Kristen Stewart Goes on the Road
Pics from Walter Salles’ On the Road have appeared online — these were swiped from fanshare.
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Pics from Walter Salles’ On the Road have appeared online — these were swiped from fanshare.
this movie seems so mysterious. like they are slowly slowly unveiling something….I hope it’s great. Really interested to see the female performances..Alica Braga..Kirsten Dunst…Amy Adams….Elisabeth Moss..
This is sacred ground – classic American lit – and attempts to film it have not been successful or, more often, abandoned.
If they don’t capture the spirit in which Kerouac wrote, along with some of the backstories that were not in the book, it can’t succeed. It’s not just a buddy road trip; it’s a philosophical journey that illustrates the post-war morphing of US values and culture.
Proceed with extreme caution.
It’s notoriuos that in the major festivals, the presidente of the jury has a great influence in the final result. Not always, of course, because he didn’t vote alone, and in some curious cases when you find that he was the main force for the choices, he wasn’t (Clint Eastwood choice for the Palme D’Or-94 was not “Pulp Fiction”, “The Man With No Name” leading the choice for a violent american movie as it seemes then and for several years, and in 2007 he declared that he prefered “Burnt By The Sun” by Nikita Mikhalkov and “La Reine Margot” by Patrice Chéreau, and the “Pulp” victory was supported by a group led by Catherine Deneuve).
But being presidente matters, and a lot. Nani Moretty will be Cannes one this year. When he was at Venice-2001 Mira Nair “Monsoon’s Weeding” win the Golden Lion. When asked why Ulrich Seidl “Dog Days” didn’t win nothing, Moretti answers that he will never allowed a “fascist” movie, so cruel with it characters to be awarded. (As usual, “fascist” used as a adjective, instead of a substantive striped of it terrible and precise political meanings; ironically Seidl is compared a lot to Michael Haneke, both as “fascist” for treatting with no pitty their characters, in the case of Haneke, specially ironically in the case of “The Piano Teacher”, his adaption of a book by Elfriede Jelinek, a well-known former member of the Austrian Commmunist party).
I wrote all that to say that with Moretti in the presidency and “On The Road” (probably) on the competition, there is a lot of good chances for a Palme D’Or for Walter Salles, unlike the movie will be a clear artistic flop (booed on the oficial presentations, etc), which I sincerely doubt that will be.
Motorcycle Diaries and Central Station show that Salles is up to this. He is quoted as saying he wants to show “a generation colliding with its society,” and had his cast attend beatnik boot camp to dig into Kerouac. Hopefully he has succeeded where his predecessors have not.
At first glance, the main pic with Stewart reminded me of Jodie Foster in The Accused (right before she got raped).
Salles is great, BUT I am against this film. But I suppose next year they could cast Bieber as Holden Caufield….
I’m not saying that this is a bad thing, but I notice that this film very much has the look of “The Motorcycle Diaries”.
The cast is great, except for Stewart who is just not a good actor in my opinion. And yes, she looks like Jodie Foster, she always has. When she played her daughter in Panic Room, I saw that in the theater and annoyingly had to nudge my gf more than once and comment how the kid looked just like Jodie Foster.
I have high hopes for this film….maybe Stewart has gotten better.
Kristen Stewart was a revelation for me in The Runaways as Joan Jett – great fire and spirit, and she was also pretty good in Welcome to the Rileys, so i think she has some substance as an actor, and under good direction – she is an asset to a movie – her name alone will help!
this film looks like it was filmed on instagram…
nevertheless it Salles… count me in
Stewart impressed me in Into the Wild and Adventureland, both of which required some reckless-teen behavior that might play well in this. People started crapping on Dunst when she went into Spiderland but her talent was evident early on and now she’s hot again… If Stewart became an acclaimed, mature actress (like Jodie Foster) I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
Stewart can’t act to save her life instead forces her own dull personality on the characters she plays. Several directors noted that she changes the lines and tells the director how to set up a scene. Her godparents are some bigwigs in Hollywood so she’s allowed to do as she wants.
I see people constantly hammering into the public minds how she is some genius young actress but it’s not working. No amount of PR can achieve it.
She’s dead behind the eyes. Another problem is that author’s family is unhappy with this adaptation, that’s why it hasn’t been released for so long. Also G.Hedlund hasn’t proven his talent either.
Walter Salles definitely LOVES a “road movie”, and this goes way back before the “Motorcycle Diaries”. Just check “Foreign Land”. But I, too,seriously doubt Kristen Stewart´s ability to act.
“Stewart can’t act to save her life instead forces her own dull personality on the characters she plays.”
Exactly! Hyperboles are so often unjustified, but in this case it’s perfectly fine. Stewart has zero acting talent.She can’t create or act a character, but you have to readapt characters to Stewarts “personality”.
“t’s not just a buddy road trip; it’s a philosophical journey that illustrates the post-war morphing of US values and culture.”
Girl,
LOL!!
Kristen is always the same awkward, angsty, fidgety character running her hands through her own hair….which is exactly what she is in interviews as well. She can’t act. She is always just herself. Hoping she’s been learning how to though, b/c she sure is cute and nice to look at….but if she were to ruin something otherwise great, I might have to hate her. She’s the female Keanu Reeves….acts for shit, but nice to look at and somehow keeps getting movies.
Those pics are incredibly old. By at least a year.
I’ve been betting on the wrong hyphenated fillies, huh? First Scar-Jo, now K-Stew. Stewart has talents, she just needs good direction. She’s what, 22? On the Road’s an adult project that should give us an idea of what she can do. Plus, l
… Long legs on the dashboard of an old car cruising through America? It’s a Springsteen song come to life.
” Stewart has talents, she just needs good direction. She’s what, 22?”
Acting is not something you just learn at late age. Sure, experience counts, but with 22 it’s pretty obvious whether someone has acting talents or not. Stewart may become decent, if she challenges herself, and continues, but a good actress she’ll never become.
Walter Salles makes me proud of Brasil!
Will Kristen Stewart be the next Fernanda Montenegro? xD
When I look at these pictures, the only thing that comes to my mind is “Y Tu Mama Tambien” with white people. lol
Sorry Dane, dead WRONG on Hedlund, who turned in a marvelously charismatic and technically difficult performance in Country Strong, where he learned to play guitar, sing country music and steal an entire picture away from a big star. His Beau Hutton character undergoes several emotional turning points and the actor, warm and soft-spoken and as country as it gets, was a revelation. Don’t believe me? Then YouTube his clips of Timing is Everything, Chances Are and Give in to Me. Close your eyes and you’d swear you’re hearing a damned impressive country musician (he trained with Tim McGraw for months before shooting). Better yet, just see the film — his vulnerability and silences are very moving.
@ David: Will Kristen Stewart be the next Fernanda Montenegro? xD
Gosh, that sounds so “heretic”!!!
Fernanda Montenegro in kinda the Brazilian Meryl Streep – a true legend, with a long and successful career in radio (where she began), TV, theater and cinema. Actually, she once told in an interview that when she was nominated for BA, Streep did compliment her in a very respectful way. I don´t think Stewart will ever get near that, but of course I can be proved wrong.
Obviously no one here has seen the pic of Stewart naked in the car with one of the leads. She has the sensuality and spirit to make her work in this more than special + Salles. I think she’s going to surprise and even shock a lot of folks in this movie. I can even see it in this picture of her losing herself in some kind of drug/alcohol fueled dance. She’s a really terrific actress from what I’ve seen. The same idiots dissing her are the like the ones who used to diss DiCaprio regularly as well. They were wrong then and they are wrong now. The joke’s on them as far as I’m concerned.
Weird to see comments about Kristen not being a good actress. Before Twilight came out, she was always touted as being a solid young actress. Read any of those reviews. Critics like her. Seems that the Twilight movies have given her a stigma to overcome more than anything. If you’re going to accuse her of playing the same type of character, there are dozens of equally famous actors you can add to that list.
The rest of the cast is superb (Viggo will always lure me into watching anything). Would not be surprised if it in fact opens Cannes.
This movie should be called train wreck. The only reason any of these guys got the job is because they were paid very little. No actor made close to a million. I read all the post defending Kristen’s bad acting to how young she is. The clueless need to get the hint if you have to defend her then you are backing a lame horse! To be fair I might like her if she actually did anything to prepare for a role. I’ve seen 4 movies apart from her hair and clothes she is the same in each movie. If she really is an actress why doesn’t she actually learn things instead of delivering one awful movie after another. Wait til you see the Snowwhite movie. That movie is a perfect example Kristen says she has the British accent down, her accent is so bad that you pray for her to shut up. If you saw The Yellow Hankerchief she did a southern accent and she thought she did a good job and she was horrendous!I understand that Kristen has made girl love triple but all you young people that don’t work for a living,need to understand that the only movies Kristen makes money on are the Twi dramas. So far two production companies have folded. Apparition and yeah you guessesd it Summit has sold. The pr line is that it was to unify Summit with Lionsgate but truthfully if you looked at their statistics (Summits)by the time you figure production budget,35% marketing budget another 10% for special deals. Summit was so far into the red, I thought they would close shop after Twi.Summit was sold for 412 million but after taxes and all the bills are settled there won’t be any partying. Point is Kristen worked for them and Apparition. Samuel Goldwyn lost money on two movies TYH an WTTR, Adventureland didn’t even make enough to pay for the soundtrack.Kristen just doesn’t care and people lose their jobs when she keeps screwing up movies and hurting more professionals that have to work for it. The reason she changes the script is because she thinks her talking is better than the writer. I’m really hoping for all the bad karma to hit this girl.
I don’t know why everyone is making this all about Kristen Stewart, the only reason people like her is because of Twilight and her “young” and “immature” fandom , they are all over this movie and no one appreciates Sam or Garrett, they are the main characters of the book, I love the book, but this movie has been ruined for me, it’ll be a big flop in the box office, sorry for Garrett and Sam and the other big actors in the film, that are being completely ignored.
it’ll be a big flop in the box office
On the Road will be the biggest box-office hit Walter Salles has ever had.
Sam Riley is amazing in Control. On the Road will earn as much in one Friday afternoon as Control earned in it’s entire US theatrical run ($800,000)
paula, nobody here is making a big deal about Kristen Stewart. You’re making a big deal out of hoping she fails. Sorry, you’re in for a rude awakening. Anticipation for this movie is through the roof.
The buzz for On the Road is intense. Riley Hedlund, Stewart, Mortensen, Dunst — they’re all part of the excitement and they’re all going to benefit.
How about stop hating on the kids who are paying attention to this movie because they know Kristen Stewart from another movie you disparage, and try to be happy that the horizons of millions of those kids are about to be expanded.