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Title: Secretary
Post by: boombanglarrabee on October 15, 2003, 11:44:01 PM
This movie sucked.  What a disappointment.  


So did Dickie Roberts, by the way.  I don't know what I was thinking sitting through that crap.
Title: Secretary
Post by: ono on October 15, 2003, 11:47:08 PM
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3624&highlight=secretary

Sad, both threads don't have any replies.  Well, now this one does.

See also:
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=399&highlight=secretary
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3713&highlight=secretary

I liked Secretary, myself.  Could've told you from the previews to stay away from Dickie Roberts, though.
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Post by: Vile5 on October 16, 2003, 01:03:53 PM
The best of Secretary are the performances
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Post by: godardian on October 16, 2003, 03:29:29 PM
I thought Secretary was really good until the last 5 minutes (felt the same way about Laural Canyon).

Have you seen Velvet Goldmine, Vile5?
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Post by: bonanzataz on October 16, 2003, 08:10:51 PM
i thought secretary was really good until the last hour and forty minutes.
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Post by: TheVoiceOfNick on October 17, 2003, 12:57:55 AM
Quote from: bonanzatazi thought secretary was really good until the last hour and forty minutes.

classic!

the trailer was completely misleading...
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Post by: Ghostboy on October 17, 2003, 01:43:59 AM
I sorta liked the last five minutes...they were pretty in a Maggie Gyllenhall sort of way.

Overall, I thought it was decently scripted, excellently performed, badly directed.
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Post by: Vile5 on October 17, 2003, 12:30:55 PM
Quote from: godardian...Have you seen Velvet Goldmine, Vile5?

Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor and JRMeyers in the same movie was a dream for me...it was in Cannes right?
Title: Secretary
Post by: MacGuffin on November 12, 2003, 01:57:16 AM
Shainberg & Rokos Say the Right Word
Source: Variety

Secretary director Steven Shainberg has made a deal to develop feature version of Word, a new novel by Coerte Felske. Monster's Ball screenwriter Will Rokos will write the script.

The novel is about a struggling screenwriter in Los Angeles who teaches a powerful producer the finer points of understanding women in hopes of gaining access to industry opportunities.

Felske's first novel, The Shallow Man, is being developed by New Line with Gary Fleder attached to direct. Millennium Girl, about golddiggers who flock to hotspots for men, is being developed as a vehicle for Heather Graham. Scandalocity, a thriller about a New York gossip columnist investigating the death of his former girlfriend, was recently optioned.
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Post by: Pubrick on December 01, 2003, 12:57:16 PM
i really liked it. a very sweet story, in the end.

even tho it lulled after she got fired, the end did it for me. maggie is so damn hot.

i especially liked the bits when she would play things out in her head and then react to it. also her butt.
Title: Secretary
Post by: MacGuffin on August 19, 2004, 12:33:05 AM
'Fur' flies for Morton in Arbus role

NEW YORK -- Samantha Morton is in negotiations to play Diane Arbus in a biopic of the seminal American photographer's life to be titled "Fur" and to be directed by Steven Shainberg.

Arbus, considered one of the greatest American photographers of the 20th century, was known for creating images that were often bizarre or disturbing. She committed suicide in 1971.

The project reteams Shainberg, who is an avid collector of American photography, with his "Secretary" screenwriter, Erin Cressida Wilson. Wilson is adapting the "Fur" screenplay from Patricia Bosworth's book "Diane Arbus: A Biography."

The film is being produced by the Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., along with Bonnie Timmermann and Vincent Farrell's Iron Films banner.
 
"Secretary" executive producer Michael Roban will exec produce "Fur" with Alessandro Camon.

Morton stars in the current UA release "Code 46," with Tim Robbins. She received a best actress Oscar nomination for last year's "In America." Her credits also include Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown."
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Post by: cine on August 19, 2004, 12:57:10 AM
Quote from: MacGuffinNEW YORK -- Samantha Morton is in negotiations to play Diane Arbus in a biopic of the seminal American photographer's life to be titled "Fur" and to be directed by Steven Shainberg.
YES!

Make this happen and I will be first in line.
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Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on August 19, 2004, 09:59:55 PM
Secretary was a good movie, in my opinion.

It brought an uncommon lifestyle into the spotlight and made it normal using a love story that made us get mixed emotions, and ultimately made us "used to it."

The performances were great, and I love how they actually made a movie like this.
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Post by: Film Student on August 20, 2004, 05:44:36 PM
I dug Secretary quite a bit.  I thought it was extremely sweet.  Funny thing was, even though the storyline was bizarre and a bit racy, it seemed like an ideal date movie.  So I showed it to my girlfriend, who loved it so much she bought it and showed it to her mom and sister, who both loved it.  I then showed it to MY mom and sister, who both loved it as well.  Then I showed it to my best friend, and he hated it.  It just strikes me as odd that it appeals to females so much.
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Post by: MacGuffin on August 20, 2004, 06:19:09 PM
Quote from: Film StudentIt just strikes me as odd that it appeals to females so much.

It's not so odd. It's a strong female character, which is very rare. I bet a lot of women identify with Lee.
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Post by: SiliasRuby on September 08, 2004, 11:58:15 PM
Quote from: HedwigSo I sold it on www.half.com and bought a Lynch film instead.
Which Lynch Film?
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Post by: hedwig on September 09, 2004, 12:07:03 AM
Quote from: SiliasRuby
Quote from: HedwigSo I sold it on www.half.com and bought a Lynch film instead.
Which Lynch Film?

Mulholland Drive.
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Post by: cowboykurtis on September 09, 2004, 11:20:13 AM
very disapointed by this
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Post by: Just Withnail on September 09, 2004, 04:25:59 PM
Did you feel clean after watching Mulholland?
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Post by: hedwig on September 12, 2004, 11:20:08 PM
Clean as a baby's bottom.