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The Eye
Apr 3, 2007 16:37:00 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Apr 3, 2007 16:37:00 GMT -5
dzeroShame on you dzero! Naughty boy! Go wash your eyes out with soap right now. My "Really?" wasn't about the article it was about the posting of the article. Or shall I say the posting of the article for the second time today .
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The Eye
Apr 3, 2007 16:43:32 GMT -5
Post by Aerie on Apr 3, 2007 16:43:32 GMT -5
Oh sarcasm. Sometimes I'm a little slow.
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The Eye
Apr 3, 2007 16:47:06 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Apr 3, 2007 16:47:06 GMT -5
^^^ ooooooooo nice picture
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The Eye
Apr 4, 2007 19:38:54 GMT -5
Post by ML Fan on Apr 4, 2007 19:38:54 GMT -5
Possible Spoiler SpaceJessica Alba Looks For Credibility With Thriller 'The Eye' Actress leaves comfort zone to play blind violinist in Hong Kong remake. LOS ANGELES — She's one of the most looked-at women on the planet, but these days, Jessica Alba isn't looking at much of anything. "I totally appreciate the stuff ," the "Sin City" stunner said last week on the set of her latest movie. "But you know what? It's a lot more interesting for me to play someone who is blind and a classical violin player than someone who is running around in the rain wearing a white T-shirt."
In one of the most daring moves of her young career, Alba is spending her days stumbling around the dingy streets of downtown L.A. for "The Eye." It's a gritty reinterpretation of the cult Hong Kong thriller "Jian Gui" and casts the actress as a sightless violinist whose cornea transplant gives her an unwanted peek into the world of the supernatural. The high-profile autumn release has Alba working for producer Tom Cruise (a huge fan of the original film) and has forced Alba to stroll considerably outside her comfort zone.
"I had wanted to do it for a long time," she said of her first thriller. Dressed in a turtleneck, slacks and a trench coat your mother might find at Ann Taylor, Alba is certainly a long way from her "Into the Blue" bikini. "This, I think, is really intelligent. It's a beautiful story about this girl's journey gaining her sight and dealing with never having had it. Gaining it, and then losing her sanity. It just happens to be wrapped up in a horror movie."
An immensely successful horror movie, in fact, that has spawned two sequels overseas and recently launched an American career for its Asian creators, Danny and Oxide Pang (the directing brothers' "The Messengers" debuted at #1 in February; see " 'Messengers' Scares Up A Box-Office Win Over Love-Struck Mandy Moore "). For obvious reasons, the film seems destined for comparisons to such imports as "The Ring" and "The Grudge," but Alba's leading man insists "The Eye" will give American audiences something unique to look at.
"The challenge, anytime you're making a movie in a tried-and-tested genre, is to bring something that feels different about it," Alessandro Nivola ("Jurassic Park III") said of the mission facing himself and Alba, along with co-stars Parker Posey and Rachel Leigh Cook. "Increasingly, the horror movies I've seen dispense with any kind of attempt to create a reality in the world of the film. It's just one ghoulish moment after another.
"This was the perfect movie for Jessica to do also, because she has ambitions to be taken seriously as an actress," Nivola continued, watching Alba prepare for a scene that had her blind character struggling to get out of a cab. "She hasn't, until now, really had the opportunity to do a role that enabled her to play a real [person]."
In order to play the part, Alba embarked on an ambitious training schedule that had her ducking into her trailer between takes on this summer's "Fantastic Four" sequel so she could grab a violin and practice "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Asked about the instrument, Alba offered a frown and a two-word answer: "It's impossible."
"All the notes are accurate. I am playing the actual notes of the music," she said of what the audience will see. "But [on set], it just sounds like a cat in heat."
Nevertheless, as a symbol of her commitment to be taken seriously, Alba has refused to give up. "I average an hour-and-a-half practice," she said. "When I can, it's three hours, but yesterday it was just 15 minutes during my lunch. We're working 15-hour days, so I only had 15 minutes to study this wonderful piece that [directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud] chose for the movie, which is very difficult. It takes a lot of dedication and hard work, but that's why we are in this crazy-ass business."
Alba insists that she's also in this crazy-ass business to tell the story of real people, and she's slowly but surely getting to do more of it. "Sure, 'Fantastic Four' is a big Hollywood comic book movie, but what attracted me to it was that the female superhero was a maternal figure," she said. "[Sue Storm] is in a family dynamic, and that to me was much more interesting than a girl who was just in leather, being sexy, cutting people's heads off.
"Here, I want to represent musicians and people who are blind in the best way I can," she continued. "So I don't take it lightly. It's a nice challenge to have."
She's met the challenge with research and has since learned a great deal about a world she knew little about. "I would go around my house, and I walked with a cane, with sleep shades on in complete darkness," Alba explained. "You get really claustrophobic. I mean, even just drinking water or anything, you just get really claustrophobic. There has been a few little panic attacks and nightmares about being blind. It's a really different reality.
"Now, I look for Braille everywhere," she added. "[Often at restaurants], there are no menus in Braille. If someone is not sighted and they are at a restaurant, they just have to trust whoever is reading the menu to them. On soda [containers] at McDonald's, they have a little bit of Braille on the lid. I just wasn't really aware of these things."
Jessica Alba is spending her days and nights trying not to look at anything — in many ways, however, she's seeing some things for the very first time.
"The Eye" continues shooting for the next few weeks. The thriller is targeting an October 12 release.
Info from www.mtv.com.
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Post by ML Fan on Jul 3, 2007 8:17:06 GMT -5
"The Eye" will be released in the United States on February 1, 2008. Here's a link, boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htmThe Eye Blinks, Moves to New Date Source: Ryan Rotten, Lionsgate July 2, 2007 Originally slated for October 12th, Shock has been informed Lionsgate's Jessica Alba-starring The Eye is now poised for release on February 1, 2008. The early February date was initially held for Sony's Prom Night until that remake shifted to April 11th. This move now relieves The Eye of facing any fierce competition. Warner Bros.' Trick 'r Treat, Sony's 30 Days of Night and Lionsgate's anticipated bread-winner Saw IV all bow in October.
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The Eye
Jul 26, 2007 19:27:00 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Jul 26, 2007 19:27:00 GMT -5
www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9447Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Get more The Eye (remake) news Today we received the exclusive first look at two images from Lionsgate's The Eye remake, which features the stunning Jessica Alba. In the film Sydney, a young, blind violinist is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant. As Sydney adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death itself capturing the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living. Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, Sydney must discover whose eyes she has inherited, and what secret visions they have held.
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The Eye
Aug 5, 2007 18:47:11 GMT -5
Post by Aerie on Aug 5, 2007 18:47:11 GMT -5
A guest sent me this blurb without a link or source. It could be a just a rumor. Jessica and The Eye ReshootYes, Jessica Alba’s first supernatural movie is doing two weeks (or more) worth of additional shoots. And what’s controversial about it is that the movie’s original French directors (David Moreau and Xavier Palud) won’t be coming back to direct our favorite actress. According to a source, the reshoots’ new director will be Patrick Lussier, a longtime film editor who directed “Dracula 2000″ and its scary sequels. Explanation was not given why the French directors won’t return. Jessica, who plays a blind violinist who regains her sight after surgery in the horror movie, will start filming in Vancouver this August 9. And then there will be straight twelve or fourteen days of shooting. The reshoots does not appear to be making any drastic changes to the movie; most likely there will just be a few additional short scenes to intensify the paranormal features of the plot. Oooh, scary! Can’t wait to watch this one! But February 2008 is still a long way off, which is the expected day for The Eye to open. Still, it’s worth the wait. It’s Jessica’s first horror movie after all! Her co-star, Alessandro Nivola, will be joining her in Vancouver.
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The Eye
Aug 5, 2007 21:27:21 GMT -5
Post by ML Fan on Aug 5, 2007 21:27:21 GMT -5
It's not a rumor, it's from www.filmjerk.com. "Eye" spies a reshoot Last week at Comic-Con, Jessica Alba made sure to talk up how great an experience it was working with French directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud on their English-language remake of the Pang Brothers' "The Eye." Maybe this is because Alba is about to begin two plus weeks of additional shoots on the film next week, with a new director at the helm. According to an anonymous source, the film, which stars Alba as a blind violinist who finds she is seeing far more than she should after an experimental surgery restores her sight, will start twelve to fourteen days of shooting in Vancouver starting next Thursday, August 9. (The original shoot occurred mostly in and around Albuquerque in February and March of this year, and we all know how much Albuquerque and Vancouver look exactly alike.) The reshoots will be directed by Patrick Lussier, longtime film editor who also directed "Dracula 2000" and its sequels. It is not known why Moreau and Palud will not be participating in the shoot. The additional shooting does not appear to be making any radical changes to the film (unlike the Wachowski-led reshoots of "The Invasion" earlier this year), and are likely to be a few additional short scenes to amp up the supernatural aspects of the storyline. "The Eye" is expected in movie theatres February 1, 2008.
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The Eye
Aug 5, 2007 21:48:11 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Aug 5, 2007 21:48:11 GMT -5
Thanks for the updates Aerie and ML fan. in Vancouver starting next Thursday, August 9. (The original shoot occurred mostly in and around Albuquerque in February and March of this year, and we all know how much Albuquerque and Vancouver look exactly alike.) That's the thing that seems so weird to me. I mean they look absolutely nothing alike. Won't matter if it's all indoor shoots but just seems weird. And I had no idea the brothers W were involved with that invasion movie . now I'll have to go see it . Saw a trailer for it the other day and thought about how I hadn't seen a Nicole Kidman movie in years . She is beautiful and talented but has been making awful movies IMO.
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The Eye
Aug 7, 2007 21:35:33 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Aug 7, 2007 21:35:33 GMT -5
aagh, wrong thread Thanks for the tip off maestro
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Maestro
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Post by Maestro on Aug 8, 2007 1:43:39 GMT -5
@ dzero: OK, in the article an eye surgery is mentioned but it's still about AWAKE. Regards, Maestro
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The Eye
Aug 8, 2007 11:00:44 GMT -5
Post by Aerie on Aug 8, 2007 11:00:44 GMT -5
Isn't that why he's called "Maestro" dzero, You're not as pathetic as those of us who read it and didn't catch it. Yes - me and a few others I shall not name.
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The Eye
Aug 8, 2007 19:25:10 GMT -5
Post by AngelZ on Aug 8, 2007 19:25:10 GMT -5
Name me! Name me! ;D ;D ;D Damn that JA is in so many movies that I just can't keep track!
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The Eye
Aug 8, 2007 20:56:27 GMT -5
Post by dzero on Aug 8, 2007 20:56:27 GMT -5
Damn that JA is in so many movies that I just can't keep track! Yep, I got my medical procedure related thrillers mixed up
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The Eye
Aug 13, 2007 10:37:55 GMT -5
Post by ML Fan on Aug 13, 2007 10:37:55 GMT -5
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