Just in time for moviegoers to prepare themselves for the Oct. 23 release of Amelia -- Mira Nair's eagerly awaited biopic about Amelia Earhart, with Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in the title role -- The New Yorker offers Judith Thurman's fascinating account of the legendary aviatrix and her final flight. The money quote: "There were, in fact, other famous female aces in the early decades of aviation. All of them were daring—some were said to be better pilots than Earhart—and many of them were killed and forgotten. If Earhart became an 'icon,' it was, in part, because women who aspired to excel in any sphere, at a high altitude, looked upon her as their champion. But it was also because the unburied come back to haunt us."
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Iconic Amelia
Just in time for moviegoers to prepare themselves for the Oct. 23 release of Amelia -- Mira Nair's eagerly awaited biopic about Amelia Earhart, with Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in the title role -- The New Yorker offers Judith Thurman's fascinating account of the legendary aviatrix and her final flight. The money quote: "There were, in fact, other famous female aces in the early decades of aviation. All of them were daring—some were said to be better pilots than Earhart—and many of them were killed and forgotten. If Earhart became an 'icon,' it was, in part, because women who aspired to excel in any sphere, at a high altitude, looked upon her as their champion. But it was also because the unburied come back to haunt us."
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Mira + Johnny = Must See
Mira Nair, a fine director who also happens to be a great-looking babe, has signed on to do a movie with Johnny Depp, a fine actor who's considered quite attractive by most women (and a few guys) that I know. Sounds like a match made in movie heaven. Makes me wonder just how beautiful their offspring might look...OK, let me be serious (and reasonably non-sexist): I've been an admirer of Nair's work since the early 1980s, when she brought her first two films -- the documentaries Jama Masjid Street Journal and So Far from India -- to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. I think her version of Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon was criminally under-rated. And I'm really looking forward to The Namesake. But, hey, she's a hottie, and I can't help noticing that.
Anyone else out there care to name their choice for World's Most Babe-o-Licious Filmmaker?
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