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Monique Van Vooren

posted 14 years ago by logan03
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I was doing a search for her in relation to an old film she did when I saw that she was involved with this new project. She is about 85 now, but in her younger days was quite a looker. She often appeared on TV talk show/game shows during the '60s and seemed primarily known for sporadic films which were mostly of the avant garde or art-film types, such as appearances in Warhol's "Frankenstein" and Pasolini's "Decameron, as well as a couple of appearances on the Batman TV series and an early 50's "Tarzan & The She-Devils" film.

Can't wait to see this film to see what she looks like now.

[–] teadm 12 years ago

I was glad to see her as well at age 86 - she's had some heavy plastic surgery, which is rather unusual for someone her age. She's almost unrecognizable, but at least she's still holding up. She's onscreen at the beginning of this awful "movie" for less than 3 minutes so the rest can be safely skipped.

[–] eagle79-1 11 years ago

When she first appeared on GREYSTONE PARK (in a very unflattering close-up, with moody lighting, no less) I was going "Who the HECK is that?". As the scene went on & the tedium started to build & was trying to get past the cringe-inducing sight of Oliver Stone literally trying to help his son with this film project of his, I kept thinking that SHE was the scariest element in that whole scene. Please forgive my seemingly harsh observations, I really don't mean to be spiteful or anything towards Mr. Stone, his son or...Monique Van Vooren??!
I didn't know it was her (and I'm very good at spotting anyone no matter how obscure the film might be) until I came here and found her name on the cast list.
No, teadm, I do not think it's rather unusual for a 86-year old Hollywood actress to have had plastic surgery. I do not think she looked good, although this "masked" facial aesthetic has pretty much become the norm nowadays. Worst of all, she had nothing to do in the scene & she was virtually IGNORED by the rest of this "cast" comprised of attractive, seemingly vapid young adults.
Do any of these cute mannequins know about her appearances in the Warhol films? The Pasolini Decameron movie? Have any of them read any of her books?
No, they probably don't. One of them even asks at some point: "What's a lobotomy?" and I fear that line wasn't improvised. Somebody (maybe Monique) should've replied "Never mind, sweetie. It's something you probably had done last time you had your breasts done so you won't be able to grasp its meaning".

Before I caught this on Netflix streaming, I watched a documentary titled GREAT DIRECTORS that featured everyone from Pasolini, Bertolucci, Cavani, Breillat, Varda, Haynes, Lynch etc. It was quite rewarding. I'm sure it didn't cost three million to make. Then I decided to mix things up by watching Grey STONE (get it?) Park since I like the found-footage genre a lot. It ended up feeling as if I had a shot of smooth Chartreuse & then followed it with a gulp of No Frills Vinegar.
The fake rave reviews on this site's page making this film sound like the new Citizen Kane of the horror genre are ludicrous at best. No kids, you have to WORK to EARN real praise.

I hope Sean Stone does much better next time. Sincerely.