shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 31 2008 | movies, books being turned into movies, race
Scroll down to the section that's titled "Casting Controversy." This really pisses me off and should've gotten more media attention. I didn't realize that most of the blackjack team from MIT (represented in the movie '21') was actually composed of Asians, although that makes sense. It's not like there's a shortage of strong Asian actors out there right now who could've played the parts. What the hell?
Quoted: Though most of the actual blackjack team was composed of Asian males, a studio executive involved in the casting process said that most of the film’s actors would be white, with perhaps an Asian female.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 14 2008 | movies, women, news, books being turned into movies
It would be funny if it weren't so absurdly stupid (and alarming).
Quoted: It's Fun To Have Fun: Your Hollywoodland correspondent attended the glamorous premiere of Horton Hears a Who! last Saturday and was present when protesters started yelling shortly after Horton uttered his famous motto: "A person's a person, no matter how small."
ShareViewed: 72 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 24 2007 | women, movies, books being turned into movies
I seriously cannot wait to see this movie - the books are probably my favorite works of fiction. I'm so happy to see that it's getting great reviews. I really think her work could completely change the way we envision the Middle East.
Quoted: Directed by the comic-book artists Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud from a four-book series of autobiographical novels by Satrapi, the movie has a signature look. Except for a framing story in color, all the images are in black, white, and countless shades of gray.
ShareViewed: 3 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2007 | movies, books being turned into movies
Yay, the movie version of Persepolis comes out on Christmas! I'm sure it's going to be good since Marjane Satrapi was so involved in the writing and direction...
Quoted: Persepolis (2007) - an adaptation of Satrapi's best-selling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique attitude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic revolution.
ShareViewed: 12 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 26 2007 | movies, books, books being turned into movies
I'll have to read the trilogy before the movie comes out!
Quoted: A young girl ventures into a perilous parallel universe to rescue her best friend and fight the forces of darkness in director Chris Weitz's adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman's best-selling fantasy trilogy.
ShareViewed: 117 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 17 2007 | movies, books being turned into movies, books
I didn't know Love in the Time of Cholera is coming out as a movie, yay! Javier Bardem is amazing. I wonder if this influenced Oprah's choice to use this title for her book club. I did some digging: New Line, who's producing the movie, is a division of AOL Time Warner, which is partnered with Disney - ABC's parent company (Oprah's network). Interesting.
Quoted: Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez's novel of the same name, director Mike Newell's Love in the Time of Cholera details a passionate love triangle that unfolds in turn-of-the-century South America.
ShareViewed: 30 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2007 | books being turned into movies, movies
The book Feast of Love by Charles Baxter is one of my favorites of all time. I had no idea it was being released as a movie so soon! I can't wait to see it - the cast looks amazing. Just hope it lives up to the brilliance of the book!
Quoted: Feast of Love: A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
ShareViewed: 139 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 24 2007 | movies, books being turned into movies
Bummer - Nanny Diaries is getting crappy reviews.
Quoted: It's hard to account for the curious emptiness of The Nanny Diaries . It's written and directed by the husband-and-wife team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman, who made the lively underground-comic romance American Splendor.
ShareViewed: 5 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 16 2007 | movies, books being turned into movies
What's with turning non-fiction, non-linear books into story-driven movies (i.e. Fast Food Nation)? It'll be interesting to see how this turns out...
Quoted: Jennifer Aniston looking to topline adaptation of best-selling relationship book, "He's Just Not That Into You."
ShareViewed: 44 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 31 2007 | movies, books being turned into movies
I find this movie oddly intriguing, but I guess that pretty much sums up Neil Gaiman's work in general!
Quoted: From the imaginations of best-selling author Neil Gaiman and director Matthew Vaughn comes "Stardust," this summer's one totally original fantasy epic that is destined to enchant and excite audiences of all ages.
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You must be shiwani's friend before you can comment on this Fave.agreed. what about kal penn from harold & kumar? he seems really well suited to this role.
yeah. it reminded me of when we saw that movie 'americanese' at siff and the lead actor said it was the role of a lifetime because he got to play a strong asian man with sexuality and complexity. this would've been the perfect role for someone like him... so sad.
makes me soo mad. it's fine to take a story about asian americans doing something cool and switch it to a bunch of white guys, but suppose the opposite were suggested: take a story about some white guy doing something and in the movie version have an asian actor play him? i think that would not fly. boo hollywood. I think I'll avoid the movie, for this reason alone (even though the story sounds fun to watch).
same here! i just wrote to the international examiner and suggested they do an opinion piece on this if they haven't already. i know i shouldn't be surprised, but i'm still fuming!
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