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It’s not that Frida isn’t at least a bit diverting. The script provides ample room for its all-star cast to give showy, but convincing performances, for one. Salma Hayek, in a year of break-out roles for actors of mediocre repertoires (just ask Adam Sandler), fits nicely into the role of Kahlo. Her dizzying spurts of emotional vulnerability play surprisingly well, but in other instances, it’s subtlety that she and co-star Alfred Molina (as Kahlo’s infamous husband, Diego Rivera) clearly lack...
...Ballagan felt that a Bollywood film would be the most effective way to air the subject of sexual health. So she pried $30,000 out of the National Health Service, convinced a prominent Birmingham writer, Rod Dungate, to develop a script, and flew to Bombay. There she roped in producer and director Gautam Verma, known for not shying away from controversial topics. He, in turn, persuaded several top soap stars to take part. "You could see a bit of fear on their faces," recalls Ballagan. "They were wondering if they would ruin their reputations acting in an AIDS movie...
...made at all?was a battle in itself. From near and far, the filmmakers met with armed resistance: armed, that is, with papers in triplicate and stern shakes of the head. The producers had to meet with the local People's Committees and let Vietnamese censors pore over the script by Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan. "Everything was an obstacle," says executive producer Sydney Pollack, who bought the rights to the novel in 1988 and thought of directing it himself before Noyce got the itch in 1995. "The permits were a nightmare. Moving equipment was a nightmare. The censors were...
...hired an English tutor, memorized the entire script in phonetic English, took four screen tests and got the part. (Boyfriend Hai also won a role in the film, as the rebel leader General The.) She was aided by a top acting coach: two-time Oscar-winner Michael Caine. "As they were putting in the clapperboard," Caine says, "we would still be whispering to each other what we were going to do and how we were going to move ... The girl at the end of the movie was like a consummate film actress...
...reason for the problem can be seen from what the band’s script-writer, Courtney A. Roberts ’03, told The Crimson: “Part of the difficulty of being in my position is that you’re trying to play to an audience who has so many different interests—There are people who are going to absolutely love it if I bash Northeastern, but there are going to be people who are also very offended by it. The key is to make the show less vicious but not less edgy...