Comments on: Telluride 2007: Sean Penn http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Paul Moore http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-43873 Paul Moore Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:29:37 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-43873 Hi Tommy, The interview in this post was a few days in the making because about five minutes after Kevin got into Telluride, he was turned down by Daniel Day Lewis, PT Anderson and Sean Penn at once. It was a blow to his ego, but he recovered like a pro. You can hear about it in our FilmCouch #36 podcast from Telluride. http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/07/filmcouch-36/ Hi Tommy,
The interview in this post was a few days in the making because about five minutes after Kevin got into Telluride, he was turned down by Daniel Day Lewis, PT Anderson and Sean Penn at once. It was a blow to his ego, but he recovered like a pro. You can hear about it in our FilmCouch #36 podcast from Telluride.
http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/07/filmcouch-36/

]]> By: Tommy Allen http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-43733 Tommy Allen Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:59:42 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-43733 I am not sure why this interview was highlighted as a bad thing in your 2007 year end wrap up email. The use of :-( signifies you were unhappy but yet you have nothing here that indicates you got shot down. If you only get 2-5 minutes with a director at a festival make it work since everyone is jones for their story as well. Just curious, nothing else. I am not sure why this interview was highlighted as a bad thing in your 2007 year end wrap up email.

The use of :-( signifies you were unhappy but yet you have nothing here that indicates you got shot down.

If you only get 2-5 minutes with a director at a festival make it work since everyone is jones for their story as well.

Just curious, nothing else.

]]> By: James http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-4498 James Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:41:19 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/09/04/telluride-sean-penn/#comment-4498 Penn likes to go off the beaten path and it's easy to see how someone who literally threw his life away so he could starve himself to death in Alaska is definitely off the beaten path. Beautiful locations but the main character is a somewhat not a sympathetic one for he does turn his back on his family and even detaches himself from people he meets on the road. Catherine Keener comes the closest with her shares but is saddened that this loved kid just ran away from everything. There's a very touching performance of Hal Halbrook towards the end. This film is very thought provoking but generally quite depressing because he didn't have to end up this way. Penn likes to go off the beaten path and it’s easy to see how someone who literally threw his life away so he could starve himself to death in Alaska is definitely off the beaten path. Beautiful locations but the main character is a somewhat not a sympathetic one for he does turn his back on his family and even detaches himself from people he meets on the road. Catherine Keener comes the closest with her shares but is saddened that this loved kid just ran away from everything.
There’s a very touching performance of Hal Halbrook towards the end. This film is very thought provoking but generally quite depressing because he didn’t have to end up this way.

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