Saturday, December 29, 2007

Life and style / Liv Ullmann / "The movie wasn't good and I felt it from the first line"

Liv Ullmann

LIFE AND STYLE
Q&A

Liv Ullmann


"The movie wasn't good and I felt it from the first line"
Rosanna Greenstreet
Saturday 29 December 2007 23.34 GMT

Liv Ullmann was born in Tokyo in 1938 and spent most of her childhood in Norway. She is one of Scandinavia's most respected actors, and is best known for her work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, with whom she had her only child. She later became a film director herself, most notably of Faithless in 2000. She has homes in Norway and the US.

Liv Ullmann

When were you happiest? 
When the miracle happened and my daughter, Linn, was born.
What is your greatest fear? 
Abandonment.
What is your earliest memory?
My daddy's hand squeezing my hand - I was three or four, and we were walking along a road in Canada.
Which living person do you most admire and why?
Nelson Mandela, because he allowed his forgiveness and ability to overcome to change a nation.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I sometimes try to avoid conflict, so I agree instead of saying no.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
That they choose to be a victim.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
When I was 13, I put gloves in my bra. My dancing partner felt them and commented. It was horrible.
What is your most treasured possession?
My cottage in Norway, which is high on a cliff overlooking a fjord. It's the most expensive thing I ever bought.
What would your super power be?
Flight.
What makes you depressed?
When people who make decisions for others are ill-informed.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I'm OK. I am 69 and bear it with pride - it's the way God wanted me to look.
What is your favourite smell?
My grandmother's neck. I'd sit on her lap and lean my head towards her neck - it was such a wonderful smell.
What is your favourite word?
'Love', when it's not misused.
What is the worst thing anyone's ever said to you?
'Goodbye.'
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Why would such a picture be shown?
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Chocolate.
What do you owe your parents?
All the things I had to be older to appreciate. I didn't see it before it was too late to thank them.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Everyone involved in my child's birth. God, the child, the father of the child, my mother and my father.
What does love feel like?
When you feel that you're free to say yes to whatever is best within you.
What was the best kiss of your life?
He knows.
Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it?
Yes - I live in America.
Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?
My mother and father.
What is the worst job you've ever done?
The Night Visitor with Charles Bronson - the movie wasn't good and I felt it from the first line.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
That I wasn't the best mother, actor, writer... the best this, the best that. Lots of disappointments.
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
More quiet time with my daughter.

If you could go back in time, where would you go? 
To when my daddy was alive, just to get to know him. He died during a brain operation when I was six.
When did you last cry, and why?
Right now, thinking about going back to say hello to my father.
How do you relax?
Reading, listening to music, watching a DVD and meditation.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
That I could act, write books and scripts, direct movies - everything that I loved - and support other people with the money I earned.
What keeps you awake at night?
Worries that are really easily solved one way or another by life.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Old Man River.
How would you like to be remembered?
By my two grandchildren, that they took some comfort in me being alive with them.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
To live in the now.

THE GUARDIAN






Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Ike Turner Dead at 76

Tina Turner with Ike



Ike Turner Dead at 76



December 12, 2007 04:30 PM
Ike Turner, the legendary musician and former husband of Tina Turner, has died at 76.
“He did pass away this morning” at his home near San Diego, said Scott M. Hanover of Thrill Entertainment Group, which managed Turner’s career, according to the Associated Press.
No other details were immediately available. TMZ.com earlier broke the news on its Web site.
Mike Blake/REUTERS/Landov
Born and raised in Clarksdale, Miss., Turner was inspired by the old blues artists and embarked on a musical career of his own in the late 1940s. He later met Anna Mae Bullock, aka Tina Turner, who would become his wife and his musical partner for many years.
The couple’s often-tempestuous relationship was detailed in Tina Turner’s biography, which was the basis for the movie What’s Love Got to Do with It?They split in the 1970s.
Speaking to PEOPLE in 1990, Turner admitted to being abusive in his marriage.
Tina Turner

“All the fights Tina and I had were about her being sad about something,” he said. “I get real emotional if you’re worrying and don’t tell me what it is. Then I can’t think about nothing else. So I’d slap her or something like that.”
Earlier this year, Turner told Jet magazine that he regretted many of his actions as a husband. “If I owe anybody an apology, that would be Tina,” he said. “I put her through hell with other women. I regret it today, but I can’t undo it.”
As for Turner’s reaction to the news of his passing, “Tina hasn t had any contact with Ike in more than 30 years. No further comment will be made,” her rep said in a statement to Access Hollywood.
Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Fetish by David Lynch and Christina Louboutin


Fetish 

by David Lynch and Christian Louboutin


by  in Culture on 23 October 2007

A perfect example of the strange and creative works that can come out of a collaboration between very different artists is the recent project by the filmmaker David Lynch and the shoe designer Christian Louboutin, both absolute masters of their medium. We discovered "Fetish" at Design Art Londonwhere these extraordinary shoes by Louboutin and their erotic photographic counterparts by Lynch were on show at the Pierre Passebon Gallery.
Many believe Louboutin's sexy red soles to be art forms in their own right, but he has taken this fetishistic view of footwear to a new extreme with this series that's more sculptural than wearable. Lynch, in his signature darkly twisted and sensual style, shot images of women bound into these sadomasochistic creations.
Louboutin says of the collaboration, "The models wore these unwearable shoes with natural grace. Their very white skin, very dark eyes and bright mouths melded with Lynch's aesthetics…As is his habit, David Lynch made it into a décor populated with shadows."
The reception of this project during its opening at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month was so rapturous that Lynch and Louboutin agreed to make five sets of shoes and five sets of prints for collectors to buy. The show continues at Galerie du Passage in Paris until 3 November 2007.



Christian Louboutin
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