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Dec 6, 2016 (XXXIII: 15) Florian Henckel von Donnersmark:THE TOURIST (1992), 105 min.

The Tourist (2010) 103 minutes

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Writing Credits Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie and (screenplay), Jérôme Salle (motion picture "") Produced by Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Tim Headington, Graham King and Adam Rosenberg Music James Newton Howard Cinematography John Seale Film Editing Joe Hutshing & Patricia Rommel

Cast …Frank Tupelo Pitt…Elise Clifton-Ward (as Angelina Jolie) …Inspector John Acheson time he won numerous festival awards for his short films, Timothy Dalton…Chief Inspector Jones among them the Max Ophüls Prize. While at film school, Steven Berkoff…Reginald Shaw Henckel von Donnersmarck wrote an outline, Sonata for a Rufus Sewell…The Englishman Good Man, which told of the relationship between a Stasi Christian De Sica…Colonnello Lombardi agent and the dramatist with whose surveillance he is Alessio Boni…Sergente Cerato charged. In this story, looking back at “the century of Daniele Pecci…Tenente Narduzzi ideologies”, he explored the old aesthetic question of how Giovanni Guidelli…Tenente Tommassini to bridge the chasm between thinking and feeling. He felt this tale would allow him to tackle a subject matter that FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK (b. May 2, was personal and important to him, while trying to create 1973 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on film the dramatic and psychological complexity he had grew up in the US, Germany and Belgium. Upon finishing often encountered in novels. In 2002 Henckel von high school, he studied Russian Language and Literature Donnersmarck moved to East Berlin to research the in Saint Petersburg, graduating as a Soviet-certified historical aspects of this plot, and wrote a screenplay, Teacher of Russian as a Foreign Language. He went on to which he ended up calling The Lives of Others. Shot in read Politics and Philosophy at Oxford. In his final year at just 37 days and with a limited release in 2006, it went on Oxford, he won an essay competition to become to gross $77 million worldwide. The film won the 2007 apprentice to director Richard Attenborough on the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and in 2008 Hemingway film In Love and War (1996). The experience received England’s BAFTA and France’s César. After convinced him to use his passion for literature, music and almost two years of presenting the film and writing and spectacle in the medium of cinema. From 1997 to 2001, he lecturing on cinema and aesthetics, he moved to Los obtained a third degree, this time in filmmaking, from the Angeles to experience the center of the film world. In University for Television and Film, Munich. During that December of 2009, he began work on The Tourist, a light- Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—2 hearted thriller set in Paris and Venice. In The Tourist, Cher, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rickie Lee Jones, Olivia Henckel von Donnersmarck saw the opportunity to Newton-John, Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, and Barbra explore a familiar European setting the very elements that Streisand. He has received eight Oscar nominations and European cinema is habitually denied: true Opulence in won a Grammy Award in 2009 for his work on The Dark Décor and the Mystique of the Movie Star. He aimed to Knight (2008). His work often incorporates extensive use create a film that would be gentle, humorous and of multiple chord progressions and changes in key. A unpretentious, and make for a soothing, almost famously fast worker, Howard is often called upon to contemplative experience of deceleration and elegance. It provide last-minute replacement scores for films, or to add is possible that this is to existing why it was not soundtracks. A nominated for any few of his 150 Oscars (though won composer credits many other awards includes Fantastic that year): it often Beasts and Where jumps between to Find Them genres of comedy, (2016), The drama, and action. Hunger Games: He is also a member Mockingjay - Part of the International 2 (2015), The Council at the Hunger Games: Museum of Modern Mockingjay - Part in New York, the 1 (2014), Pawn French Ordre des Sacrifice (2014), Arts et des Lettres Nightcrawler and the Bavarian and (2014), The Northrhine- Hunger Games: Westphalian Orders Catching Fire of Merit. In 2013, the (2013), Parkland World Economic Forum named him a Young Global (2013), The Bourne Legacy (2012), The Hunger Games Leader. 2015 saw the publication of Kino! a book of his (2012), Green Lantern (2011), The Green Hornet (2011), writings on contemporary cinema. He directed and wrote The Tourist (2010), Love & Other Drugs (2010), Inhale all of his feature films: Werk Ohne Autor (post- (2010), Salt (2010), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), production), The Tourist (2010), The Lives of Others The Happening (2008), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), I (2006), The Crusader (2002, Short), Dobermann (1999, Am Legend (2007), Blood Diamond (2006), Lady in the Short), Das Datum (1998, Short) and Mitternacht (1997, Water (2006), King Kong (2005), Collateral (2004), Peter Short). Pan (2003), Dreamcatcher (2003), America's Sweethearts (2001), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Snow Falling on JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (b. June 9, 1951 in Los Cedars (1999), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Postman Angeles, CA) scored over 60 films beginning in the mid- (1997), The Devil's Advocate (1997), My Best Friend's '80s, including The Fugitive (1993), The Prince of Tides Wedding (1997), Primal Fear (1996), Restoration (1995), (1991), Pretty Woman (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross Waterworld (1995), Wyatt Earp (1994), Night and the City (1992), Batman Begins (2005), Clayton (2007), (1992), American Heart (1992), Grand Canyon (1991), and the Hunger Games series. He began taking classical The Man in the Moon (1991), 3 Men and a Little Lady piano lessons at the age of four, playing on a piano owned (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Flatliners (1990), The by his grandmother, who was the Pittsburgh Symphony's Package (1989), Off Limits (1988), Nobody's Fool (1986), concertmaster and violinist during the 1930s and '40s. He 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and Head Office (1985). went on to study at the USC School of Music. After graduating from college, Howard joined a short-lived rock JOHN SEALE (b. October 5, 1942 in Warwick, band, and then worked for a couple of years as a session Queensland, Australia) started work in 1963 at the ABC- musician with artists including Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, tv at Gore Hill, New South Wales in the stationary and Harry Nilsson. In 1975, he joined the band of the most department, dispensing biros and pestering Chief popular artist of that time, Elton John, toured with them Cameraman Bert Nicholas for a 'driver assistant' position. during the mid-'70s and later re-joined for a tour in 1980 Nicholas got Seale off his back by giving him the job, and and again in 1986. Over the years, Howard has worked as by good fortune cameraman Bill Grimmond took him a songwriter, producer, or arranger with such artists as under his wing. In the early 1960s ABC-tv produced some Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—3 of Australia's first drama series with Grimmond and Bob picture A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). Unable to Feeney as doph's and Seale assisting. In 1965 Grimmond regain momentum, The Kids spilt-up soon after the persuaded the reluctant ABC heavies to give Seale a movie's release and Depp diverged from his first love— chance as camera operator. Seale operated on his first music—to follow a life of acting. A small role in Oliver feature with doph John Williams. From there on he was Stone’s Platoon (1986) followed. Unwilling at first, Fox working regularly as camera operator with Australia's pursued Depp to star in a new series entitled 21, Jump leading cinematographers. In 1983 he was awarded the Street. Although Depp felt this show "beneath him," it ACS 'Milli' Award for Cinematographer of the Year for actually catapulted his success as an actor and turned him Goodbye Paradise (1983). In 1985 invited into a teenybopper idol. In an effort to downplay his him to go to the USA to shoot Witness (1985), which unwanted pretty-boy reputation he chose the lead role in began his international career. Recently, Seale took on the Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands (1990). The success daunting task of working on of the most infamously of this movie established his well known choice for odd challenging productions in recent film history, Mad Max: and unusual roles, essentially carving a niche for himself Fury Road (2015). He was happy, though, to come back to as a serious and somewhat dark performer who always work for George Miller having previously collaborated surprises audiences with his choice of characters. Next with the director on Lorenzo’s Oil back in 1992 and found came an extraordinary run of movie roles for Depp. him an ideal collaborator. It’s not the first time Seale Within five years, starting in 1993, Depp starred in an conquered the desert: He won an Oscar for his d.p. work array of movies including: John Waters’ Cry-Baby (1990), in The English Patient (1996). Mad Max: Fury Road What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Jim (2015) brings Seale his fifth Oscar nomination after Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997), earning recognition for Rain Man (1988), Witness (1985) Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Cold Mountain (2003). Some of his additional credits and once again with Burton for Sleepy Hallow (1999) are The Tourist (2010), Poseidon (2006), Spanglish While Depp continued to take challenging parts in more (2004), Dreamcatcher (2003), Harry Potter and the serious fare, in 2003 he debuted his most commercially Sorcerer's Stone (2001), The successful character playing Captain Perfect Storm (2000), The Talented Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Mr. Ripley (1999), City of Angels Caribbean franchise. Despite his (1998), Ghosts of Mississippi long list of critically acclaimed films, (1996), The American President it was Pirates of the Caribbean: The (1995), The Firm (1993), Dead Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) that Poets Society (1989), Rain Man earned him his first Oscar Best Actor (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), nomination in 2004. Again, Depp The Mosquito Coast (1986), teamed with Burton for a series of Children of a Lesser God (1986), films including Charlie and the Fatty Finn (1980) and Death Chocolate Factor (2005), Corpse Cheaters (1976). Bride (2005), Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) rd JOHNNY DEPP (b. June 9, 1963 in [which earned him a 3 Oscar nod], Owensboro, Kentucky) was Alice in Wonderland (2010) and originally interested in pursuing a Dark Shadows (2012). He credits music career. Following a move to Burton's belief in him for rescuing Florida, and his parents’ divorce by him from being "a loser, an outcast, age 16, teenage Depp dropped out just another piece of expendable of school to pursue a career in rock Hollywood meat." He missed out on and roll. Over the next few years, several roles that went to Keanu Depp fronted numerous garage Reeves. He was considered for bands - the most famous entitled Johnny Utah in Point Break (1991); The Kids, opened for Iggy Pop. he was 's Determination and hope for stardom inspired the band to original choice for Johnathan Harker in Bram Stoker's relocate to . Yet, his band struggled among Dracula (1992), but the studio wanted a heartthrob; he the competitive West-coast market, and Depp even turned down the role of Jack Traven in Speed (1994); and resorted to selling ball point pens in order to pay the bills. he was the Wachowskis' first choice for Neo in The Matrix A chance introduction to Nicolas Cage reluctantly (1999), but the studio didn't think he was a big enough persuaded Depp to audition and try his hand at acting. name. Despite his exceedingly busy acting career, Depp Depp's first film debut was in Wes Craven's major motion regularly keeps one toe in the music world. From 1993- Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—4

2004, he co-owned L.A.’s famous Viper Room; he’s strong roles in the made-for-TV movies True Women performed with Oasis and Marilyn Manson; he also has (1997), and in George Wallace (1997), which won her a his own band, The Hollywood Vampires, with Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. Jolie's Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Alice Cooper. The band’s last acclaim increased even further when she played the lead live appearance was this summer in Buffalo. The next role in the HBO production Gia (1998). This was the true- night Perry fell ill. Due to scheduling conflicts the trio has life story of Gia Carangi, one of the first yet to perform again. Recently Depp starred as our now celebrities to die of AIDS. Often playing strong-willed President-elect Donald Trump in the Funny or Die’s 2016 female characters, Jolie’s performance in Girl, Interrupted parody of Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The (1999) won her an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Movie. Some of Depp’s other acting roles include the Role in 2000. In 2000, Jolie was asked to star in Lara following films: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). At first, she expressed No Tales (2017, post-production), Alice Through the disinterest, but then decided that the required training for Looking Glass (2016), Into the Woods (2014), The Lone the athletic role was intriguing. While a critical failure, the Ranger (2013), 21 Jump Street (2012), Pirates of the movie was a commercial success and paired Jolie with her Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The father for the first time on film. One of the Croft movie's Tourist (2010), Public Enemies (2009), The Imaginarium filming locations was Cambodia. While there, Jolie of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Pirates of the Caribbean: At witnessed the natural beauty, culture and poverty of that World's End (2007), Finding Neverland (2004), Once country. She began visiting refugee camps around the Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Blow (2001), Chocolat world and came to be formally appointed as a Goodwill (2000), Before Night Falls (2000), The Man Who Cried Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner (2000), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and Private Resort for Refugees (UNHCR). Jolie's dramatic feature film (1985). Beyond Borders (2003) parallels some of her real life humanitarian experiences although, despite the inclusion of a romance between two westerners, many of the movie's images were too depressingly realistic; the film was not popular among critics or at the box office. In 2004, Jolie began filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) with co-star Brad Pitt. The film became a major box office success (it would seem the side bar regarding the pair’s the off-screen romance is well-known enough that it need not be included here here). 2006 saw the premiere of The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert de Niro. But Jolie herself confessed: “It’s getting harder and harder to go back to work after time with children and my United Nations projects.” In 2007, Jolie made her directorial debut with the documentary A Place in Time (2007). Her ANGELINA JOLIE (b. June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, role in Clint Eastwood's drama Changeling, based on real- California) is the daughter of Oscar-winning actor John life events, which premiered at Cannes in 2008, earned the Voight and model Marcheline Bertrand. Jolie made her 35-year-old her second Academy Award nomination. In screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in 2011, she went behind the cameras again to direct In The Lookin' to Get Out (1982). When she was 11, she enrolled Land Of Blood and Honey, which tells the story of a in the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and performed in Bosnian soldier who encounters a former lover in a camp several theatre productions. However, her years at Beverly he now oversees. The film caused some controversy Hills High School where hard on her and she was among those who had lived through the war, however constantly teased. The teasing and rejection she critics praised Jolie's skills. While she often chooses real- experienced during her early teenage years had a life passion projects, in 2008 the mother of six voiced the disastrous effect on her sense of self-esteem, and at the character of Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda series. She age of 14, she dropped out of high school. When 16, she reprised her role for a third time this year. In 2015 she and temporarily tried modeling and appeared in music videos Pitt paired up once again for the first time since Mr. and for Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz and The Rolling Stones. Mrs. Smith for the breakup film By the Sea (2015). Jolie She made her movie debut in 1993 in Cyborg 2. took on the multiple roles of director, writer and actor, and Angelina's role capitalized on her screen charisma and spoke openly about the strain of the film on her own brash, upfront sex appeal, and before long she was offered marriage. Sadly the next year, she and Pitt filed for another plum role in Hackers (1995), a sci-fi computer divorce. When she and Depp were first announced to play thriller. Her critical acclaim increased when she played the leads in tonight’s film, there was great fan excitement. Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—5

Audiences had long hoped the eccentric pair would be cast TIMOTHY DALTON (b. March 21, 1946 in Colwyn Bay, together. While the film failed to deliver the anticipatory Wales) is perhaps best known as 1980s in The on-set chemistry, the two have remained friends. In fact, Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), Jolie is using Depp’s divorce attorney and they are though he is a classically trained Shakespearean actor. As apparently consoling one another through their mutual a youth, he was enrolled in a school for bright children, divorces this year. Her additional acting credits include where he excelled in sports and was interested in the Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), By the Sea (2015), Maleficent sciences. He was fascinated with acting from a young age, (2014), The Tourist (2010), Salt (2010), Beowulf (2007), perhaps due to the fact that both his grandfathers were The Alexander (2004), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The vaudevillians, but it was when he saw a performance of Cradle of Life (2003), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), at age 16 that his destiny was clinched. Between Pushing Tin (1999), Playing God (1997), Mojave Moon 1964-66, he studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic (1996), Foxfire (1996) and Lookin' to Get Out (1982). Art (RADA). Just before completing his two years, he quit and joined the PAUL BETTANY Birmingham (b. May 27, 1971 Repertory in Harlesden, Theatre, playing , England) the lead in many first came to the productions attention of under the mainstream direction of audiences when he Peter Dews appeared in the while at the British film same time Gangster No. 1 turning (2000), and director 's film A Knight's professional. Dalton later said of RADA in an interview Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of with Seventeen Magazine (December 1970), "It took a films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), Master and year to undo the psychological damage that was caused by Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the oppressive teachers". In late 1967 Peter O'Toole (2003), Wimbledon (2004), and the adaptation of the recommended him for the role of the young "King Philip novel The Da Vinci Code (2006). For younger audiences, of France" in The Lion in Winter (1968), which Bettany might be most known for his voice role as coincidentally was also ' big break. Also J.A.R.V.I.S. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Iron during this time, he was approached and tested for the role Man franchise as well as in the recent : of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Civil War (2016). Though he often plays secondary but turned it down, feeling he was too young for the part. characters in his films, Bettany has a knack for stealing In 1983, he starred as "Rochester" in what he considers scenes. Well-liked by many directors, it is rumored that one of his best works, the BBC's very popular Jane Eyre writer/director Brian Helgeland wrote the role of Chaucer (1983). Also, during this time, Roger Moore was in A Knight's Tale specifically for the actor. The director considering leaving Bond, and Dalton was again "refused" to do the movie without him. The production approached, but due to his full schedule, he had to decline. companies did not think Bettany was known well enough, Pierce Brosnan was offered the part. When Brosnan was however Helgeland thought that if he backed down on his unable to get out of his Remington Steele (1982) contract choice of Bettany, he would have to back down on at the last minute, Dalton was again approached. Able everything else. He was the first choice to portray King now to work it into his tight schedule, he agreed. His first George VI in The King's Speech (2010) but after he turned Bond film, The Living Daylights (1987), recast the series it down, it went to , who won the Best Actor in a grittier light and proved to be an international hit with Oscar for his performance. Some of Bettany’s 46 acting significant commercial success at American theaters. But roles are Legend (2015), (2013), Blood (2012), Dalton's second Bond film, Licence to Kill (1989), which The Avengers (2012), The Tourist (2010), proved even darker than Dalton's debut 007 flick, (2010), Legion (2010), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), struggled at the box office. When a legal battle between Iron Man (2008), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Firewall MGM and the film's producers ruptured over the (2006), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the ownership of the franchise, Dalton, who had three movies World (2003), Dogville (2003), A Beautiful Mind (2001), left to fulfill on his deal, called it quits. His colder, grittier A Knight's Tale (2001), The Suicide Club (2000), After the portrayal of James Bond is considered by many fans of the Rain (1999), The Land Girls (1998) and Bent (1997). franchise to be the closest to the characterization of Bond from the original novels by , but was greeted Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—6 with a mixed reaction from the general public following Gay Guys (2002), Legionnaire (1998), La Femme Nikita twelve years of Roger Moore's much more lighthearted (1998, TV Series), Another Nine & a Half Weeks (1997), portrayal. In the years since the Bond films, Dalton has The Krays (1990), Revolution (1985), Underworld (1985), explored a range of different kinds of projects. In 1994 he Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Beverly Hills Cop stepped in as Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries and Gone (1984), Octopussy (1983), Outland (1981), Joseph With the Wind sequel, Scarlett, then donned the role of Andrews (1977), Barry Lyndon (1975), The Passenger in the ABC miniseries Cleopatra (1999). (1975), A Clockwork Orange (1965), The Avengers (1965, More recently he had a semi-regular role opposite Linda TV Series) and Konga (1961). Hamilton in the NBC series Chuck. On the big screen, Dalton has continued to stay busy. He co-starred in the comedy flick Hot Fuzz (2007), and was the voice of Mr. Pricklepants in Toy Story 3 (2010). In 2014, Dalton returned to series television on the cable drama Penny Dreadful. His other acting credits: Penny Dreadful (2014- 2016, TV Series), The Tourist (2010), Toy Story 3 (2010), Doctor Who (2009-2010, TV Series), Made Men (1999), The Informant (1997), Naked in New York (1993), The King's Whore (1990), Brenda Starr (1989), Hawks (1988), The Master of Ballantrae (1984, TV Movie), Jane Eyre (1983, TV Mini-Series), Flash Gordon (1980), Agatha (1979), The Man Who Knew Love (1978), The Executioner (1975), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970) and The Lion in Winter (1968). Johnathan Crocker: “The Tourist—Angelina Jolie Interview,” IGN, 10 Dec 2010 STEVEN BERKOFF (b. August 3, 1937 in Stepney, London, England) received dramatic arts training in both IGN: This is your second action thriller this year. Paris and London and then moved on to performing with What's the appeal of this genre? several repertory companies, before he formed the London I love that you think this is an action thriller! Is it? I Theatre Group in 1968. Berkoff had actually been haven't seen it. I actually did it for the opposite... Maybe appearing in uncredited roles in UK cinema since 1959, for me it wasn't an action adventure. Maybe there's action and started to get noticed by casting agents with his in it, but I didn't get to participate as much. performances in Hamlet at Elsinore (1964), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Barry IGN: So why did you take this project? Lyndon (1975). Mainstream film fans are probably most Angelina Jolie: Honestly, this one came about... I had familiar with Steven Berkoff via his portrayal of a trio of finished Salt and Brad [Pitt] was to work next and he had ice-cold villains in several big budget Hollywood a small delay in his film, in Moneyball, and so we had a productions of the 1980s. Firstly, he played a rogue few months and I questioned if there was anything out general plotting to launch a war in Europe in Octopussy there that shot in a great location. Honestly, that's the (1983), then a drug smuggling art dealer out to kill phone call I made! And it was a character I hadn't done narcotics officer Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop before. Just something new. I got this call that there was (1984), and thirdly as a sadistic Russian commando this film that happened to shoot in Venice and Paris and it officer torturing in Rambo: First Blood was a real lady. So I was interested and then [director] Part II (1985). Berkoff has also written and performed Florian [Henckel von Donnersmarck] came on board and original plays including Decadence, "Harry's Christmas then Johnny [Depp] and it was just a pleasure. Lunch, Brighton Beach Scumbags and Sink the Belgrano, as well as appearing in productions of Hamlet, Macbeth IGN: Why did you contact Florian? Had you seen The and Coriolanus. Furthermore, he has authored several Lives Of Others? books on the theatre and his life including The Theatre of Jolie: I had seen The Lives Of Others and I loved it. When Steven Berkoff, Coriolanus in Deutscheland, A Prisoner in I talked to Florian, for me, I didn't know if it was just that Rio, I am Hamlet and Meditations on Metamorphosis. I wanted to go to Venice or if there was something more Some of his over 130 acting credits include London Heist to the material. And when Florian and I sat together, I (2016), Manhattan Night (2016), North v South (2015), think I even said, 'somebody who does deep art like The Doctor Who (2012, TV Series), The Girl with the Dragon Lives Of Others, I'm curious why you're interested.' He Tattoo (2011), The Tourist (2010), 44 Inch Chest (2009), talked about how people often confuse something as art Say It in Russian (2007), The Headsman (2005), 9 Dead only if it's very dark or very unhappy or very emotional. Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—7

But that art should also just make people happy and be IGN: It's your first time working with Johnny Depp. beautiful. And that's not a lesser art. His view really made What do you make of him? me more excited about just doing something that was Jolie: Oh, he's just such a nice guy. You walk into lovely. someone's office and you see what's important to them. He's got lots of books and lots of pictures of his children. IGN: He's an intelligent guy, isn't he? So it's immediately somebody you feel at ease with. He's a Jolie: It was a challenge having a director who could real, experimental, deeply feeling artist, who gives a lot speak five languages. Because he's very specific. His and tries a lot and is very gracious on set to everybody. French is perfect. His Russian is perfect. I think he taught Russian philosophy to Russians in Russia. I mean, he's IGN: Is he a funny guy on set? just beyond...! So the bar was set pretty high with him as a Jolie: There's some footage floating round, which I'm director. I know that he wouldn't let me slide. surprised hasn't surfaced... God, there was a good 20 minutes, half-an-hour early on where we could not stop IGN: How laughing. did Florian We tell you to wasted a play the lot of character? film. And Jolie: My note got a lot that I got of almost every producers day, was, frustrated. 'Slow down.' The Because I outtakes think a very of this I'm modern sure are woman, we very attack things, we're aggressive, we move like New funny. Yorkers... so this was the hardest thing for me, to kind of take a deep breath and just glide a little more. Which took IGN: Did you watch any similar films to prepare? me a really long time. Jolie: We watched The Catch A Thief and there were lots of other things we were supposed to watch. I didn't watch IGN: Were you going for a different look in this film? everything on my list. But I did watch To Catch A Thief. Jolie: It was very different certainly to anything I've ever And just became more aware of those periods. But at the worn. So it took me a while to get used to the heels and same time, you watch those movies and you don't watch to the gloves and the how to hold the handbag. I think mimic. We wanted to make it modern so I was nervous everybody knows I'm not necessarily that female, in that with her; I didn't want to make her too precious. way! So it was a little bit of an exercise to get that in there. IGN: Is it tough to find roles that you're excited about these days? IGN: Were you conscious of paying particular Jolie: It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to attention to the way you walk? do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are Jolie: Well, I was conscious because the first time I did it extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply. I had the camera about a foot behind my rear end. Sometimes something like The Tourist comes up and it's Following my down the streets of Paris. And I thought, just fun, but I think it's not as easy to find projects now, to 'Oh, this is so uncomfortable. This is the most bizarre find something that means so much that you have to do it. thing.' Because it's one thing when you're walking, but when somebody's watching the way you walk, you IGN: What's the latest on your directorial debut? actually become very aware of it. And in five inch heels Jolie: I am done filming it. I go back to edit in January. on cobblestone, it was not the most pleasant! But you get And it was great, it was really nice to take the spotlight off into it. And you kinda have the fun of being a girl. And I myself and put it on some brilliant actors. I'm excited to think it was, because I tend to - having come off Salt and show their work and their talent to the world. even literally being a guy - it was nice to rediscover 'female.' IGN: Which directors have you modelled yourself on?

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Jolie: I've learned a lot from Clint [Eastwood], who's an met. And when we sat down together, it was kind of extremely economical director. I learned a lot from instant. Got each other. Within minutes, we were yakking Michael Winterbottom, who really gave a lot of trust to about our kids and the perils of parenthood. the actors and allowed them to live in the space. And working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about IGN: Now that you're a huge global movie star, how being an actor's director. do you see yourself and your career? Depp: Well, certainly not like a huge global movie star. Even thinking of myself in those terms, I can't help but Johnathan Crocker, “Interview with Johnny Depp,” smile, because it just doesn't register as me. But it feels IGN: like I'm still doing the same bits. Just trying something different each time, exploring something new. That's IGN: Did you get to be a tourist for real while you what's important. To keep challenging myself. And trying were in Venice? to come up with some new faces every now and again. Johnny Depp: My tourist times were between the hours of 10pm and 2am. That IGN: Do you feel like you was the only time I could have some new faces in you? only wander and have a Depp: Many years ago, Marlon look around. There's Brando asked me, he says, 'How virtually no one on the many films do you do, per year, street at that time. I was kid?' I said, 'I don't know, amazed, everywhere you maybe three or something?' He look it's kind of a visual said, 'It's too much... We only poem. I like the night time have so many faces in our Venice. The quiet Venice, pockets...' And I thought, wow, where it feels like the it's really true. Well, I feel like ghosts are around. I've still got a few faces in my pockets. IGN: There are few stunts in the Venice canals. How's the water? It doesn't look too clean... IGN: Did you improv a lot of your character? Depp: Oh, no, it's not. Doing stunts - being yanked down Depp: It was... I can't remember, you know? I don't know the Venice canal, being handcuffed to the boat railing - that a full formed Frank was in the script. We sat down that was way secondary to the immense fear I had of and went through all these ideas and that's what seemed to going into the drink. Because that's like; god knows what come out. The idea was to make him seem the Everyman, you come out with. The stunt guys who did have to go this math teacher who doesn't have particular highs or into the drink were on intense antibiotics for weeks and lows in his life. He has a slight amount of obsessive- weeks prior. compulsive disorder in his weird routines. The idea was to take this normal guy and put him into these situations that IGN: Is it true you cut your feet up while doing the are certainly less than normal. High stakes situations. The scene where you run along the rooftops? electronic cigarette was a device that would ring the alarm Depp: I did, I did. That was wild. Because when you're that he's in panic mode. doing it and your adrenaline is going, you don't really notice things like that. But I was standing there talking to IGN: Did you help push the film towards comedy? [director] Florian [Henckel von Donnersmarck] and he Depp: I just thought if you took this guy and put him was like, 'Oh my God.' There was blood dripping down these situations - especially if he's going to stick around - these terracotta tiles and I guess I'd left a little trail behind he has to recognise the level of absurdity in what he's me. You don't feel it till later. going through here. And for what? And also I'm a real sucker; if I see a gag coming around the corner, I snatch it IGN: How did you find working with Angelina Jolie up immediately. I can't help myself. You spend nine- for the first time? tenths of the time when you're working trying to make Depp: She's a real treat to get into the ring with. She's a your co-star laugh, so I guess some of it's in the film. I lot of fun, deeply committed, very smart, funny, very don't know. perverse sense of humour. We met, oddly, right before we did this. We have a lot of mutual friends and we'd never IGN: How do you go about building a character? Von Donnersmark—THE TOURIST—9

Depp: My process is still the same as ever. I IGN: Where do you get these images of think that impulse comes someone that I may from? have known in the past Depp: I think it probably or reminds me of the comes from being locked character. For example, into that television thing Frank with his heavily for a few years. The groomed beard, which parameters were so rigid, by the way, I can't there was no room to grow, that was all grow. It was just 'play that glued on, that perfect character.' That was it. So landscaped beard came I swore to myself after from a guy I knew that, I couldn't do that years ago, and I was again. If I had to go back always fascinated with to construction, okay, I that beard, because it Gull at Danieli’s Restaurant Terrazza,. Venice, BJ 2016. was pretty good at that, just looked like, I don't pumping gas, I can do that know, something in a jar. I couldn't believe someone too... could have that and treat it so pristine. IGN: When was the first time you really were allowed IGN: Do you always strive to find ways to tweak your to make a character your own? characters? Depp: I suppose the first time, really, was Cry-Baby. That Depp: That's what I look for. I've always had that... it's was a character I felt good about. Edward Scissorhands. probably a bad habit! I remember doing Platoon back in Nobody really knew what I was going to do prior to that. '86 with and rewriting my dialogue. It's Even Tim [Burton], bless him, was a little nervous probably why he cut me out of the film mostly! But yeah, initially with my take on it. But I think it all worked out. I've always had that.

PRELIMINARY APRIN 2017 BUFFALO FILM SEMINARS 34: Jan 31 Buster Keaton: The General 1926 Feb 7 Ernst Lubitsch: Ninotchka 1939 Feb 14 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: The Red Shoes 1945 Feb 21 John Huston: The Misfits 1961 Feb28 Stanley Kubrick: Dr Strangelove 1964 Mar 7 Robert Bresson: Au Hazard Balthazar 1966 Mar 14 Bahram Beizai: Downpour/Ragbar 1972 Mar 21 recess Mar 28 4 Akira Kurosawa: Dersu Uzala 1975 April 4 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 April 11 Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in America 1984 April 18 Krzysztof Kieslowski: Double Life of Veronique 1991 April 25 Wong Kar-Wei: In the Mood for Love 2000 May 2 David Ayer: Fury 2014 May 9 : Topsy Turvy 1999

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