Portman is receiving the best reviews of her career. She will easily get her third Academy Award nomination with this project. And the film itself was highly lauded in the festival circuit, resulting in a bidding war over who would get the distribution rights. Fox Searchlight had first dibs due to Darren Aronofsky's producing credit. In regard to the Oscars: I think it will be between Portman and Emma Stone in Lead Actress, with Viola Davis likely dropping to Supporting.
Hi Jordan! I saw this trailer earlier this afternoon and was immediately intrigued. Portman is one of my favorite actresses - she blew me away with her performance in "Closer" - she looks absolutely luminous in this and from what I've read is getting some terrific notices.
I'm stoked. At this point in her career and life, Portman is the pitch-perfect choice to embody such an iconic figure. A bonus is that the director is Pablo Larraín who co-directed the series Profugos for HBO Latino and the sublime film Neruda. I'm old fashioned. I expect any motion picture presented on the big screen to be larger than life...not something that looks like it was shot with a smart phone camera in bad lighting. I can't get the trailer out of my head.
South Florida said: "The fish eyes and the voice were disturbing.
And just what is your excuse for being so damned disturbing? Do you possess a third nipple? Horrific acne scars? A tumor on your forehead? Chronic halitosis?
"And just what is your excuse for being so damned disturbing? Do you possess a third nipple? Horrific acne scars? A tumor on your forehead? Chronic halitosis?"
It has nothing to do with her standing as an icon and everything to do with the fact your only reaction to this film trailer is based entirely around the looks of both Portman and Jackie O., crudely denigrating the latter in comparison to the former. It's gross.
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