Awards
‘I think I know more about music than movies,’ says the Chilean director of the film starring Angelina Jolie as opera singer Maria Callas.
California
If anyone has advice on how to stand up to Trump and his vowed crackdown on illegal immigration, it’s Pablo Alvarado -- even now, after the devastation of the Eaton fire.
As the camera follows Diana around in a space where “nothing was friendly,” it comes to represent her perception of reality, the director says.
Movies
Mariana Di Girolamo and Gael García Bernal star in Pablo Larraín’s combustible Chilean drama ‘Ema,’ about a mercurial dancer.
“There’s an element of magnetism and some strange idea of mystery that she carries,” the director says of his Diana.
Director Pablo Larraín details the historical truths in his Princess Diana fable, explains the film’s handling of Diana’s eating disorder and relationship with her sons, and shares the moment on set when Kristen Stewart “lost it” in a good way.
‘We’re both very emotional women who probably are seen as quite strong but are quite vulnerable, emotional artists who are alone a lot,’ the actor says of herself and opera diva Maria Callas.
Angelina Jolie’s performance as legendary opera singer Maria Callas in director Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ seems likely to return her to serious acting awards contention.
While the glamorous role of a declining opera diva would seem perfect for a star of Jolie’s profile, it’s undernourished by the screenplay’s limited conception.
Also this week: David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” in 35mm black and white, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in I.B. Technicolor and a Pablo Larraín triple-bill.