Jeremy Strong is just fine sounding like a jackass for the sake of high art.
The “Succession” star, whose Method acting techniques became controversial fodder in 2021 following an infamous New Yorker profile, addressed his penchant for colloquially quoting other artists in interviews.
“I’m sure I sound like a jackass when I say stuff like that,” Strong told GQ. “[But] I’m just going to keep quoting shit, because this is who I am.”
Strong added, “People have been making fun of me about it for as long as I can remember. I had an old girlfriend who used to call me Kierkegaard. I’m like a walking book of aphorisms.”
To note, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
“Maybe the quoting is just a part of an armor,” the “Armageddon Time” actor said.
The “Succession” star, whose Method acting techniques became controversial fodder in 2021 following an infamous New Yorker profile, addressed his penchant for colloquially quoting other artists in interviews.
“I’m sure I sound like a jackass when I say stuff like that,” Strong told GQ. “[But] I’m just going to keep quoting shit, because this is who I am.”
Strong added, “People have been making fun of me about it for as long as I can remember. I had an old girlfriend who used to call me Kierkegaard. I’m like a walking book of aphorisms.”
To note, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
“Maybe the quoting is just a part of an armor,” the “Armageddon Time” actor said.
- 2/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
No doubt there was some rivalry between Zauq and Ghalib, as is between leading practitioners of any craft, but it did not lend itself to such snide behaviour from him as in the serial. His depiction in the film "Mirza Ghalib" is more balanced, where he does not lose his equanimity as audience beating him to complete some of his best known shers, and then, goes on to introduce Ghalib when the latter’s turn comes.
Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim ‘Zauq’ (1789/90-1854) hailed from modest circumstances, being the son of a mere soldier in what was left of the once-glorious Mughal Army. His elementary education was at the house of a nearby cleric, who also wrote poetry and was consulted by aspiring poets. Their discussions made an impression on young ‘Zauq’.
"As I used to hear them, many verses stuck in my memory. My heart received a sort of spiritual pleasure...
Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim ‘Zauq’ (1789/90-1854) hailed from modest circumstances, being the son of a mere soldier in what was left of the once-glorious Mughal Army. His elementary education was at the house of a nearby cleric, who also wrote poetry and was consulted by aspiring poets. Their discussions made an impression on young ‘Zauq’.
"As I used to hear them, many verses stuck in my memory. My heart received a sort of spiritual pleasure...
- 2/19/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
And when we have almost all that we may want, but are still not content, what can be done?
One recourse for the latter would be to turn inward to religion or philosophy — but all of the first and a lot of the second are based on some variety of divine design and control over humans, maybe for their benefit — "the universe conspiring to help you attain something you want," as Paulo Coelho says in ‘The Alchemist’. But, we may also find that the universe could be hostile, or worse, absolutely indifferent.
At such a time, it may be useful to retrace the thought of a charismatic French philosopher with movie star looks (he bore an uncanny resemblance to Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart) — the man who identified the "absurd" existence we find ourselves in, or rather, told us clearly that our life is a meaningless struggle and what we can do about it.
One recourse for the latter would be to turn inward to religion or philosophy — but all of the first and a lot of the second are based on some variety of divine design and control over humans, maybe for their benefit — "the universe conspiring to help you attain something you want," as Paulo Coelho says in ‘The Alchemist’. But, we may also find that the universe could be hostile, or worse, absolutely indifferent.
At such a time, it may be useful to retrace the thought of a charismatic French philosopher with movie star looks (he bore an uncanny resemblance to Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart) — the man who identified the "absurd" existence we find ourselves in, or rather, told us clearly that our life is a meaningless struggle and what we can do about it.
- 11/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Oscar Isaac Discusses His Big Year: ‘Having More Ownership of the Creative Gave Me More Energy Back’
Oscar Isaac likes to quote Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” In the past two years, Isaac has learned this the hard way, pushing himself into ever riskier emotional terrain as an actor.
Ever since he broke out in 2013 with his first lead role as a sensitive finger-picking folk singer in the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” (after supporting parts in “Sucker Punch” and “Drive”), he’s shown a remarkable range. From a dancing AI scientist in “Ex Machina” and Vegas loner in “The Card Counter” to heroic Poe Dameron in “Star Wars” and Duke Leto Atreides in “Dune,” he can seemingly do anything, as hero, villain, lover, gangster, or artist. Now he’s got his pick of film and TV projects, and his recent derring-do has landed him in Best Actor Emmy contention in not one but two Limited Series: Hagai Levi’s remake...
Ever since he broke out in 2013 with his first lead role as a sensitive finger-picking folk singer in the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” (after supporting parts in “Sucker Punch” and “Drive”), he’s shown a remarkable range. From a dancing AI scientist in “Ex Machina” and Vegas loner in “The Card Counter” to heroic Poe Dameron in “Star Wars” and Duke Leto Atreides in “Dune,” he can seemingly do anything, as hero, villain, lover, gangster, or artist. Now he’s got his pick of film and TV projects, and his recent derring-do has landed him in Best Actor Emmy contention in not one but two Limited Series: Hagai Levi’s remake...
- 6/21/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A torrid encounter between a troubled youth and the wife of the village priest is at the center of Octav Chelaru’s “A Higher Law,” which bowed at the Thessaloniki Film Festival last fall and will have its domestic premiere in the main competition at the Transilvania Film Festival.
Inspired by true events, the film is a powerful exploration of religious dogma that raises larger questions about the nature of freedom and faith. The feature debut of Chelaru, a self-taught director whose previous short films, “Black Clothes” and “The Parallel State,” premiered in the Leopards of Tomorrow competition at the Locarno Film Festival, it’s produced by Radu Stancu of Bucharest-based deFilm Production, in co-production with 42film and Eed Productions.
“A Higher Law” stars Mălina Manovici as Ecaterina, a religion teacher at the local high school and the frustrated wife of the village priest (Alexandru Papadopol). Hemmed in by her...
Inspired by true events, the film is a powerful exploration of religious dogma that raises larger questions about the nature of freedom and faith. The feature debut of Chelaru, a self-taught director whose previous short films, “Black Clothes” and “The Parallel State,” premiered in the Leopards of Tomorrow competition at the Locarno Film Festival, it’s produced by Radu Stancu of Bucharest-based deFilm Production, in co-production with 42film and Eed Productions.
“A Higher Law” stars Mălina Manovici as Ecaterina, a religion teacher at the local high school and the frustrated wife of the village priest (Alexandru Papadopol). Hemmed in by her...
- 6/16/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: This review will discuss the writings of dead European philosophers like Albert Camus and Friedrich Nietzsche and Voltaire and Søren Kierkegaard, but the author assures you that these comparisons are apt
Would it be inappropriate to refer to Directed by Dan Kwan's and Daniel Scheinert's "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as a manifesto for a new generation? "Everything"'s ambitions are nothing short of confronting a decade of stale, withered hope and suggesting — while rocketing like a hamster, shot from a leaf-blower, straight through an exploding Wham-o Toys factory, and directly into the brain — that the only possible option is radical...
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Would it be inappropriate to refer to Directed by Dan Kwan's and Daniel Scheinert's "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as a manifesto for a new generation? "Everything"'s ambitions are nothing short of confronting a decade of stale, withered hope and suggesting — while rocketing like a hamster, shot from a leaf-blower, straight through an exploding Wham-o Toys factory, and directly into the brain — that the only possible option is radical...
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- 3/28/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The former head of the ACLU discusses some of the movies – and sports legends – that made him.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mighty Ira (2020)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
42 (2013)
Shane (1953)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Last Year At Marienbad (1962)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
La Strada (1954)
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Virgin Spring (1960) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Last House On The Left (1972) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary
A Walk In The Sun (1945) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Paths Of Glory (1957) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, John Landis’s trailer commentary
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
12 Angry Men (1957)
Inherit The Wind (1960)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Verdict (1982)
Twelve Angry Men teleplay (1954)
The Front (1976)
Judgment At Nuremberg teleplay...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mighty Ira (2020)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
42 (2013)
Shane (1953)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Last Year At Marienbad (1962)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
La Strada (1954)
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Virgin Spring (1960) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Last House On The Left (1972) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary
A Walk In The Sun (1945) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Paths Of Glory (1957) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, John Landis’s trailer commentary
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
12 Angry Men (1957)
Inherit The Wind (1960)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Verdict (1982)
Twelve Angry Men teleplay (1954)
The Front (1976)
Judgment At Nuremberg teleplay...
- 10/19/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The Danish director’s new Oscar-winning film Another Round is about a group of teachers who dedicate themselves to getting drunk. He talks about losing control, patching up his friendship with Lars von Trier and the death of his daughter
Thomas Vinterberg looks back on the past six months with disbelief. “I made a film about four white, middle-aged, semi-fat men teaching their students to drink. I didn’t think it would survive.” Instead, Another Round swept the award ceremonies (best foreign language film at the Oscars and Baftas; best film at the European film awards and London film festival), and proved a spectacular box office success in his native Denmark when it opened between Covid restrictions. Vinterberg is a boyish 52-year-old, with an open smile and chestnut hair that has a touch of gel. A priest’s cassock hangs from the bookcase behind his chair. It is easy to overlook the cassock but,...
Thomas Vinterberg looks back on the past six months with disbelief. “I made a film about four white, middle-aged, semi-fat men teaching their students to drink. I didn’t think it would survive.” Instead, Another Round swept the award ceremonies (best foreign language film at the Oscars and Baftas; best film at the European film awards and London film festival), and proved a spectacular box office success in his native Denmark when it opened between Covid restrictions. Vinterberg is a boyish 52-year-old, with an open smile and chestnut hair that has a touch of gel. A priest’s cassock hangs from the bookcase behind his chair. It is easy to overlook the cassock but,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Nicholas Blincoe
- The Guardian - Film News
With the fate of his early years of his upcoming presidency hanging on snaring a majority in the Senate out of tomorrow’s duel runoffs in Georgia, Joe Biden ripped Donald Trump today at a rally in Atlanta.
“This administration has gotten off to a God-awful start,” the president-elect passionately told a somewhat socially distanced crowd in the Peach State metropolis of the response to the lethal coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine rollout. “The president spends more time whining and complaining than doing something about the problem,” Biden added as the former Celebrity Apprentice host tried to strongarm Georgia officials to award the state to him over the ex-vp.
The stronger-than-usual language from Biden was not in his prepared remarks.
“I don’t know why he still wants the job, he doesn’t want to do the work,” the momentarily off-script Biden went on to say to the drive-in rally,...
“This administration has gotten off to a God-awful start,” the president-elect passionately told a somewhat socially distanced crowd in the Peach State metropolis of the response to the lethal coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine rollout. “The president spends more time whining and complaining than doing something about the problem,” Biden added as the former Celebrity Apprentice host tried to strongarm Georgia officials to award the state to him over the ex-vp.
The stronger-than-usual language from Biden was not in his prepared remarks.
“I don’t know why he still wants the job, he doesn’t want to do the work,” the momentarily off-script Biden went on to say to the drive-in rally,...
- 1/4/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Just as Joseph Biden was about to answer the final question in tonight’s Democratic debate, a group of protestors could be heard shouting from the audience. It forced Biden to pause on stage until they were escorted out.
It was difficult for viewers to even hear what the hecklers were shouting, but several outlets said that it had to do with immigration. The debate was halted for 48 seconds, before Biden said, “I’m sorry.”
“We’re sorry,” said George Stephanopoulos, one of the moderators.
This was not the first time that an event has been stopped by the interruption.
The previous debate on July 31 also was stopped when protestors shouted about the Eric Garner case during Cory Booker’s opening statement. Later, when Biden was answering a question about immigration, demonstrators briefly stopped the debate when they chanted about deportations.
Biden then resumed his answer to the question, which...
It was difficult for viewers to even hear what the hecklers were shouting, but several outlets said that it had to do with immigration. The debate was halted for 48 seconds, before Biden said, “I’m sorry.”
“We’re sorry,” said George Stephanopoulos, one of the moderators.
This was not the first time that an event has been stopped by the interruption.
The previous debate on July 31 also was stopped when protestors shouted about the Eric Garner case during Cory Booker’s opening statement. Later, when Biden was answering a question about immigration, demonstrators briefly stopped the debate when they chanted about deportations.
Biden then resumed his answer to the question, which...
- 9/13/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
While there'll always be a place for down-the-line observational stand-up, there are thankfully also some comics doing stranger stuff at the fringes.
From the mid-1990s on, Simon Munnery has intrigued and innovated. Ahead of his spot on Stewart Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience, Digital Spy got on the phone with Simon to talk singing Kierkegaard, "fylm" and whether or not we'll ever get Attention Scum! on DVD.
Asked about The Alternative Comedy Experience, Munnery said: "It's a different selection of acts - it's acts you don't see on Michael McIntyre's Roadshow or Live at the Apollo.
"It's perhaps less mainstream acts, a bit more quirky, a bit more interesting."
Of almost half the comics on the show being women, he added: "There are a lot of very good women comics and quite a lot of them are on this.
"There just are quite a lot of good...
From the mid-1990s on, Simon Munnery has intrigued and innovated. Ahead of his spot on Stewart Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience, Digital Spy got on the phone with Simon to talk singing Kierkegaard, "fylm" and whether or not we'll ever get Attention Scum! on DVD.
Asked about The Alternative Comedy Experience, Munnery said: "It's a different selection of acts - it's acts you don't see on Michael McIntyre's Roadshow or Live at the Apollo.
"It's perhaps less mainstream acts, a bit more quirky, a bit more interesting."
Of almost half the comics on the show being women, he added: "There are a lot of very good women comics and quite a lot of them are on this.
"There just are quite a lot of good...
- 7/15/2014
- Digital Spy
From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by Rs Thomas and Wg Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real page-turner
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
- 1/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
As Snow White and the Huntsman shows, there's a fourth age for women in film - the queen bitch, finds Tom Shone
"Picasso had his blue period, and this is my bitch period." So said Charlize Theron at the Wondercon convention earlier this year on her recent run of roles, first as a boyfriend-snatching hot mess in last year's Young Adult, and now the evil stepmom in Snow White and the Huntsman. Critics have agreed that Theron steals the show as the embittered Queen Ravenna, clinging by her extendable fingernails to a patriarchal kingdom in which women can only acquire power through their looks, until someone younger, fairer, and with a bigger vampire-franchise fan-base comes along. Any resemblance to actual feudal hierarchies, living or dead, is entirely accidental. Hollywood, as we all know, harbors a deep respect for the glories of the mature woman, utterly disdaining of the lollipopped Lolitas...
"Picasso had his blue period, and this is my bitch period." So said Charlize Theron at the Wondercon convention earlier this year on her recent run of roles, first as a boyfriend-snatching hot mess in last year's Young Adult, and now the evil stepmom in Snow White and the Huntsman. Critics have agreed that Theron steals the show as the embittered Queen Ravenna, clinging by her extendable fingernails to a patriarchal kingdom in which women can only acquire power through their looks, until someone younger, fairer, and with a bigger vampire-franchise fan-base comes along. Any resemblance to actual feudal hierarchies, living or dead, is entirely accidental. Hollywood, as we all know, harbors a deep respect for the glories of the mature woman, utterly disdaining of the lollipopped Lolitas...
- 6/8/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
The Black Swan star will shoot a sexy advertorial film for the best-selling men’s fragrance.
Actor Vincent Cassel has been known for years as quite a seductive presence on film, most recently as the lethario director in Black Swan. One beauty company will again capitalize on the allure of the French actor: Yves Saint Laurent has tapped the actor again to star in a seductive new short film for their best-selling men’s fragrance. Tres bien, no? Read on for more details, beauty (and sexy French actor) fans!
Wwd reports that the alluring actor was tapped by Ysl to reprise his role as the face of their best-selling men’s fragrance, La Nuit de L’Homme, but this time as part of a short film/video advertisement. Inspired by their working relationship, the actor brought his Black Swan director, Darren Aronofsky to the table and the group worked together...
Actor Vincent Cassel has been known for years as quite a seductive presence on film, most recently as the lethario director in Black Swan. One beauty company will again capitalize on the allure of the French actor: Yves Saint Laurent has tapped the actor again to star in a seductive new short film for their best-selling men’s fragrance. Tres bien, no? Read on for more details, beauty (and sexy French actor) fans!
Wwd reports that the alluring actor was tapped by Ysl to reprise his role as the face of their best-selling men’s fragrance, La Nuit de L’Homme, but this time as part of a short film/video advertisement. Inspired by their working relationship, the actor brought his Black Swan director, Darren Aronofsky to the table and the group worked together...
- 1/21/2011
- by Kristin Booker
- HollywoodLife
We've a new trailer embedded below for evil doll film The Melancholy Fantastic just for you. This one has a definite May-esque charm to it and features one downright creepy doll.
Described as a 'psychological thriller', The Melancholy Fantastic revolves around a delusional young girl, Melanie Crow, who's trying to recover from the harsh blow of her mother's recent suicide. Her best friend is a life-size doll and reports are that it just might talk. Melanie strikes up a new relationship with a young gothic fellow - who likely is going to make the mistake of misinterpreting her growing psychosis and insanity for normal old girlish quirkiness. His bad!
The Melancholy Fantastic is set during the Christmas season and is loosely inspired by several different novels. The strongest inspiratioin is from The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard, though there are also reportedly references to Parable of the Madman by...
Described as a 'psychological thriller', The Melancholy Fantastic revolves around a delusional young girl, Melanie Crow, who's trying to recover from the harsh blow of her mother's recent suicide. Her best friend is a life-size doll and reports are that it just might talk. Melanie strikes up a new relationship with a young gothic fellow - who likely is going to make the mistake of misinterpreting her growing psychosis and insanity for normal old girlish quirkiness. His bad!
The Melancholy Fantastic is set during the Christmas season and is loosely inspired by several different novels. The strongest inspiratioin is from The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard, though there are also reportedly references to Parable of the Madman by...
- 8/27/2010
- by Tristan Sinns
- Planet Fury
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