begins.

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