Here’s just a tease of what will hopefully be about 500+ photos from Berlin

 

This post will undoubtedly keep updating so just refresh and enjoy

 

Life promo begins *claps hands* A great print interview with Rob.

I’m exactly where I wanted to be.

Even after two Cronenberg-movies many still doubt the acting skills of Twilight-star Robert Pattinson. On Monday he presents his latest movie “Life” at Berlinale – together with director Anton Corbijn. In this interview the former vampire-star explains how he connected with the movie and why he feels his career is in a good place.

Q: Mr. Pattinson, is James Dean still an icon to your generation?

RP: Definitely. Especially when I was young. I knew James Dean before I even knew I wanted to act. I had read many of his interviews. He was style-defining and has an influence on every actor, simply through his physicality. Anyone who´s leaning forward, trying to look cool, is copying James Dean, really (laughs)

Q: You playing a photographer has a certain irony since in real life you often clashed with photographers who sometimes made your life hell. What was it like, playing a photographer?

RP: They’re still doing it. But to be honest, I had a very preconceived notion of photographers. Just like Anton Corbijn. Our ideas couldn’t have been more different. For Anton, the whole movie is about the nature of the photographer. I didn’t see Dennis Stock as a photographer, but someone, who under all circumstances wanted to be an artist. He saw an artist in James Dean just like he saw himself as an artist. To me the movie is about those petty jealousies: why is Dean perceived an artist and not me. That´s what I liked about it.

Q: As an actor, you offer up a lot of yourself and at the same time hand over responsibility to the director. How do you handle the fact that you can influence the final product only indirectly?

RP: It’s always a bit of a gamble, but also a matter of trust. I had talked to Anton Corbijn for an hour a year before we started shooting. I had only skimmed the script half an hour before our meeting, I wanted to impress him. He could have told me anything. Just when we started shooting I got a feel for the story.

Q: What did you like about the movie?

RP: The movie has a strange tone, it’s about so many universal things, but also very personal. For instance, it focuses on the situation where as an artist, your standing in your own way, blocking yourself and do not exploit your full potential. That´s something I can relate to.

Q: Do you stand in your own way often?

RP: Many actors often get the feeling that they´re just faking things and are afraid that some day someone realizes that they can´t act at all. That fear keeps me from many things that I actually want to do. And Dennis Stock, too, instead of believing in himself, comes up with one excuse after another as to why he´s not the right guy for the job. I could identify with that.

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The livestream schedules for Berlinale are now available.  I know Rob won’t be attending for Queen of the Desert, but some of you might still be interested to watch the photo call and press conference.  Here are the times, which I will remind you all about on the day as well, but you might want to pencil them into your diaries:

MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2015  – CLICK on livestream to watch

Berlinale Special
Life by Anton Corbijn

19.45 Photo Call  (10.45 AM PST | 1.40 PM EST | 5.45 AM AEST)
19.55 Press Conference (10.55 AM PST | 1.45 PM EST | 5.55 AM AEST)

*Note for Aussies that is Tuesday 10 February 2015

“Friday 6 February 2015 (Saturday 7 February 2015 for Aussies) - 

Competition
Queen of the Desert by Werner Herzog

14.10 Photo Call (5.10 AM PST | 8.10 AM EST | 12.10 AM AEST)
14.20 Press Conference (5.20 AM PST | 8.20 AM EST | 12.20 AM AEST)

*Note for Aussies that is Saturday 7 February 2015

Not that we need any more proof, but I just wanted another reason to post a pic of Rob and Charlie.  IMDbPro has been pretty quick in updating with a 2016 release.  I guess they’re as excited as moi.

Oh and The Childhood of A Leader is now officially listed as “Filming” as at 3 February 2015.  You’ll see that Lost City of Z is the only upcoming film for Rob this year at this stage.  Nothing more on Hold On To Me since it’s still listed as “Development Unknown”.  Idol’s Eye feels like it was a dream or more like a tease and no reference to a Harmony Korine film.  Although some of you might still be holding out hope since Benecio Del Toro and Jamie Foxx are the only cast listed.  Anyway I have a gut feeling we will be hearing about something very soon …

 

Update 6 February 2015:

Life now had it’s production status changed to “released” and it’s moved out of films in production to past films

Note:  This list updated frequently – new extracts will always be added to bottom of this post

 

Remember back on 9 December 2014 we mentioned that Little White Lies listed “LIFE” as a must see in 2015.  I’ve seen a couple more “must see” lists and thought I’d put them all in one post:

Little White Lies:

 “LIFE
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Released 25 September, 2015

We still shiver when recollecting the luscious monochrome of Corbijn’s Ian Curtis pic, Control. Interim efforts may not have packed so intense a punch but the legacy of his debut lives on. The Dutch photographer created the effect of characters moving through a world so textured that it seemed to have its own pulse. For Life — the story of a photographer and his relationship with James Dean, Dane DeHaan plays the original rebel without a cause opposite reformed heartthrob, Robert Pattinson. Let’s see what he makes of them.”

DAZED (Films to Watch out for in 2015):

“LIFE

Ex-photographer and Control helmer Anton Corbijn seems like the perfect person to direct Life. That’s basically because it’s based on the real-life bromance between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock and icon of cool James Dean. Robert Pattinson plays Stock, Dane DeHaan is James Dean, and they head up a cast that includes Ben Kingsley as tough-talking studio head Jack Warner, and Joel Edgerton as picture editor/photography pioneer John G Morris. Expect this one to clean up when awards season comes around in 2016.

TBC, 2015″