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 Wysłany: Sob 2:46, 22 Mar 2008 Temat postu: |
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Właśnie skończyłam oglądać Boogeymana 2, postanowiłam się podzielić swoimi wrażeniami póki świeże 
Pierwsza część z tego co pamiętam nawet mi się podobała, choć mogłoby się wydawać, że film o facecie, który boi się swojej szafy to kiepski pomysł. To był jednak jeden z tych filmów, w którym pozornie bezsensowne wydarzenia zaskakują na koniec swoją logiką i powiązaniem.
Gro filmów-kontynuacji to zazwyczaj nieudana próba zaskoczenia widza czymś że tak powiem "bardziejszym". Niestety Boogeyman 2 się do nich zalicza... Choć film ma swój specyficzny klimacik i momentami nawet trzyma w napięciu, to gdybym miała go ocenić w 10 stopniowej skali, to byłaby to co najwyżej czwórka (i to mocno naciągana ze względu na ROC). Pełno w nim wypadających flaków, nagle gasnących świateł i... na tym w zasadzie kończy się wena twórców. Nie wiem dlaczego niektórym się wydaje, że ilość pokazanej krwi jest wprost proporcjonalna do jakości horroru... Pomysłowość w tej produkcji ograniczała się do najróżniejszych wariacji zgonów.
A co do samej ROC, to grała trochę sztywno, sądzę jednak że tak to właśnie miało być. Ta zrównoważona, racjonalna pani z ekranu zupełnie nie przypominała mi naszej Ren. Oprócz tego wszyscy w tym filmie byli nienaturalnie bladzi (może ze strachu?).
Ogólnie film jest dość przeciętny. Widziałam o niebo lepsze i straszniejsze horrory, ale widziałam także gorsze (niemal komedie), więc nie jest źle |
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| ermentruda |
| Wysłany: Śro 19:23, 19 Mar 2008 Temat postu: |
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Pojawił się nowy wywiad z ROC głównie na temat jej roli w Boogeyman 2:
| Cytat: | For her role in BOOGEYMAN 2, Renee O'Connor shows that she's more than just a trusty sidekick.
Playing a psychiatrist under the care of fearful teenagers, O'Connor plays the role of Dr. Jessica Ryan whose methods of care involve her patients to confront their fears rather than dismiss them. The film has been one of a series of projects where O'Connor has shown a darker side of her talent than her most famous role as the heroic Gabrielle in the enormously popular XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, proving her range as an exceptional actress.
To promote the recent release of BOOGEYMAN 2, O'Connor stopped into the Crypt to discuss the film, reflecting back on XENA, her controversial short film ONE WEEKEND A MONTH, and gives her thoughts on horror in a Colonel's Crypt exclusive.
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COLONEL’S CRYPT: How were you approached with BOOGEYMAN 2?
RENEE O’CONNOR: I actually talked to Robert Tapert about it, he was my executive producer on XENA, and I keep in pretty good contact with him. I thought it would be interesting to play a psychiatrist who had dealt with schizophrenia before and I told him I’d be interested in playing the part so that was really it.
CC: What was the challenge in working on a low budget horror film such as this?
ROC: Probably just trying to keep a straight face while working with Tobin Bell. (Laughs) He’s such a nice guy and I’ve actually worked with him before. I worked with him on a movie where he played my father so I was trying very hard not to get creeped out by him again. (Laughs) He’s a very respectful, very polite, very nice man in person, I’m just teasing.
CC: You’ve had a long association with Robert Tapert. Where did it begin?
ROC: I auditioned for his television movie HERCULES AND THE LOST KINGDOM and that was it, it was an obvious synchronistic relationship because I’ve been employed by him more than anyone else in my career so far.
CC: Were you always a fan of horror fans growing up?
ROC: I love horror films. As a kid, I was always the one who dragged my mother to the television and say, “Look, you’ve got to see this part.” Last night we watched BOOGEYMAN 2 because she hadn’t seen it and I loved the part when Danielle’s face had been splattered with blood and I said, “Now look, that is a perfect mix all over her face. That must’ve been really hard for her not to laugh.” I could dissect the whole thing in front of my mom and it would drive her crazy. I still do it.
CC: What were some of your favorite horror films?
ROC: I loved the one where the man called from upstairs and the babysitter’s downstairs, “Have you checked the children?”
CC: WHEN A STRANGER CALLS?
ROC: Yeah, the ones where you feel that it can actually happen to you. It felt more intimate and real for me. Those are the ones that would scare me the most. I was scared by A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET too.
CC: I used to play that joke on my cousin when she babysat and called her up going “Have you checked the children?” which scared her.
ROC: Gee, I wonder why (Laughs). My daughter was with us last night and it was funny because I had to fast forward the parts that were scary or had to mute the parts where someone was screaming. She’s not even two years old, but she looked at the normal parts and you could just see her eyes looking over the coffee table and she looked at the screen and then me and said “Two mommies,” so I had this realization that I better be careful because I might be starting something here.
CC: What to you would be the ideal horror project to work on?
ROC: I don’t like to watch the ones that are so gory right now, the gore fests. They just make me a little too nauseous, which means that they’re doing their job. I like the ones that feel it has more of a supernatural effect, something from another world.
CC: So a film like SAW or HOSTEL isn’t up your alley?
ROC: No, though BOOGEYMAN 2 was a bit of a stretch for me.
CC: Back to BOOGEYMAN 2, how did you prepare in playing Dr. Ryan because I liked the fact that she did have a natural care for these kids and felt that something was amiss in the hospital?
ROC: First off I went back to some of my notes on schizophrenia. I had played a schizophrenic patient years ago and I went back to see what I had discovered from actually working with real patients. I went to that and I also went to a friend of mine, she’s an acting coach, but we looked at how I could merge the psychiatrist in a more epithetic realm because this woman is trying to do things outside the box so we tried to look at how she’s trying to embrace the fears and include them so these people could actually get better as opposed to telling the characters in trying to create separation and disbelief by making her feel that her fears weren’t real. It’s just a little twist however when we started actually working on it I started to feel that maybe my character was a red herring. There was a weird sense that I felt that she know more of whatever is going on than she leads on. I had fun with it. That was one of my intentions.
CC: When it was suggested upon that I did have a feeling of “Not her!”
ROC: I personally think that since I have such an innocent face, I went to Jeff and said “Why can’t she be the killer,” and we had so many laughs about it.
CC: How was it working with Jeff being he was first time director?
ROC: He’s lovely. He’s so nice and so confident. Whether or not he really felt that, he comes across as embracing and enthusiastic in the process with the actors. I felt really comfortable with him and it was such a joy to be on the set with him at all times. He was not hungry with power.
CC: That’s good to hear. I’ve seen many instances where first time directors get a little too power hungry on independent sets, but not on studio sets.
ROC: I think it comes with the experience. If someone feels that they are inexperienced, they don’t know what to do but they want to have complete control of the situation. With actors, it’s not the best way to go in working with them in that creative outlet.
CC: I have to talk about XENA, which ended about seven years ago?
ROC: Yeah, we finished in 2001.
CC: Are you still amazed by the enormous popularity of the show?
ROC: I think I’ve moved on from that bewildered state of wondering how my life had changed so much. I was living in New Zealand while working on the show and after I came back to America I was kind of surprised in how much I was recognized. Past that now it almost feels like this sense of family with the real loyal fans to the show, who do keep going to these conventions and I see them every year.
CC: Have you had any unusual encounters? I remember in Bruce Campbell’s FANALYSIS, he interviewed a woman who legally changed her name to Xena and walked around dressed like her. Afterwards Bruce said “I got the hell as far away from her as possible” at a recent book signing.
ROC: (Laughs) That sounds like Bruce.
CC: What’s been the most unusual or most pleasant experience you’ve encountered with a fan at a convention?
ROC: For me it’s more of a change in my perspective. When the show first started and it was becoming really popular I came back to Texas to visit my family. I went to this reunion at my high school which was a performing arts high school. It was on the news and a young girl, maybe 14, came to meet me and she was shaking, her whole body was shaking, she was crying. It kind of freaked me out because I didn’t expect that kind of emotion coming from anybody towards me. Now if I’m meeting somebody and maybe you can tell they’re nervous because I’ll get close for a picture opportunity and you could see their body and they’re kind of trembling a bit, but I understand that for some reason they have an idea of what I am or just meeting me reminds them of some emotional journey they’ve been on because of the show so I’m much more embracing in how to comfort them. That’s how I changed over the years.
CC: Do you enjoy the convention circuit?
ROC: I do because I enjoy being with this extended family.
CC: You’ve done some stage plays at the conventions?
ROC: Yes, one year I wanted to do this one woman show and it was called TALKING WITH by Jane Martin. For me it was a much needed sense of what my life was going to be like after XENA. I felt like I needed to grow up and mature away from Gabrielle and I felt that was a nice way to show the fans I could do other things and remind myself that I am more than Gabrielle. (Laughs)
CC: There’s one short film I haven’t seen that you went to Sundance called ONE WEEKEND A MONTH. What is the project about and what interested you in making this short film?
ROC: It’s about a woman who’s getting deployed to Iraq and she has two children that she’s trying to find them a place to stay before she goes. You realize over the course of the short film that she has no options and if she can’t have anyone who can take care of the children then she has to really be court-martialed by the government. Those are things going on in her head and it’s a very emotional piece. I was attracted to it because I developed a deep compassion for this woman. She is in this situation that is completely out of her control. I love being in anything that makes people think and it created this conflict of interest from people who have seen it. Some people said that it was her choice. She joined up and so she should have to go and deal with the consequences. I like to wonder where’s the heart and not having any compassion for someone who’s in such an awful situation. That’s what drew me to it. It’s a dark character. I remember when the XENA fans first saw it a lot of them didn’t like it very much because it’s very different from Gabrielle. There’s a part of me that’s just as in touch with that character as I am in touch with Gabrielle with that character’s hope and optimism and it felt good to me to let that side of me out.
CC: What was the reaction at Sundance when it played?
ROC: People loved it, I think we got an honorable mention. I didn’t stay for the awards ceremony but it received a tremendous reaction.
CC: What’s next for you?
ROC: I am very curious about original work on the internet. I’m very curious, I am looking into that, and I am also writing right now. That’s new to me. I’ve never been a writer. Producer and director, yes, but never a writer.
CC: Are you writing horror?
ROC: No (Laughs).
CC: Alright, I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for your time Renee and good luck with BOOGEYMAN 2.
ROC: Thanks Scott, so nice to talk to you. |
Ren opowiada o tym jak znalazła się w tym filmie, jak to było grać lekarza psychiatrii i że kocha horrory. Oglądała już film z mamą oraz swoją niespełna dwuletnią córeczką (!). W tym drugim przypadku przewijała co gorsze fragmenty. Dalej opowiada jak przygotowywała się do roli, jak jej się pracowała z Jeffem - reżyserem produkcji. Następnie rozmowa toczy się na temat niezwykłej popularności jaką nadal wzbudza Xena (Ren była bardzo zaskoczona tym, że ludzie ją rozpoznawali po powrocie z Nowej Zelandii), o konwertach, kontaktach z fanami, o krótkometrażówce "One Weekend a Month" oraz na końcu o planach na przyszłość. |
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wole sobie przejzec Shrooms.