Robert Pattinson Continues to Awe the Indsutry with Versatile, Quirky & Compelling Performances

 

This is a great read and I’m not just saying it merely because Lina from Control For Ever believes Rob is inching closer to being nominated for an Oscar (whether he does nor not will never change what I think of him as an actor).  I found her recap of what Rob has been doing since 2009 reflecting most of our opinions, which is why I’ve set out an extract below:

Since the years from Twilight, Pattinson has immersed himself in roles that expose his range and versatility as an actor, which is more than just the once teen heartthrob of the mid-2000s.

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Robert Pattinson continues to awe the industry with his versatile, quirky, and compelling performances. In Damsel, one of Pattinson’s acclaimed role as Samuel Alabaster, has shocked the audience as Pattinson’s character treks the American frontier in hopes to swoon and marry the love of his life, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska).

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Six years since the end of the The Twilight Saga, Pattinson has been receiving praise for every role he has grabbed since. Most actors that gained fame from blockbuster movies in the YA franchise, such as Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games, either thrive in their career or struggle against critics. Pattinson has been dynamic with every role post-Twilight to the point where the brooding vampire persona has become detached from his name. In Good Time, Pattinson is adorned with a scruffy beard and bleach blonde locks, as he plays an erratic criminal throughout the movie. With The Rover, Pattinson has been praised as a “consummate actor” by producers because of the quality and depth that he brings to the movie. Finally, in his most talked about role in Damsel, Pattinson plays a wealthy pioneer, alongside Mia Wasikowska, that has a shocking end and twist that further praises Pattinson’s depth as an actor.

In every role since Twilight, Pattinson immerses and perfects the character he is given, disregarding any fame or notoriety that may or not be attributed to the directors and the movie. His sole aim as an actor is to find roles that challenge and develop his acting abilities, and find ambitious directors that are unique and have not yet been discovered. Unlike once esteemed stars of the YA franchise (Lawrence, Stewart, Watson, etc.), Pattinson is thriving in these indie roles and perfecting his art as an actor.

With all eyes on Pattinson’s movies and what he will do next, a nomination to the Academy Awards seems closer and closer for the once teen heartthrob of Twilight. 

To read the full article, click on the link above.

Robert Pattinson High Life Competing for Golden Shell

 

To say San Sebastian Film Festival’s official announcement that “Claire Denis (Paris, 1946), the director of Beau travail or White Material, will be competing for the first time for the Golden Shell with High Life.” caused “a bit of a reaction” may be an understatement.  I did learn a new Spanish word though “bombazo” – bombshell is definitely a good way to describe the coup that the Festival is the first to announce a screening (albeit not a world premiere according to media below).  It definitely came out of left field given that Venice, Toronto or New York were much on our minds.  I thought this would be a good opportunity to also share a little background on San Sebastian from their website before providing the reactions:

This year the Festival will be celebrating its 66th consecutive edition with the same enthusiasm felt the day it first saw the light on September 21st 1953.

Conceived as an International Film Week for the purpose of screening and marketing films, it was not long before the IFFPA granted it B status (non-competitive), thanks to the success of its first edition. A year later it was called the International Film Festival, and in 1955 the IFFPA recognised the festival as competitive, specialising in colour films. In other words, it could now grant official prizes. This marked the emergence of the “Concha”, or shell – at the time only awarded in silver – determined by an international jury.

In 1957 the festival was granted “A” status and the Shell awarded in the main categories turned to gold. The festival symbols became increasingly recognisable, as did the direction the festival was aiming for and still strives for to this day. That is, a tendency towards liberalisation, shying away from the corseted censorship of the past, still alive today. The festival’s primordial role is to serve as a showcase for each year’s most disquieting and innovative films.

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San Sebastian was Roman Polanski’s first festival while still at film school, the first at which Pedro Almodóvar presented a film (Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón / Pepi, Luci, Bom and other Girls Like Mom) and the one that earned their first awards in the careers of filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola (The Rain People) and Terrence Malick (Badlands). The Festival took a chance with the works of – at that time unknown moviemakers – such as Iván Zulueta, Olivier Assayas, Tsai Ming-liang, Danny Boyle, Walter Salles, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lee Daniels, Bong Joon-ho, Laurent Cantet and Lucile Hadzihalilovic.

If you want to read the entire history and see which actors have attended in the past, click on the link above.  As promised, here are a few of the reactions to the announcement and some thoughts on where the actual “world premiere” might be.  I guess we should know soon enough:

THE PLAYLIST

Perhaps most exciting is the news that Denis’ latest film “High Life” will be making an appearance at the fest and will compete with the coveted Golden Shell. Details of her latest film, starring Robert Pattinson, have been scarce, as we’ve only seen a few pictures and the briefest of plot descriptions. However, now we know of one of the first places you’ll be able to check out this film. It should be noted that this won’t be a world premiere for the film, as many are expecting “High Life” to have a big premiere at one of the upcoming North American festivals.

However, we did get one of the better plot descriptions for “High Life” from the festival’s announcement:

Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A solitary man, whose strict self-discipline is a protection against desire –his own and that of others– Monte fathered the girl against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate Boyse, the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew of prisoners: space convicts, death row inmates. Guinea pigs sent on a mission to the black hole closest to Earth. Now only Monte and Willow remain. And Monte is changed. Through his daughter, for the first time, he experiences the birth of an all-powerful love. Willow grows, becoming a young girl, then a young woman.

In this new interview with IndieWire, Rob talks about working with the Zellner brothers on “Damsel” and the status of his upcoming projects. He tells Eric Kohn that he didn’t quite know what he was getting himself into with the oddball western, but that’s sort of his thing these days.

An excerpt from the interview follows. To read the full interview, visit IndieWire.

When Robert Pattinson first received the script for the David and Nathan Zellners’ “Damsel,” a quirky, inverted western in which various cockeyed suitors pine for love of a woman disinterested in their advances, he passed. “It just seemed like one of those things that’s never going to get financing, so it just didn’t really register with me,” he said.

A few weeks later, he went to see “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter” in theaters, not realizing it came from the same sibling director pair. He called his agent, eager to meet whoever was behind it.

“He was like, yeah, you just got offered a role for their new movie and you didn’t meet with them,” Pattinson recalled. He circled back on “Damsel,” which sees him entering strange terrain for an actor whose penchant for stone-faced roles has evolved from the “Twilight” franchise to auteur-driven work like David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis” and the Safdie brothers’ “Good Time.” As Samuel Alabaster, the foolishly overconfident pioneer eager to rescue Penelope (Mia Wasichowska) from her supposed captors even though she may not want the help, Pattinson found himself in the unlikely position of a comedic role.

Robert Pattinson currently filming Robert Eggers #TheLighthouse 

 

Gregory Wakeman from Metro spoke to Christopher Columbus (executive producer, The Witch) last month and the only tease he received about The Lighthouse is as follows:

We have just started shooting ‘The Lighthouse’ with Robert Eggers, it is second film after ‘The Witch.’ It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, so we have a strong cast. He insisted on shooting the film and black and white and on 35mm negative.”

“He didn’t want to digitally do it. He is obsessed with that concept.  A lot of people scoffed at that, insisting that no-one wanted to see a black and white movie. It was a lot of arguing to get that accomplished. But he is actually shooting it now in black and white.”

At that point I tried to squeeze some more information out about “The Lighthouse” from Columbus, but he wouldn’t even give me a smidge.

“Unfortunately that’s about all I can say. Because Robert likes to keep a very secretive head on it.”

I guess that confirms the entire film will be black and white.

Robert Pattinson #TheLighthouse Filmed on 35mm Black & White Film

MandyNews spoke with #TheLighthouse editor Louise Ford and this is what she shared:

What is coming next for you in 2018 and beyond?

I’m currently on location in Nova Scotia, Canada, cutting Robert Eggers’ second film, The Lighthouse, which stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. It’s set in 1890, and we’re shooting on 35mm black and white stock, virtually unheard of nowadays. Most black and white movies are shot in colour, and then converted to black and white in post. The dailies look beautiful; it’s very exciting.

Black and white Rob is a thing of beauty.

Robert Pattinson during Variety Actor on Actor’s Photoshoot

We posted Rob and Jamie Bell’s full “Actor on Actor’s Interview” previously (click HERE if you haven’t watched), but I came across this compilation of last year’s Actors on Actors and noticed there’s some new footage of Rob during the photoshoot (again click HERE and HERE and HERE if you haven’t seen the photos).  Click on Rob below to check it out (it won’t let me embed) – it starts at around 44.35.  The interview extract isn’t new but it’s still a good watch.

Dailymotion thanks to Cyn

Also, here’s some screenshots and gifs for your enjoyment.