Who would make a movie about Thomas Kinkade? Well, Thomas Kinkade, would, of course!
http://www.nysun.com/article/50538
New York Sun, March 15, 2007
"production chief of Lionsgate, Michael Paseornek, said the company hopes will be a long-term relationship. "We see Thomas Kinkade as a franchise in the film business just like he is in the art world,"
"The CEO of Thomas Kinkade Company, Dan Byrne, said that the company had been working with Mr. Campus and his company, Birch Grove Films, for a year, "developing properties that might be appealing for Thomas Kinkade Media."
I don't mind Thomas Kinkade's work, it's nice and pretty. And I don't see the problem with having art that is nice and pretty. I do dislike him as a person though. I think he's fake and he's playing the Christian angle to make money, but he's talking the talk, not walking the walk.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1739383,00.htmlGuardian Unlimited, March 25, 2006
"In court documents and other testimony, he has been accused of sexual harassment, fraudulent business practices and bizarre incidents of drunkenness including a habit of "ritual territory marking" that involves urinating in public places."
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"A court-appointed arbitration panel has ruled in favour of two former owners of Kinkade-branded galleries, ordering his company to pay them $860,000 (£500,000) for breaching "the covenant of good faith and dealing" and failing to disclose pertinent business information.
The panel found that his firm "painted an unrealistic and misleading picture of the prospects of success for a dealer", while using religious language to foster an atmosphere of trust."
And he thinks a bit too much of himself.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-08-15/news/fairy-interesting/St. Louis News - River Front Times, August 15, 2007
"A painter has a great opportunity to share art if you don't get hung up on the idea of art as an original. Andy Warhol said the greatest art is the art that is seen by the most people. The kind of work I've done over the years has been broadly accepted, just like Norman Rockwell was in his day."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/11/21/60minutes/main318790.shtml60 Minutes, July 4, 2004
"How does Kinkade regard Picasso? "I don't believe, in time, that he will be regarded as the titan that he is now," says Kinkade. "He is a man of great talent who, to me, used it to create three Picassos before breakfast because he could get $10,000 each for them."
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"Thomas Kinkade is a multi-dimensional lifestyle brand, similar to Martha Stewart or Ralph Lauren," says Kinkade.
"You can put a Thomas Kinkade couch beneath your Thomas Kinkade painting. Next to the Thomas Kinkade couch goes the Thomas Kinkade end table. On top of that goes your collection of Thomas Kinkade books, Thomas Kinkade collectibles, Thomas Kinkade throw rugs. You can snuggle your Thomas Kinkade teddy bear."
And, he adds, "You can put all of that inside your new Thomas Kinkade home in the Thomas Kinkade subdivision."
More than 100 homes, all modeled on his cutesy, cozy cottages, have been built in Vallejo, Calif., outside San Francisco.
"This is ad nauseam, I know, to some people. But hear me out. My goodness. Walt Disney wasn't satisfied just making a movie. He said, 'I wanna invite people to step into that world,' and he built Disneyland," says Kinkade. "We view my work and my cultural identity, in a way, as heir to the Walt Disney kind of tradition."
What in his life is worth making a movie about? Actually a movie about his life might be pretty interesting. But "The Christmas Cottage" is simply BASED on his life, and his early life at that (this first one anyway) so I am sure that he is all cleaned up nice and shiny in it.
I like Jared Padalecki, I think he's a very talented actor. I think the same of Richard Burgi. I thought Aaron Ashmore was good in X-Men. Peter O'Toole and Marcia Gay Hardin have careers and career accolades which speak for themselves.
So I am going to see the movie, and I think it's very possible that the movie will be well-made and enjoyable, but it is, in effect, a Thomas Kinkade painting of Thomas Kinkade's life, just another Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light(trademarked) product, not reality.
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FoolForLove
17 years ago
Shawn Ashmore is in X-Men, not Aaron.
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www.Aaron-Ashmore.com
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dairwendan
17 years ago
Oh, I'm sorry!
Aaron is Jimmy Olsen in Smallville then! I've seen much more of his work and he is a good actor. It'll be interesting to see he and Jared as brothers.
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