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Another nail in coffin for Hollywood...

posted 4 months ago by JohnBraun604 (353)
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well Demi Moore is in amazing form...
but what this movie says about stardom and vanity, as one of the fading and dwindling pool of bankable stars ...what does this say about them?

Movies are already less fun and important, now you have a film showing the ugly underside and just reinforce the idea that Hollywood is superficial, and increasingly irrelevant.

Why this film and why now? Seems like shooting itself in the foot and overmaking the point.

[–] JohnnyDoe (1949) 4 months ago

An international co-production between France, the United Kingdom, and the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance#:~:text=An%20international%20co%2Dproduction%20between%20France%2C%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%20and%20the%20United%20States

Fargeat was born and raised in Paris.[8] She decided to be a filmmaker when she was 16 or 17 years old.[9] Fargeat studied at Sciences Po before beginning work on film sets. In 2010, Fargeat attended La Fémis, a prestigious cinema school in Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coralie_Fargeat#:~:text=Fargeat%20was%20born%20and%20raised%20in%20Paris.%5B8%5D%20She%20decided%20to%20be%20a%20filmmaker%20when%20she%20was%2016%20or%2017%20years%20old.%5B9%5D%20Fargeat%20studied%20at%20Sciences%20Po%20before%20beginning%20work%20on%20film%20sets.%20In%202010%2C%20Fargeat%20attended%20La%20F%C3%A9mis%2C%20a%20prestigious%20cinema%20school%20in%20Paris

[–] JohnBraun604 (353) 4 months ago

Awesome answers...thank you!

[–] letess (1790) 4 months ago

This movie is fun. It’s not shooting itself in the foot. You’re supposed to just go on long with the espionage of the whole thing. Demi is in amazing form but she also has had a lot work done. She made a bold and brave choice selecting this movie and it works. This movie was made in France. It doesn’t matter if it’s Hollywood or anywhere, there is always the younger woman. That’s the way it is. The fact that it literally blew up in your face on screen just made the theater crowd roar louder.

[–] TheArgentinian (7247) 4 months ago

Supply and demand, bro.

[–] GlowingOrb (53) 3 months ago

While I do see your point, what actors do or get up to in Hollywood is not Hollywood’s problem, it’s not there to babysit them.

[–] jcnyclv (1633) 2 months ago

I just saw a clip from an interview Demi gave at some function and she said that what she feels the film is saying is that "the better you, IS you". I like that and I agree with it. However, I wonder if that's actually how she feels as she's had huge amounts of procedures done to herself to fight aging.

[–] Melton (5497) a month ago

It’s a bit rich coming from Moore, who got fake tits very early on, and has since been mangling her face… and shows no signs of undoing all the work she had done.

[–] jcnyclv (1633) a month ago

Oh I agree, that was my point in saying she's had huge amounts of procedures done. Maybe she thinks people don't realize just how plastic she is.

I agree with her point but, like you, know she doesn't practice what she preaches.