DVD Times has in depth review of EP, with great photos.
"...the driver is a much more subtle and elegant turn by an unrecognisable Viggo Mortensen. Mortensen is a revelation, for an actor who has graced rubbish like A Perfect Murder as a second banana clothes horse, and he gives an excellent, enigmatic performance that shows up Cassel as a scenery chewer and holds the centre of this film brilliantly. The film relies on his character being able to be seen as both kindly and having the capacity for violence, and the integrity he brings to his Nikolai is never less than convincing or compelling."
Rea it HERE
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Digging up Viggo's Eastern Promises Review
In honor of Viggo's nomination, I am posting this article about Eastern Promises.
Finding Viggo Mortensen
www.awardsdaily.com"Viggo Mortensen is missing. Yes, that actor on the screen looks like him—and he certainly possesses the same quiet assurance when he speaks and physicality when he fights. But more like a magician than actor, he has disappeared into the world of Eastern Promises.
As much as I’ve admired his work before—in movies like my beloved The Lord of the Rings trilogy, A Walk on the Moon and A History of Violence—I wasn’t quite prepared for the total character immersion displayed in the film, as he morphs into Nikolai, the enigmatic driver/undertaker/protector of Kirill, (Vincent Cassel), the “prince” of a London-based Russian crime family......
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Viggo got nominated for Golden Globe...!!!!
Finally!!!! The talent got recognized.
Congratulations to Viggo and David Cronenberg for Golden Globe Nominations.
"Vying for the 65th annual Golden Globe for best drama are an especially full field of seven films, including the box office hit "American Gangster," the romantic drama "Atonement," the visceral film noir "Eastern Promises," the civil rights drama "The Great Debaters," the legal thriller "Michael Clayton," the epic drama "There Will Be Blood" and the gritty thriller "No Country for Old Men.""
"Vying for best actor in a drama feature are George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood," James McAvoy for "Atonement" and Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises" and Denzel Washington for "American Gangster."
Read it HERE
Yeah!! Baby!!
Congratulations to Viggo and David Cronenberg for Golden Globe Nominations.
"Vying for the 65th annual Golden Globe for best drama are an especially full field of seven films, including the box office hit "American Gangster," the romantic drama "Atonement," the visceral film noir "Eastern Promises," the civil rights drama "The Great Debaters," the legal thriller "Michael Clayton," the epic drama "There Will Be Blood" and the gritty thriller "No Country for Old Men.""
"Vying for best actor in a drama feature are George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood," James McAvoy for "Atonement" and Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises" and Denzel Washington for "American Gangster."
Read it HERE
Yeah!! Baby!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The King On My Mind
"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.
An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day!
This day we fight!
By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.
An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day!
This day we fight!
By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
Satellite Awards Nominated for Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg and Sarah Polley are among the nominees for the 2007 Satellite Awards, which will be handed out by the International Press Academy on Dec. 16 in Los Angeles.
Cronenberg was nominated for Eastern Promises, a thriller about the Russian mafia starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Polley got the nod for her first feature film, Away From Her, based on an Alice Munro story about an elderly couple trying to cope with Alzheimer's.
Eastern Promises received a total of six nominations, including best drama, best director, best actor, best screenplay, best score and best film editing.
Read the story HERE
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Viggo's ad-lib
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-strike1dec01,1,1685506.story?track=rss
From LA times.com, a reference to Viggo's ad-libbing during APPLOOSA,
"Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole had been riding all day, chasing bad guys across the chaparral in the western "Appaloosa." As actors Viggo Mortensen (who was playing Hitch) and Ed Harris (Cole) sat around a campfire filming a scene on the Galisteo, N.M., set, Mortensen improvised a line. "I'm about ready," he grumbled, "to make a pair of chaps out of that Godforsaken mule."
It was the kind of ad-libbing that happens on almost any movie and, given Mortensen's cranky but erudite "Appaloosa" character, a perfectly fitting riff. But was the actor being a quick-on-his-feet movie star or a strike breaker?
As it happens, Mortensen's new dialogue was kosher, but it illustrated the gray area affecting scores of movies in production. If Mortensen had been a Writers Guild of America member, as many actors including costar Harris are, and if he had typed up his new line, he might well have been headed to the WGA cooler."
From LA times.com, a reference to Viggo's ad-libbing during APPLOOSA,
"Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole had been riding all day, chasing bad guys across the chaparral in the western "Appaloosa." As actors Viggo Mortensen (who was playing Hitch) and Ed Harris (Cole) sat around a campfire filming a scene on the Galisteo, N.M., set, Mortensen improvised a line. "I'm about ready," he grumbled, "to make a pair of chaps out of that Godforsaken mule."
It was the kind of ad-libbing that happens on almost any movie and, given Mortensen's cranky but erudite "Appaloosa" character, a perfectly fitting riff. But was the actor being a quick-on-his-feet movie star or a strike breaker?
As it happens, Mortensen's new dialogue was kosher, but it illustrated the gray area affecting scores of movies in production. If Mortensen had been a Writers Guild of America member, as many actors including costar Harris are, and if he had typed up his new line, he might well have been headed to the WGA cooler."
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Yeah, Viggo wrote to me
With a title like that, one might be wondering, if Viggo actually wrote to me, and if so, what about? Perhaps, he was answering fan mail? Perhaps a petition to stop stalking? Perhaps not the Viggo, but some other schmucks?
No, really, he wrote to me two years ago, out of annoyance, but thoughtful and courteous as usual. It was right after the Tsunami hit Asia, and thousands of people perished under the waves in December of 2005. The news hit me hard, since I am originally from southeast Asia, and it was all I could do to read news of death, and devastation, and not break down. I weeped and listened to news about the aftermath the tsunami had left behind, and when I browsed over to Viggo's percevalpress.com, I was disappointed to see that they had made no mention of the disaster. After waiting for a few days to see if the site would mention it, and not finding it, I wrote to the site, expressing my disappointment. And, I think that must have boiled Viggo a bit, for in spite of their policy not to correspond, he wrote me back informing me that his site only covers unique news, that are otherwise not widely reported in the mainstream media. He actually signed his name in his mail!
The fact that I was on the internet at the same time as him, as he wrote back within minutes of my mail, just totally made me sweat with excitement. Such a loser, that I am. But hey, as mortified as I was about this incidence, I treasure this piece of electronic mail from him forever.
"Thank you for your thoughtful letter,
Viggo Mortensen"
No, really, he wrote to me two years ago, out of annoyance, but thoughtful and courteous as usual. It was right after the Tsunami hit Asia, and thousands of people perished under the waves in December of 2005. The news hit me hard, since I am originally from southeast Asia, and it was all I could do to read news of death, and devastation, and not break down. I weeped and listened to news about the aftermath the tsunami had left behind, and when I browsed over to Viggo's percevalpress.com, I was disappointed to see that they had made no mention of the disaster. After waiting for a few days to see if the site would mention it, and not finding it, I wrote to the site, expressing my disappointment. And, I think that must have boiled Viggo a bit, for in spite of their policy not to correspond, he wrote me back informing me that his site only covers unique news, that are otherwise not widely reported in the mainstream media. He actually signed his name in his mail!
The fact that I was on the internet at the same time as him, as he wrote back within minutes of my mail, just totally made me sweat with excitement. Such a loser, that I am. But hey, as mortified as I was about this incidence, I treasure this piece of electronic mail from him forever.
"Thank you for your thoughtful letter,
Viggo Mortensen"
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Spurs and Soccer
Courtesy of daflikkers ( Blogengeezer) whose site features wonderful accounts of his days as an extra on APPALOOSA
Friday, October 26, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Viggo got nominated for
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Hope he wins!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Just because I felt like it
A day before your birthday. I watched you again today in A History of Violence. Something gets better with age and repetition- you seem to be one of them. The way you smile, the way you raise your eyebrows, the way you gesture with your hands, the way you fight, the way you laugh, the way you love - all signs of a genuine man.
Thanks for making my day, once again.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Shivers Every Time
Guaranteed to give you shivers
Published 18 October 2007
"Mortensen, with his slicked pile of steely dark grey hair making his violin-like face look even longer, provides an unassailable core of authenticity and empathy throughout this often ludicrous film. He's a master of minimalism - what most actors need a monologue to express, Mortensen can convey in one wordless close-up, from behind sunglasses. But a long, naked fight sequence? You've got to admire his balls. And now you can."Monday, October 8, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Can't get hotter than this
Behind the scene look at Eastern Promises in amazon.com
Amazing.
The art of tattooing.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/6039:13296/105-0580572-4850003
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