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Posted by IrresistableScorp
I'm afraid I have to disagree. That one bad fish there. Not a scorp. Not that I wouldn't love to claim him as one of our own but the Neptune is strong in that one. 🙂
I guess it's open for interpretation. I knew two Scorps who were exactly like that, and I have an acquaintance right now who also displays these undefinable characteristics & mannerisms. One thing's for sure - he's a Water sign! 😉
I believe Robert DeNiro has a moon in Pisces--
Your avatar :O
What about it?
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
What about it?
I should have been more specific.
Enfants avatar is what I was referring to...
I should point out that Director Martin Scorsese is a Scorpio Sun Pisces Moon.
And... he has worked with DiNiro many times.
This observation tends to reinforce my earlier observation. The director is the
artistic interpreter of a story being put on film. The actor's/actress' job, is similar
but more like unto the paint.
It is interesting to note the differences between film and stage performances.
A stage actor/actress are not free to screw up because their performances are before a
live audience, so, they rehearse the lines and presentation of their character role.
Film, on the other hand, allows for take after take after take..., and one of those takes
will be the one that makes the cut and is spliced into the final product by the editor.
Film production is actually quite an art in of itself and throughout the process from concept
to the theatre, there's an army of artisans that work together bring the story to cinematic life.
While most people can remember the cast, maybe the director, in a film and what the story was about, they totally ignore the crew. How do I know? they walk out of the theatre when the end credits begin
to roll at the end of the film.
That's very unfortunate because no matter how hard those behind the scenes work, outside the film or reference materials, they are seldom recognized by the general public for their contributions and achievements.
And... he has worked with DiNiro many times.
This observation tends to reinforce my earlier observation. The director is the
artistic interpreter of a story being put on film. The actor's/actress' job, is similar
but more like unto the paint.
It is interesting to note the differences between film and stage performances.
A stage actor/actress are not free to screw up because their performances are before a
live audience, so, they rehearse the lines and presentation of their character role.
Film, on the other hand, allows for take after take after take..., and one of those takes
will be the one that makes the cut and is spliced into the final product by the editor.
Film production is actually quite an art in of itself and throughout the process from concept
to the theatre, there's an army of artisans that work together bring the story to cinematic life.
While most people can remember the cast, maybe the director, in a film and what the story was about, they totally ignore the crew. How do I know? they walk out of the theatre when the end credits begin
to roll at the end of the film.
That's very unfortunate because no matter how hard those behind the scenes work, outside the film or reference materials, they are seldom recognized by the general public for their contributions and achievements.
Posted by MrFirebird
While most people can remember the cast, maybe the director, in a film and what the story was about, they totally ignore the crew. How do I know? they walk out of the theatre when the end credits begin
to roll at the end of the film.
That's very unfortunate because no matter how hard those behind the scenes work, outside the film or reference materials, they are seldom recognized by the general public for their contributions and achievements.
So let me guess, you're the annoying key grip guy in the credits and you want more recognition for it?! 😛
Most of those behind-the-scenes people are not directly involved in the artistic process of filmmaking, they only lay down bricks based on sketches someone else has drawn. They could might as well have been plumbers. You know that these days they even bill caterers in the ending credits. Wtf, they are not even involved in the actual process, so what the hell are they even doing in the credits?!
Soon enough we'll see "the tourist guy wearing sandals who randomly popped up on the set, just to be escorted out by the security" get a billing.
Posted by IrresistableScorp
Definitely a water sign. And a very watery film. I watched it again last night. The opening credits: a taxi driving through a fog of exhaust fumes.
Also. Go back and watch the first coffee shop scene between DeNiro and Cybil Shepard. Very very watery. It's all about feelings and the energy in the room etc. classic water sign shit. Such a fantastic film.
Yeah I caught it on TV the other day, didn't intend to watch but couldn't take my eyes of it. It hasn't aged a day. The central theme, and the filmmaking, literally every frame, it's all so masterfully put together. Like every time I see it it's like watching it for the first time. Never ceases to blow me away.
Oh yes, and I'm also thinking about the scene when he asks her out, ugh, so awkwardly unrealistic, it seems more like a scenario that plays out in his head. Cybil's character is such a male-Water-sign fantasy though; a woman who immeditely sees beyond his complex & awkward surface and sees him the way "he actually is", or shall we say, what he wants her to see. She's a stalker's ultimate romantic fantasy, lol.
And that's the genius of Schrader, how he lets us indulge in that piece of emotional pornography, and then yanks everything away when DeNiro takes her to the porno theater and the reality outside his head hits him like a cold shower! That's when we know that something's not alright with this guy. No one's THAT clueless!
Paul Schrader btw, is the writer. It's his show imo. Scorsese did a epic job as far as bringing it to the screen, but having seen Schrader's other stuff, he's truly a master at fleshing out the more complicated aspects of the male psyche that we don't really get to see in pop-culture.
Posted by LouLorePosted by NotYourAverageAquarius
What about it?
I should have been more specific.
Enfants avatar is what I was referring to...click to expand
You like my shower cabin? 🙂
Posted by enfant_terriblePosted by LouLorePosted by NotYourAverageAquarius
What about it?
I should have been more specific.
Enfants avatar is what I was referring to...
You like my shower cabin? 🙂click to expand
I've not a clue what a shower cabin is.... But yes.
I hate when when filmmakers shy away from certain themes for the sake of political correctnes. I bet if a Leo Moon was at the helm they woudn't have thought twice about it! Leo Mooners are such shameless attention whores when it comes to expressing themselves through the arts. lol
But I guess that's why it's such a timeless classic - because of the subtleties and because it sort of contradicts itself at every turn.
And those scenes... hilarious how he's a white kight one moment and a raving mysogynist the other. It's a constant struggle between how he wants things to be, and how they really are outside his head. Major control issues. Even Jodie's character assumes he's a Scorpio in that diner scene! 😄
"I've got something important to do. Doing somethin for the goverment on the side". lmao, delusions of grandeur!
But I guess that's why it's such a timeless classic - because of the subtleties and because it sort of contradicts itself at every turn.
And those scenes... hilarious how he's a white kight one moment and a raving mysogynist the other. It's a constant struggle between how he wants things to be, and how they really are outside his head. Major control issues. Even Jodie's character assumes he's a Scorpio in that diner scene! 😄
"I've got something important to do. Doing somethin for the goverment on the side". lmao, delusions of grandeur!
That's an interesting theory, IrresistibleScorp. Say are you a film-scholar or just a movie buff?
See, we even got MidniteStar all interested! lol
See, we even got MidniteStar all interested! lol
Martin Scorsese is a Scorpio?
I guess that would explain his get-along with Leonardo (Scorpio)
and the water to water attraction of DeNiro if Moon in Pisces.
I wonder how many of his lead actors were water signs.
I guess that would explain his get-along with Leonardo (Scorpio)
and the water to water attraction of DeNiro if Moon in Pisces.
I wonder how many of his lead actors were water signs.
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