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Post by monika on Nov 24, 2008 3:05:26 GMT 8
I have one question about Hans. Can you tell me something about his favourite music(he like rock,pop or something other) or his favourite musician??  |
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Post by Gg on Nov 24, 2008 3:27:54 GMT 8
If you read the articles on the Site (thank you Virg) you'll find that Hans has mentioned a pretty broad array of artists -- from Leonard Cohen to Marc Bolen to Van Morrison and around the corner to Sting. A couple years ago he was spotted wth Samantha Morton backstage at Coldplay (or was it Radiohead?)during Glastonbury... SO - A musical afficiando, I think, and he often talks about using music to inspire him as he prepares for a role.
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Post by lynette on Nov 24, 2008 20:40:30 GMT 8
If you read the articles on the Site (thank you Virg) you'll find that Hans has mentioned a pretty broad array of artists -- from Leonard Cohen to Marc Bolen to Van Morrison and around the corner to Sting. A couple years ago he was spotted wth Samantha Morton backstage at Coldplay (or was it Radiohead?)during Glastonbury... SO - A musical afficiando, I think, and he often talks about using music to inspire him as he prepares for a role. Hans listened during the filming of The Virgin Queen also music group Nirvana.  When he was spotted with Samantha Morton in Glastonsbury? That was in year 2003? |
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Post by lynette on Nov 24, 2008 21:36:12 GMT 8
For Starkiller and Gg - Nudity in the film and actors - Especially film Bathory- Not so long ago, what I read mini interview with the director Jakubisko. He spoke mainly about the nakedness, and love scenes /in movie Bathory/. Anna Friel has been very restrained. In the scene, when lying in bed alone, she had an idea in the head, as she loves passionately with the painter /Caravaggio/. That was a sex scene. Anna had to play this scene, of course, but she had a problem with that. Jakubisko said that he had to deal with this scene. He said, he really did not know that Anna is so chaste girl.. Anna never speak about it /in document Bathory/, but is the interview, which refers to the naked scenes and love scenes, generally.  We have plenty of material about the movie Bathory, which you never read. I expressed poorly on the Hans, he was not traumatized from the scene naked, but I thought so, that Hans was embarrassed. He mentioned, that he had problems with certain places at the bottom .. |
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Post by starkiller on Nov 24, 2008 23:03:57 GMT 8
For Starkiller and Gg - Nudity in the film and actors - Especially film Bathory- Not so long ago, what I read mini interview with the director Jakubisko. He spoke mainly about the nakedness, and love scenes /in movie Bathory/. Anna Friel has been very restrained. In the scene, when lying in bed alone, she had an idea in the head, as she loves passionately with the painter /Caravaggio/. That was a sex scene. This is called a flash back scene. It's quite a common device in film. I would imagine that there was more to it than her being a 'chaste girl'. There are many, many things that go into creating a scene, and actors and/or directors are not going to talk about everything because otherwise they'd never stop talking. However, as the British tabloid newspapers are fond of pointing out, Anna Friel has no problem with nakedness and I quote: "Friel doesn't really seem to mind much when the paparazzi ambush her sunbathing topless." (From here: www.esquire.com/women/other-women-2008/anna-friel-1108) Her list of film credits suggests that she is no stranger to nude and sex scenes. I'm sure you do. But there is also a lot of information and material about Hans and his own thoughts regarding the art of filmmaking. In fact, one very important quote from his own lips says: "Sex scenes are not much fun. It's important you show these characters love each other, so you have to be kind of passionate about it but you've got 20, 30 people watching you and you're constantly worried about whether or not you're going to get a hard-on which would be really embarrassing. It's not even about finding them attractive. It's about you're thinking about sex, you're thinking about loving this person so him downstairs gets a bit excited. He thinks cool, yeah, I'm gonna get some action." (From here: www.hansmatheson.org/zhart_invisible.html)What he is saying is not that he hates them. He says - as GG and I said - that it is difficult to film them because there are people watching and filming them. And that his embarassment stems from the very natural reactions of the human body to seeing an attractive naked form - that's something that any man alive can tell you can be inconvienient, no matter what they do for a living and no matter if they're naked or not. It's basic biology, not some great trauma. I respectfully suggest you are reading too much into these scenes and the things that are being said by the filmmakers and actors about them. I respectfully suggest that the conclusions you have reached are based on incomplete information which is no one's fault, because as I said, if every tiny aspect of filming a scene was talked about, Jakubisko would still be talking and so would Anna Friel and Hans. |
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 1:34:24 GMT 8
Lynette,
if you have plenty of information about Bathory that we don't, then you should share the sources. As we have shared with you. Either take the time to translate it yourself, as I took the time to write all the lyrics of Out on the Islands when you asked, or go ahead and post the links, cut and paste the articles into a post, or scan in the articles, and I will have them professionally translated from Czech. OKAY?! The reason Virg started this site was to be able SHARE with each other (and that was almost 10 years ago, and Virg has worked very hard at it, so we've got a lot of information in all that time). If you are going to ask to receive information, then you too should take the time to share your sources. Just post them as you have posted the articles on Sherlock Holmes. I will take the time and energy to make them available to everyone in English, since you don't have the time. I know that posting in English is more difficult for you than English speakers -- but you do post a lot in English. It is easy for me to forget. Though it also makes it harder to understand why translating the articles is so much harder, when you post your own words in English so often. But if there is so much information, I will gladly make the investment to have it translated so everyone can enjoy it.
It sounds, from all Lynette has shared about Bathory from the Czech sources, that it wasn't a very professional shoot, that the Czech press was willing to say some pretty awful things that were just tabloid lies, and that the film was a bad, uncomfortable, and even dangerous experience for both actors. I think that is very unfortunate. I would hate for that to be true. A lot of films are made in the Czech Republic. I have myself been on two sets in that country, and have wonderful memories of Prague and Karlovy Vary. I still have my (large) bottle of Jan Becher Becherovka Carlsbad liquor. My first Summer there was the Summer that Mists of Avalon, A Knights Tale, and Ugly Americans were all being shot in and around Prague. It seemed magical to me and we all had such a great time there. Their reputation is wonderful for providing inexpensive alternatives for studio films and providing immecably professional Czech crews. From everything we hear about the articles we can not read in English -- this movie was a sad exception to that rule.
And just FYI -- Star and I have both worked on professional film sets. We aren't just spouting speculation, we are speaking from some experience. If Anna really did have difficulty with her sex scenes in this film, aside from that being a surprise with her previous films, it would be a bit damaging for her director, who should be protecting his lead actress, at least until the film gets wide distribution, to say she had difficulties, that she was somehow incapable of acting the part. That too would be disappointing, and would hardly make an audience want to run to the theater to see the film. Don't you think? Bathory, afterall is suppose to be epic in her passions. Would we want to see a stifled, prudish performance of that? She's a Mom now, partnering with her child's father, if she did have any difficultly with sex scenes, well, it would be a sad thing to condemn her for it, as a woman. However, it would be even worse if it was her director, in the press, who did the condemning.
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2008 2:59:12 GMT 8
There are many articles and interviews about the movie Bathory + many and many images from behind the scenes, the film premieres, etc. All of the pictures with Hans, I sent it .. This is my friend PARKER website is dedicated to the whole film Bathory www.ebathory.ic.czI would like you to articles translated, but I do not have sufficient knowledge of English. But the translation is weird .. I don't suffer a lack of time, but the lack of language skills. The Czech Republic is a common objective of foreign filmmakers. But it was better .. Already in the Czech Republic is expensive. Here are just a small list of foreign films which are shot in CZ: www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/filming_locations.htmlThis site is similar to IMDb: www.csfd.cz/film/221421-bathory/www.fdb.cz/filmy/38756-bathory.htmlBathory film was the most money in Central and Eastern Europe, needed a lot of ads. Even so, nearly 400 million is just back from the cinemas. Jakubisko may lose all the property. This film project has been compared to other CZ and SK films really different in all directions. This was an extremely arduous filming. Many of the problems. Jakubisko director said that foreign actors are not used as much work as CZ and SK actors. They are used to better conditions. In the Czech Republic and SK actor must be very modest. Jakubisko complained to the British make - up girls. They know the conditions, but fail them. This is history, we should pay attention to future film projects. |
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:07:28 GMT 8
thank you very much, I will get to work. I appreciate you posting the links.
They have spoken a bit about Bathory losing money. Which would be said in light of it being most expensive Czech film ever made. Looking at the trailer you can see that their intentions were to make a true epic. But it will not be the first film to lose money if it doesn't get wide out, though it is always a sad thing to hear that people have taken out second mortages and lost personal finances to make their films. It is the risk of making independent film. Which is also why independent film is a challenge to get financing for. I just wish Bathory had made it in into more film festivals. Half of the battle is getting it seen!
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:08:59 GMT 8
we already have this one on the site, so if anyone hasn't look it's already up. www.ebathory.ic.czthere is a English translation which you can navigate to. |
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:16:11 GMT 8
actually, what I am hoping you will share with us is not information we already know, like the film locations lists, which we already are aware of, but the articles you have spoken about where Anna is talked about or the director or actors are interviewed. We already have this information, and the translations don't seem to say anything different, but those interviews you were talking about before, where the director calls Anna "chaste" and Hans talks about problems etc. -- would be great.
I will pay the translator to make them readable in English, all I need from you is the links to the interviews/articles. None of them has shown up on my international alert -- where the internet let me know that his name is mentioned in an article. So if you have read any of those, I would love a link.
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:26:07 GMT 8
www.csfd.cz/film/221421-bathory/in English Who would not know the reputation of Ms. Èachtické to bath in the blood of innocent Virginity? Director Juraj Jakubisko decided to transfer that image to the silver screen. We can thus see what happens to Elizabeth Bathoriové in most Central European film, which co-production is also a lot of Central European states participated. Elizabeth under the reputation killed 600 victims, who were mainly young girls and women at its headquarters Slovakian Èachtice. The film can be seen apart from foreign actors (there are non-Czech actors) as well as Czech: Karel Roden, Bolek Polivka, George Handles, Lucka Vondráèková, Mark Vašut and others. The Czech komparz also was not an emergency, and in many battle scenes, we can see fencing group Rotie. (fjorn) the rest seem to be reviews by people who had seen the film
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2008 3:30:44 GMT 8
And just FYI -- Star and I have both worked on professional film sets. We aren't just spouting speculation, we are speaking from some experience. If Anna really did have difficulty with her sex scenes in this film, aside from that being a surprise with her previous films, it would be a bit damaging for her director, who should be protecting his lead actress, at least until the film gets wide distribution, to say she had difficulties, that she was somehow incapable of acting the part. That too would be disappointing, and would hardly make an audience want to run to the theater to see the film. Don't you think? Bathory, afterall is suppose to be epic in her passions. Would we want to see a stifled, prudish performance of that? She's a Mom now, partnering with her child's father, if she did have any difficultly with sex scenes, well, it would be a sad thing to condemn her for it, as a woman. However, it would be even worse if it was her director, in the press, who did the condemning.[/quote] BUT DIRECTOR JAKUBISKO WAS PLEASED WITH ANNA FRIEL !!! Otherwise, she would have no role... Jakubisko is very demanding and rigorous director. He is very picky. For Anna is to honor that played in the movie Bathory. She is in the C and SK now known. Anna have in the middle of Europe a lot of fans. Jakubisko never talked bad about Anna, vice versa. |
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:35:17 GMT 8
well, good, post that interview, I will translate it, so we can read it for ourselves. Because from your words, it sounded like a bit the opposite. That is exactly the difficulty -- we are trying to figure out what you mean. I thought you were saying he was complaining by calling Anna "chaste". ANd I've seen a number of Anna's sex scenes in other films and none seem chaste,... But oh, having Anna Friel in a film has something to do with the fact that she is going to bring her own audience, as well.
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Post by Gg on Nov 25, 2008 3:42:30 GMT 8
www.fdb.cz/filmy/38756-bathory.htmlokay again, these are Czech audience members giving their reviews. If anyone is interested in these fans posts for the film (well, unfortunately they aren't all "fans" of the film) I will post the translations, but nothing too interesting. Basically nothing different than the fan posts on Imdb.
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2008 3:45:25 GMT 8
we already have this one on the site, so if anyone hasn't look it's already up. www.ebathory.ic.czthere is a English translation which you can navigate to. The right is the inscription NAVIGATION - items - History actors stature Talks address autograph Gallery media forum attractions Page Yes, there is the address of www.google.com for the translation words. |
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We have plenty of material about the movie Bathory, which you never read. I expressed poorly on the Hans, he was not traumatized from the scene naked, but I thought so, that Hans was embarrassed. 
