March 25, 2007

More fun on the set of I Heart Huckabees:



This doesn't seem to be quite as blameworthy as the other clip, even though it's being juxtoposed to director's David Russell's violent tantrum. The one thing I've always heard from actors is that shooting a movie isn't a very exciting experience, and can often be monumentally frustrating. Hour after hour of shooting take after take can get on anyone's nerve, and the sort of emotional risks that a good actor has to take aren't something that can be just summoned at will. Tomlin seems to be blowing off steam, an appropriate way of dealing with the inevitable frustration. Russell's tirade, on the other hand, was that of an insecure bully trying to intimidate a woman who had crossed him.

Oh, and one more thing: the reaction of actress Isabelle Huppert during Lily's f-bomb concerta is priceless. It's no wonder she survived Heaven's Gate; nothing can interfere with that woman's meticulous grooming habits !!!

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