Cate Blanchett steals the show…
Cate Blanchett clearly deserves all the awards she has won for her role as Bob Dylan in I’m Not There. The entire media and the audience has lapped up her performance and the movie is all set to continue for another week across PVR screens in Mumbai…
Below are short interviews with Cate Blanchett and Richard Gere on their association with the movie…
Best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blanchett began her acting career on stage in Australia, where she often appeared with actor Geoffrey Rush. Blanchett worked in television before making her international film debut in Paradise Road (1997). Her first lead role was in Oscar And Lucinda (1997) opposite Ralph Fiennes. Her performance in Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) won her the AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress in Australia.
It was her role Elizabeth, released in 1998, that saw Cate Blanchett become an international superstar. Her portrayal of the British Queen won her the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Best Actress Award. In 2005, she won her first Academy Award, in the Best Supporting Actress category, for The Aviator. Since then she has appeared in Babel (2006), Notes On A Scandal (2006) and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
Q. What attracted you to the project?
It’s not everyday that an actress is asked to step into Bob Dylan’s elusive shoes.
Crazy offers aside, essentially it was Todd Haynes.
Q. What does Bob Dylan mean to you?
Clocks, water melons, the roar of the Universe.
Q. How did you prepare for this role?
I laughed a lot. Smoked a lot. Listened to everything I could get my hands on.
Strapped down my breasts and walked out into the light.
Q. Did you have any contact with the other ‘Dylans’?
I sighted Heath hiding in the bushes and heard Marcus Carl Franklin’s amazing voice.
Q. What is your favourite Dylan song and why?
Well now that depends… It’s Alright Ma? Don’t Think Twice? I listened to ‘Blonde on
Blonde’ an unhealthy amount whilst filming. But then afterwards I discovered ‘The
Basement’ tapes and then… ‘ModernTimes’.
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INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD GERE…
Q. What attracted you to the project ?
Bob Dylan, Todd Haynes and the script.
Q. What does Bob Dylan mean to you?
He is probably the most influential artist of my time, in almost every area. It is unthinkable to have lived our lives without Bob Dylan.
Q. What is your favourite Dylan song?
Visions of Johanna.
You can catch the movie at:
PVR Dynamix Mall, Juhu, Mumbai @8:45 pm.
PVR Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai @10:30 pm
PVR Oberoi Mall, Goregaon, Mumbai @10:30 am.
blogged by Shamath Mazumdar, NDTV Lumière
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Tags: Bob Dylan, cate blanchett, i'm not there, World Cinema
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Cate Blanchett is simply amazing. Shes superb when it comes to changing accents for a role..Heaven, Little Fish, Avaitor….I really liked that episode in Coffee and Cigarettes – both CB but so different in mannerisms but still her in a way.
She raised the bar in I’m not there. A beautiful actor – when as a man or a woman…