Citizens of Cosmopolis
If you have the DVD or bluray, I highly recommend watching the extra called 'Citizens of Cosmopolis'. It is a documentary about the making of the film ( longer than the film itself). Very well done!
shareany idea what camera was used to film the documentary? it was really nice quality and handled lighting very efficient at the parts with very dim light through out the set and exteriors.
shareOne of the most entertaining and informative behind the scenes I have ever watched..
shareNo, but here's a behind the scenes still with a camera:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m84emfmAPs1qdspdto1_r1_500.jpg
"We talked a lot on the phone. Rob is not one of those people with a big ego. He really wanted to make the movie, but seriously wondered if he could. It was his only concern. He said “Do you really think I’m good enough to play this part? I’m afraid to ruin your movie.” I told him that this conversation more than convinced me that he was perfect for Cosmopolis." - David Cronenberg
He really wanted to make the movie, but seriously wondered if he could. It was his only concern. He said “Do you really think I’m good enough to play this part? I’m afraid to ruin your movie
He needs to stop doubting himself. He does this a lot. I hope he stops doing it after not only Cosmopolis, but all these films he's shooting now.
Every time he says stuff like that, he gives haters more fuel.
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"Fear not for the future; weep not for the past." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Well, he says a lot of stuff in interviews, including that you can say anything in an interview (not necessarily that it means anything). But I think the experience of making Cosmopolis and the reaction from the critics, etc., really had an impact on him.
RP: “Something new happened to me after ‘Cosmopolis’. It was the first time I felt deeply convinced that the movie I played in was a total success.”
"Before I did this movie I was fully intending on hiding for a couple of years, but this has really reinvigorated my ideas about acting. And I like being slightly on the fringe as well, rather than trying to get movies that are sort of vehicles."
Pattinson doesn’t know what he’ll do after the “Twilight saga” is over. But he isn’t worried, no more than usual, he says with a laugh. “It helps to have tremendous self-doubt. That keeps you humble. It’s a very English mentality, that glass is always half empty.”
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Oh I quite agree about his thoughts on self-doubt.
I just do not want him to keep saying it... expressing it verbally. That's all. But that's just me. I'm sure he has his reasons. He's a very honest person. And that's part of his charm/uniqueness.
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What do the two have to do with each other? I don't understand.
Why would not denigrating himself in that manner make people think he was self-important? I am not saying he should go around boasting he's the best emoter in town lol.
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http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/cover-story/1918862 91.html
Best Actor
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Who should have won overall: As much as I want to say Denis Lavant, for his literally shape-shifting work in Holy Motors, no performance was as exciting as Tim Heidecker’s raging wealthy dickhead routine in The Comedy. And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Robert Pattinson wuz robbed—for Cosmopolis.
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"I don’t think that any director who’s looking to see what Rob can do, will not be able to see how terrific he is by looking at Cosmopolis.
Even if the movie isn’t a success at the box office, creatively, as far as I’m concerned, it is a success, and for Rob, it totally is. He’s brilliant in the movie, he’s fabulous. If nothing else, it will be a great demo film for Rob, for any other director who’s looking for a great actor."
-David Cronenberg talks about Robert Pattinson.
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Luke Goodsell: “There’s a really magic shot in the film — perhaps my favorite moment in his performance, also — when he’s stumbling down the alley with the gun, and he’s looking for Paul Giamatti, and there’s this particular look that comes over his face in that one moment and you can see his derangement. It was really wonderfully played.
David Cronenberg: “Yeah, it was beautiful. It was the only take that Rob did exactly that on, and I thought, Well that’s the take. It was unexpected. I mean, Rob was constantly surprising me, I have to tell you, with things like that. Lovely, lovely things that were spontaneous but dead-on.”
Adam Burnstine ‏@Aburnstine
I'm trying to decide what it is that made Cosmopolis so much stronger than its source novel. It's more or less a direct adaptation, but...
Adam Burnstine ‏@Aburnstine
In the book, the limo is a limiting stylistic obstacle, while in the film it is an interesting challenge that is overcome aesthetically
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The trades singled out Cronenberg and Cosmopolis for extra buzz.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/international-news-roundup-crone nbergs-cannes-julian-assange-314612
The top global media stories of the past seven days.
Cannes rolls out the red carpet for Cronenberg and son, Norway braces for its trial of the century and London starts the countdown for the 2012 Olympics. Here’s The Hollywood Reporter’s look back at the media stories making headlines around the world this week.
David Cronenberg and his son Brandon have booked their tickets to Cannes for the 65th fest. Cronenberg senior’s Cosmopolis, starring Robert Pattinson, will screen in Competition, alongside Walter Salles’ On The Road, The Paperboy from Lee Daniels and Michael Haneke’s Amour.
On filming Cosmopolis.
Interviewer: How did the filming go?
Rob: David Cronenberg did everthing he could to unsettle me. Eric Packer slipped through my fingers like an eel. David constantly told me: 'If you understand anything to what we're doing, it's over!' So I played my role like a melody to a song. I didn't understand the lyrics but I felt like I was in tuned to it. After one week of acclimation, we often filmed scenes in one take.
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