with the recent viewing of the last days of disco and boys don't cry fresh in my mind, i've come to the conclusion that chloe sevigny is one of the best actresses of her generation. she always chooses the right note in her performances...she understands the vibe of the movies she's in and her performances are so intriguing as a result. she's also technically perfect. (her accents, mannerisms are also spot on). she's the kinda actress i'd go on a blockbuster spree for and rent every movie she's been in that they have (no matter how shitty).
i'd like to see some of her lesser-known pictures like demonlover, trees lounge, and the party monster. especially demonlover. i heard that's a really warped intriguing techno-thriller but one that gives the genre a good name for once...the anti anti-trust.
by the way, i just saw gummo. she was f-ing great in that too. incoherent movie but interesting chloe part.
I love her. I've seen all her films that have been released so far (except for the HBO film)...like you said, she's great even in shitty movies. She's got such a unique beauty to her, and a boldness in her performances. I can think of few actresses could not only do The Brown Bunny, but continue to do other films aftewards.
Demonlover just got released in Dallas this weekend -- I'm hoping to catch it later this week. I don't actually expect it to be very good, but it sounds like a very intriquing concept.
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She's going to be around for awhile fellas. Next to Ricci, she's my favorite young actress...have any of you seen Tree's Lounge, for instance? She breathed life into that movie (although it was a decent film, she was the spark that lit it up.....IMHO anyway.)
Quote from: GhostboyI love her. I've seen all her films that have been released so far (except for the HBO film)....
see if these walls could talk 2- if only for her parts. that's one of her best, most genuine performances (despite the picture's overall unevenness). she plays a butch so convincingly it's pretty shocking actually. it'll completely shake your notions of what her onscreen persona is.
but yeah, i really want to see demonlover too. looks friggin awesome.
has anyone seen julien donkey-boy and can recommend it/dismiss it? i suffered through gummo last night, and don't want to encounter a similarly bad experience...is it worth suffering through just for chloe's performance?
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she bears a striking resemblance to fiona apple in that picture by the way.
EDIT: Post deleted. I'm a dumb-ass.
Well, I liked Gummo, but I was the ONLY person (in my group, i.e. Portland movie reviewers) to like julien donkey-boy. It's worth seeing just for the beautiful shot of Sevigny walking and singing.
She's going to be in the next Woody Allen movie, apparently. Maybe she'll get the Winona Ryder role...? I wouldn't complain about that.
The first time I saw Gummo, I didn't like it. Then I saw julien donkey-boy in theaters and was like...hmmmm. Then I saw Gummo again and loved it. Then I saw julien-donkey boy again and loved it.
To clarify -- I recommend julien donkey-boy.
I wanted to see If These Walls Could Talk 2, but mainly for the Vanessa Redgrave story. I heard it was really wonderful.
i really responded to certain parts of gummo and it wasn't as bad as i thought. but i'd be lying if i said i weren't bored silly during the majority of the movie.
as for if these walls could talk 2, i can see how someone would really like the vanessa redgrave segment. it was exceptionally well-acted by everyone, but it didn't really shake me in the way that ithink it was intended to. the sharon stone.ellen degeneres segment has to be seen to be believed. it's that bad.
Quote from: GhostboyI wanted to see If These Walls Could Talk 2, but mainly for the Vanessa Redgrave story. I heard it was really wonderful.
Redgrave's story is really the only one worth watching, and she received a well deserved Emmy for her performance.
Yes!!! Glad to see somebody made a thread about her, I think she's cool and I've been wanting to say some stuff about her. I just saw Boys Don't Cry myself and I just have to say that she stole it. I mean, she stole it from Hilary Swank, who was very good on her own. She was the fucking best. I'm taking note of all these recommendations (except for maybe the Harmony Korine ones...I'm not sure about those), I can't wait to see her in more. The only other thing I've seen her in is Kids which is a film that I didn't like overall but I think she the reason I watched it all the way through. She's the character I cared about, the only one in the movie. That's a powerful preformance. To be good in a not-so-good movie I mean. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing her more. Keep the recommendations coming.
Quote from: ebeamanYes!!! Glad to see somebody made a thread about her,.
who you callin somebody? 8)
i agree about her stealing the movie in boys don't cry. as stephanie zacharek said, she seems to become the heart of every movie she's in.
I've never heard of Last Days Of Disco. Is it as good as BDC? Better? In your opinion of course. Is Gummo good? I'm not ready for Harmony Korine. I don't know if I ever will be.
in my opinion, nothing can be better than boys don't cry. that movie is the perfect match of acting and filmmaking.whereas last days of disco is more of another example of chloe rising above the mediocrity of the material to deliver something exceptional. it's written/directed by whit stilman who is a pretty witty writer of dialogue...so it can't be lumped into the category of shitty chloe sevigny movies...i enjoyed it and recommend it.
don't be scared of korine. gummo demonstrates much more filmmaking talent than larry clark has in either kids or bully. a frame of gummo is more interesting and intelligent than those movies' combined.
that said, i still don't think it's that great. it intrigued me. it's pretty slow. parts are interesting. chloe is naked...
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she bears a striking resemblance to fiona apple in that picture by the way.
If you say so pookster..I don't see it though. Fiona's got a cuter face IMHO of course.
Quote from: coffeebeetleFiona's got a cuter face IMHO of course.
oh...definitely. but
in that pic, i think she looks like fiona. the dark circles under the eyes, the pronounced nose, reddish hair, black see-through shirt... that's pure fiona. i'd personally like to see chloe play fiona in a movie. that'd be badass.
Quote from: pookiethecatdon't be scared of korine. gummo demonstrates much more filmmaking talent than larry clark has in either kids or bully. a frame of gummo is more interesting and intelligent than those movies' combined.
Oh really? Wow, I expected they'd be exactly the same....which would be a bad thing cause I really don't like Larry Clark and I'm not a big fan of Lars Von Trier either. Maybe I will check them out though. I'm still not really sure. Killing cats is not cool.
Quote from: pookiethecatchloe is naked...
doesn't that happen in every movie she's in?
A very good, little-seen movie with Chloe in a minor role: A Map of the World. Also with Julianne Moore and Sigourney Weaver in the leads, so... not to be missed, IMO.
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Oh really? Wow, I expected they'd be exactly the same....which would be a bad thing cause I really don't like Larry Clark and I'm not a big fan of Lars Von Trier either. Maybe I will check them out though. I'm still not really sure. Killing cats is not cool.
Agreed- Killing cats isn't cool at all. But the movie has an affection for its redneck subjects, so there's some warmth to the movie. It's not *all* killing cats and raping retards. that said, it's still pretty goddamn disgusting. And yeah, Clark is shite. there was a thread about him a long time ago in which i expressed my pretty vehement opinions about him
...sigourney, julianne, and chloe in one movie is pretty goddamn sweet. i'll check check check it out.
sonowthen- chloe ain't naked in american psycho.
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sonowthen- chloe ain't naked in american psycho.
Yeah, she totally represented the human in that movie.
I fully understand why anyone wouldn't like
Gummo. It has no narrative to speak of, really- it's more a "variations on a theme" type of movie, and the way it explores that is bizarre and unsavory at times. However, it has just a beautiful visual sense, which to me redeems many of its flighty excesses; that kissing-in-the-swimming-pool-while-it-rains scene with the Roy Orbison song is wonderful, very innocent and sweet.
I think
Kids is barely okay, that
Paradise one is all right, and
Bully is just laughably bad. I mean, really inept. No, Larry Clark is not on my list of actually interesting directors.
Quote from: godardianI fully understand why anyone wouldn't like Gummo. It has no narrative to speak of, really- it's more a "variations on a theme" type of movie, and the way it explores that is bizarre and unsavory at times. However, it has just a beautiful visual sense, which to me redeems many of its flighty excesses; that kissing-in-the-swimming-pool-while-it-rains scene with the Roy Orbison song is wonderful, very innocent and sweet.
i really liked that scene too, godardian. the scene that i liked the best was the scene in which the Kid (don't remember his name) lifts the weights of silverware in his basement to "like a prayer" by madonna while his mom tap dances behind him. she loves him, it's clear, but she goes about loving him in the most inappropriate way (by forcing him to smile at gunpoint). ditto with the bathtub spaghetti scene (fuckin SICK by the way) but a great illustration of how love (her desire to make her kid happy with a dinner) can manifest itself in really unhealthy and inappropriate ways.
uh yeah, i think i've said enough here on this thread though. resume with chloe talk.
Quote from: ebeamanKilling cats is not cool.
you must hate god then, what with all the masturbation in this world
Quote from: CecilQuote from: ebeamanKilling cats is not cool.
you must hate god then, what with all the masturbation in this world
you canucks and your crazy euphemisms for masturbation.
oh, by the way, i think this thread died. too bad. chloe's so great. i wanted this thread to be one of those gigantic ones with the elipses where it starts at 1 dot dot dot 3,254!!!! how super awesome would that be?
I just got back from Demonlover. It's, um...well, I don't think it's a very good movie at all, but I was't uninterested by it. On the other hand, I don't think it's really interesting enough to recommend. It starts out good, but by the last forty five minutes I had no idea what was going on, and honestly didn't care much anymore. And the ending was really predictable and dumb. If you want to see Chloe, I'd suggest waiting for Shattered Glass, the trailer for which ran before Demonlover, and which looks really good (Anakin can act!).
EDIT. wow. i tried to quote myself and ended up deleting my post that i wanted to quote from...weird shit.
It's not a typical nude scene for her in that you don't see much -- it's PG-13 nudity. It's also completely irrevelent to the plot. Not that I minded or anything. :wink:
though my initial post is in a dumpster somewhere so i have no evidence to back this up, but i actually asked "was it a typical naked chloe character?" emphasis on character rather than naked. but the naked scoop is good too. but yeah, was her character compelling? did she do a good job?
couldn't quite follow the cat/masturbating topic, but it reminded me of this:
http://www.hosstyle.com/kittens.htm
maybe that's what you guys were talking about. but anyway, maybe this will keep the thread going, but in a different way.
to keep topic, i've liked chloe s. ever since 'kids'. maybe her first movie. although i think she did some video's with soncic youth. and what's up with the 'blowjob scene' i keep hearing about in 'brown bunny'?
If I remember hearing correctly, one of the most graphic oral sex scenes committed to celluloid...
chloe sevigny going down on hilary swank= sexy
chloe sevigny going down on vincent gallo= scary
Good-sized article in the new Rolling Stone- the one with The Strokes on the cover- on Sevigny... you can also see her name in the lower right hand-corner of the cover!
Quote from: godardianGood-sized article in the new Rolling Stone- the one with The Strokes on the cover- on Sevigny... you can also see her name in the lower right hand-corner of the cover!
thanks!
Quote from: pookiethecatchloe sevigny going down on hilary swank= sexy
chloe sevigny going down on vincent gallo= scary
yeah...it's totally considered the hip thing nowdays....
Quote from: aclockworkjjQuote from: pookiethecatchloe sevigny going down on hilary swank= sexy
chloe sevigny going down on vincent gallo= scary
yeah...it's totally considered the hip thing nowdays....
going down on Hillary Swank, you mean? :lol:
Chloe Sevigny in Knock-Out Play-Fight
WASHINGTON, (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Unconventional actress Chloe Sevigny lost four of her teeth in a tussle with New York fashion designer Matt Damhave.
Damhave with Sevigny's best friend and designer Tara Subkoff is behind the subversive label, Imitation of Christ, known as much for its wild and wacky catwalk shows held in funeral homes and movie theaters as its unconventional clothes.
Sevigny is the company's creative director. She and Damhave were "play fighting," the New York Daily News reported, when "she fell off her Balenciaga boots."
The Springfield, Mass.-born film actress' breakthrough came in "Kids" in 1995. She has since starred in movies such as "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), "American Psycho" (2000), "Demonlove" and "Dogville" (2002).
Following the accident, she underwent surgery early in the week, with a second visit to the dentist Wednesday. She has plans to make a trip to Japan at the end of the week -- with a full set of gnashers.
..she ought to get some of them gold................... 8)
Quote from: NEON MERCURY..she ought to get some of them gold................... 8)
Yeah... classy. :)
I didn't know she was involved with IOC. I'm no fashionista, but their stuff does seem awfully cool. How could you not be, taking your name from a Psychedelic Furs song and all?
Chloe Sevigny is cool -- she appeared in the two most controversial films of the year, Dogville and Brown Bunny. As far as I know, she has never made a mainstream Hollywood film.
Let's not forget her memorable turn in Tree's Lounge. :)
I think I've mentioned A Map of the World before... she has a smallish part, but it also has Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore. An amazing cast, a really pretty good movie that was unfairly ignored. I plan to see it again soon.
Quote from: CecilQuote from: ebeamanKilling cats is not cool.
you must hate god then, what with all the masturbation in this world
Let's not overlook the brilliance of this statement.
Where has Cecil been lately anyway?
The poop on the Brown Bunny BJ was that it was not "simulated oral sex". They would have us believe that Chloe is spit-shining Darth Vader's helmet for real. I haven't seen it, so I can't comment on that.
Quote from: godardianI think I've mentioned A Map of the World before... she has a smallish part, but it also has Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore. An amazing cast, a really pretty good movie that was unfairly ignored. I plan to see it again soon.
i saw this film and was wholly unimpressed...one of the top 10 worst endings ever. not to mention a female prison subplot, an adultery subplot that sincerely hamper the film's plot and emotions.
sevigny was fucking sweet, of course, though i'd be lying if i said i weren't getting a tad weary of her stoned out white trash act. my respect for her would skyrocket if she showed some more versatility, playing more sophisticated characters. i know she has it in her, as if these walls could talk 2 and last days of disco demonstrate.
chloe is like the scarlett johanson that never made it. she works harder and has been in more "indie" movies than scarlett, but just never really
"made it."
yeah but scarlett is a shitload better
i disagree. i think they're both tremendous actresses...though having said that, i haven't seen a chloe performance that didn't immediately strike me...whereas scarlett johannson's horse whisperer performance is pretty tepid.
no, i like chloe........but i have a HUGE crush on scarlett, i am fucking in love with her
she was delightfully understated in ghost world. but kinda like chloe (and julianne for that matter: see versatility thread), she kinda gets stuck in the same type of roles; in her case, it's bored, nonchalant blase type young women. just like i wanna see chloe go sophisticated,and julianne get out of suburban housewifery, i wanna see scarlett go ape shit. that would be interesting.
yeah i would love to see that. she will someday.. lol
she's so god damn beautiful though. i mean look at mogwai's fuckin avatar for cryin out loud. and she's nineteen too......... :-D
This seems terribly old-fashioned and anti-art to me:
Movie actress Chloe Sevigny has been dumped by the William Morris Agency, because of her unsimulated oral sex scene in controversial movie Brown Bunny. The 29-year-old star shocked audiences earlier this year when she performed the graphic sex act on actor Vincent Gallo in the movie which was slammed by critics at the Cannes Film Festival. And now William Morris has decided that they no longer want to represent Chloe, who has already signed up with rival agency Endeavor reports website Page Six. A source says, "The scene was one step above pornography, and not a very big one. William Morris now feels that her career is tainted and may never recover, especially after rumors began circulating about the even more graphic outtakes that didn't make it into the actual film." But Sevigny insists that despite the media storm, she made the decision to end her eight-year business relationship with the firm. Her spokesperson Amanda Horton told Page Six in response, "After being represented by William Morris for eight years, last summer, Ms. Sevigny decided that she no longer wished to be represented by the agency. At no time did William Morris try and 'drop' Ms. Sevigny, as any official representative from William Morris would tell you if they weren't all on vacation."
good for her, she should be allowed to suck a mean dick if she wants.
i just revisited boys don't cry last night. oh my god. chloe's performance is just insanely good. i feel just as exhilerated by it if not more so than the first time i saw the movie.
what struck me most about performance was the way she developed Lana so well. she was obviously a troubled, tortured person in her own right given her socioeconomic despair and family dysfunction...and sevigny never lost hold of that essential tragedy even while showing her sweet side with brandon. lana was interesting even apart from brandon and i fucking loved how chloe captured those interesting qualities.
Sevigny wed to 'Love' for HBO, Playtone
Chloe Sevigny has been tapped to co-star in HBO's drama pilot "Big Love," from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone Prods.
Rodrigo Garcia has come on board to direct.
Additionally, the Oscar-nominated actress has been cast opposite Ben Kingsley and Annette Bening in the Killer Films/Number 9 Films indie feature "Mrs. Harris," financed by HBO, and in Lars von Trier's "Manderlay."
"Big Love" centers on a polygamist's relationship with his three wives. Sevigny will play one of the wives.
Will Scheffer and Mark V. Olsen penned the script and are executive producing with Hanks and Goetzman. Production is scheduled to begin in April.
Garcia made his directorial debut with "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her." His series credits include HBO's "Carnivale," "Six Feet Under" and "The Sopranos" and NBC's "Boomtown."
"Mrs. Harris" tells the story of Jean Harris (Bening), who in 1980 killed her boyfriend, Dr. Herman Tarnower (Kingsley), inventor of the Scarsdale diet.
Sevigny will play a nurse and a lover of Tarnower.
Phyllis Nagy is directing from her own script.
"Manderlay," the second installment in von Trier's trilogy "U, S and A," following "Dogville," is set in the South during the 1930s and centers on slavery. The project follows Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), the character played in "Dogville" by Nicole Kidman.
Several cast members of "Dogville," including Sevigny, will appear in "Manderlay" playing new characters. Sevigny will play the daughter of the Manderlay plantation owner. Also tapped for the project are Danny Glover and John C. Reilly.
Sevigny was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for "Boys Don't Cry."
In addition to "Dogville," her recent credits include "Shattered Glass," "The Brown Bunny" and "Party Monster."