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Valorie Massalas: “I’m accutely aware that it’s possible to find talent pretty much anywhere”

TAGS: #ValorieMassalas #Interview #FilmInterview #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #Casting #CastingDirector #StevenSpielberg #KieferSutherland #SharonStone #GodsAndMonsters #IanMcKellen #LynnRedgrave #BillCondon #CastingSocietyOfAmerica #CSA #RandalKleiser #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #FilmCommunity #Filmbuff #Filmmaking #Storytelling #Hollywood #BehindTheScenes #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2020/02/17/valorie-massalas-im-accutely-aware-that-its-possible-to-find-talent-pretty-much-anywhere/

#LynnRedgrave for Weight Watchers (1985)
#ActorsInCommercials #TVMastodon 📺 🎬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjuYDDte2Y

"The Annihilation of Fish," a romantic comedy starring the late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, was shot in 1999 but never distributed, thanks to a negative review from @Variety, followed by the bankruptcy of the producer. Now, a newly restored version has been released in select U.S. theaters. Variety's J. Kim Murphy (not the original reviewer) spoke to director Charles Burnett about how he feels about the movie's tortuous path to the big screen, working with Redgrave, Jones and Margot Kidder, and what he's learned about making films.

https://flip.it/gn2WSr

#Movies #Cinema #Film #JamesEarlJones #LynnRedgrave #MargotKidder #CharlesBurnett

Charles Burnett on His Soaring Romance ‘The Annihilation of Fish,’ Finally Released After 25 Years in Distribution Hell
#Variety #Features #CharlesBurnett #JamesEarlJones #LynnRedgrave #TheAnnihilationofFish

https://variety.com/2025/film/features/the-annihilation-of-fish-charles-burnett-release-1236308910/

'The Annihilation of Fish' Trailer Teases the 4K Theatrical Re-Release of the Lost 1999 Comedy!! Check It Out!! #JamesEarlJones, #MargotKidder, #LynnRedgrave, #TheAnnihilationofFish

https://movizark.com/2025/01/27/the-annihilation-of-fish-trailer-teases-the-4k-theatrical-re-release-of-the-lost-1999-comedy-check-it-out/

#SmashingTime #RitaTushingham #LynnRedgrave #Sketchbook #Illustration #Design #Illustrator #NornCutson #MastoArt #Creative

My quick pencil sketch of the characters from SMASHING TIME.

Two women, one in granny dress and cape with plain yet chic hairdo looks aghast. Her friend, an extremely tall vivacious and enthusiastic woman with bouffant hairdo and pigtails, poses saucily in a checkered miniskrt and striped sweater.

My signature in the lower right.

I haven’t laughed out loud in a movie in years!

Some of the “comedic” set pieces are a drag (too many food fights) but the cultural satire is *STILL* up-to-the-minute and relevant!

It’s a silly movie; what makes it stand out is:

• #RitaTushingham & #LynnRedgrave , in the midst of all this silliness, really invest in Brenda & Yvonne’s friendship. As a viewer, you really believe that Brenda would go to these ridiculous lengths for her friend!
They couldn’t sell that ending if we didn’t really believe in their friendship, and it’s their dramatic backgrounds that grounds it.

• The cultural satire: music industry, art world, media, even reality tv gets a poke!
Plus other references that went over my head!

• A time capsule of 60s London, including incredible over-the-top fashions!

#SmashingTime #RitaTushingham

Close-up of woman with chic hairdo with a look of betrayal as colorful party lights flash.

OBVIOUSLY I am gonna have to draw Brenda & Yvonne for 2025!

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#SmashingTime #LynnRedgrave

A woman with red bouffant hairdo and pigrails sings terribly but with great enthusiasm into a microphone, against a gold curtain.

#LynnRedgrave is absolutely adorable!

The way she actually says “tee hee!” when she laughs!
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I haven’t laughed out loud this much in a long time!

#SmashingTime

A tipsy woman with a red updo flirts enthusiastically with an older gentleman whose back is to the viewer.
She is wearing a sky blue gown with diaphanous shawl.

“Well, I *might* have to take something temporary, til I can get something dreamy; you know, MAKE IT.”

#LynnRedgrave #SmashingTime

A tall girl with red bouffant and pigtails sits on a messy bed, wearing her idea of a mod outfit, enthusiastic & dazzled, even though she’s in a messy dump of an apartment.

… and now it’s time for #RitaTushingham in #SmashingTime !

I’m surprised by the caricature of her in the opening credits! It would have hurt my feelings!
The artist *did* capture #LynnRedgrave , though!
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https://youtu.be/9ei6vNKUJvs?si=ITXr492CCet-vaAX

3 things about Charles Burnett’s THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH [1999]

1. Recreating VERTIGO at Fort Point.
2. Curried goat.
3. The demon’s corpse is beginning to stink, she points out.

#3things #movies #charlesburnett #jamesearljones #lynnredgrave #cinema #vertigo

The image depicts a dimly lit room featuring two individuals seated at a small wooden table. The person on the left is a man wearing a white shirt and glasses, focusing on something in front of him. The person on the right is a woman in a light blue dress with orange floral patterns, also wearing glasses, with her hands clasped together. The table between them holds a yellow mug, a plate with cookies, and some folded papers or small cards. The background is adorned with retro-patterned wallpaper and a wooden wall hanging designed like a stylized sailboat.

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The final #MerchantIvory #film. Set in 1930s Shanghai with excellent performances from #RalphFiennes, #NatashaRichardson, #VanessaRedgrave, #LynnRedgrave, and #MadeleinePotter

#TheWhiteCountess (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384686/

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#RitaTushingham, #PeterFinch and a stellar debut from scene stealing #LynnRedgrave. Based on an #EdnaOBrien novel

#GirlwithGreenEyes (1964) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058142/

The Turn of the Screw, a 1974 Dan Curtis-directed TV-movie adaptation, of the famous Henry James ghost story. A sexually repressed governess sees ghosts, or does she? Inferior to the 1962 movie The Innocents but fairly OK low-key gothic horror.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-turn-of-screw-1974.html

#cultmovie #cultmovies #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #horrormovie #horrormovies #gothichorror #ghoststory #ghoststories #HenryJames #DanCurtis #LynnRedgrave