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Dear Steven,
It was a real pleasure just to sit and talk with you. I listened very carefully to what you had to say about this compelling history, and I’ve since read the script and found it in all the detail in which it describes these monumental events and in the compassionate portraits of all the principal characters, both powerful and moving. I can’t account for how at any given moment I feel the need to explore life as opposed to another, but I do know that I can only do this work if I feel almost as if there is no choice; that a subject coincides inexplicably with a very personal need and a very specific moment in time. In this case, as fascinated as I was by Abe, it was the fascination of a grateful spectator who longed to see a story told, rather than that of a participant. That’s how I feel now in spite of myself, and though I can’t be sure that this won’t change, I couldn’t dream of encouraging you to keep it open on a mere possibility. I do hope this makes sense Steven, I’m glad you’re making the film, I wish you the strength for it, and I send both my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude to you for having considered me.
canaan wrote:was that when DDL quit making movies? pretty rad.
eddysnake wrote:Daniel Day Lewis initial rejection letter to Spielbergo for LincolnDear Steven,
It was a real pleasure just to sit and talk with you. I listened very carefully to what you had to say about this compelling history, and I’ve since read the script and found it in all the detail in which it describes these monumental events and in the compassionate portraits of all the principal characters, both powerful and moving. I can’t account for how at any given moment I feel the need to explore life as opposed to another, but I do know that I can only do this work if I feel almost as if there is no choice; that a subject coincides inexplicably with a very personal need and a very specific moment in time. In this case, as fascinated as I was by Abe, it was the fascination of a grateful spectator who longed to see a story told, rather than that of a participant. That’s how I feel now in spite of myself, and though I can’t be sure that this won’t change, I couldn’t dream of encouraging you to keep it open on a mere possibility. I do hope this makes sense Steven, I’m glad you’re making the film, I wish you the strength for it, and I send both my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude to you for having considered me.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-reveals-daniel-day-409709
tifosi77 wrote:eddysnake wrote:Daniel Day Lewis initial rejection letter to Spielbergo for LincolnDear Steven,
It was a real pleasure just to sit and talk with you. I listened very carefully to what you had to say about this compelling history, and I’ve since read the script and found it in all the detail in which it describes these monumental events and in the compassionate portraits of all the principal characters, both powerful and moving. I can’t account for how at any given moment I feel the need to explore life as opposed to another, but I do know that I can only do this work if I feel almost as if there is no choice; that a subject coincides inexplicably with a very personal need and a very specific moment in time. In this case, as fascinated as I was by Abe, it was the fascination of a grateful spectator who longed to see a story told, rather than that of a participant. That’s how I feel now in spite of myself, and though I can’t be sure that this won’t change, I couldn’t dream of encouraging you to keep it open on a mere possibility. I do hope this makes sense Steven, I’m glad you’re making the film, I wish you the strength for it, and I send both my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude to you for having considered me.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-reveals-daniel-day-409709
Wow, what a class act. He seems so humble and self-effacing.
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That said, I'm immensely grateful he changed his mind. His performance in "Lincoln" is among the very best I've ever seen. At no point did I ever feel like I was watching an actor playing a role......by gum, I was watching Abraham effing Lincoln on that screen. And it was amazing.
Godric wrote:He didn't work enough. The ability is unquestionable but when I think of "Great Actors" He is outside my top 5 because he just didn't do enough.
Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood.... Amazing Flicks
Godric wrote:He didn't work enough. The ability is unquestionable but when I think of "Great Actors" He is outside my top 5 because he just didn't do enough.
Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood.... Amazing Flicks
eddysnake wrote:Beasts of the southern wild
the wicked child wrote:Re-reading the Hobbit right now, I'm impressed by 2 things...
1. How closely the movie stuck to the book
2. The entire first movie only covers about 120 pages out of the book, yet didn't feel like they were padding at all
I was also unaware that there are apparently people trying to compare Radagast to Jar Jar Binks... which just about breaks my brain.
meecrofilm wrote:eddysnake wrote:Beasts of the southern wild
Definitely looking forward to this one.
meecrofilm wrote:eddysnake wrote:Also saw most of The Raid: Redemption, where the hell did this movie come from? So intense!
I've had that lying around for a month, never got around to watching it. Just watched it tonight, and am in agreement. -- great action flick.
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