What Makes Mia Special
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jjparish — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 03:10 AM)
NOTHING makes her special. Unless its the ability to bore the backside off an audience. She has ruined every single film i have ever seen her in. From jane eyre to stoker to alice in wonderland. She is so SO lucky that hollywood is currently obsessed by english and australian actors. Seriously she is so bad i cant otherwise explain how she keeps getting booked if not for this current mania for putting at least one average brit or aussie in seemingly every single film or tv show made in america.
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LifeVsArt — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 08:20 AM)
Here's that great Bruce Weber film with Mia as Muse, for British Vogue. I think the dogs all belong to Weber, he's known to bring his little dogs along with him wherever he goes.
But since getting a collection of her dvds at xmas and watching them over and over I feel like i've been hypnotised - not only by her natural acting but her natural beauty.
Sounds like you've been busy catching up. I'm curious, which of her films have you now seen? -
Hurricane_Marcus — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 12:55 PM)
Alice in Wonderland,Lawless (both in the cinema)..The Kids are allright,Maps to the stars,In treatment (on dvd pre my Mia fixation!).
Stoker,Jane Eyre,Madame Bovary,Only Lovers left alive,Tracks and The Double since..plus I have Albert Nobbs and Crimson Peak to catch up on next week..as for Restless, I had to switch it off after an hour as it was too heartbreaking to watch - I will finish it someday.
I have always liked her,but since xmas something's just clicked inside of me..can't explain it..she's mesmerising. -
LifeVsArt — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 07:31 PM)
You've seen all those movies for the first time since Christmas - that's some pretty intense viewing! Have you seen some of her early Aussie short films? Those are the films that landed "In Treatment" for Mia, which is what got her rolling. Here's a good example.
https://vimeo.com/75650064
"Skin" -
Hurricane_Marcus — 10 years ago(February 12, 2016 03:20 AM)
Yes thanks SwingBatta..I have already got Cosette saved on youtube but haven't got around to watching it yet..I think there are a couple of other early shorts she made out there too somewhere which I need to find.
LifeVsArt.."intense" is a very good word to describe my viewing habits towards Mia over the last couple of months,hah!..she's taken me on a rollercoaster..I think my favourite performance so far would be between India and Agatha Weiss..she plays a lot of "loners" ~ who I always find much more interesting (on screen and in real life ~ like you want to dive in and save them ~ so to speak).
Do you two have any particular favourites? -
LifeVsArt — 10 years ago(February 12, 2016 07:25 AM)
she plays a lot of "loners" ~ who I always find much more interesting (on screen and in real life ~ like you want to dive in and save them ~ so to speak).
Really good point, Hurricane_Marcus - her characters tend to be social outsiders - they're not joiners, they march to their own drummer, whether it be Jane Eyre, India Stoker, Robyn Davidson or most of them. I would point to Ava from "Only Lovers Left Alive", who seems quite trendy and happy with the social structure, as not being a loner, quite the opposite. Of course, what she's adapted to is contemporary vampire society.
I don't know if I can pick any favorites. The very first performance I saw her in was as Sophie in "In Treatment" - and that made a very deep impression on me. She probably had more dialogue in those nine half hour shows than all of her other films put together. But so many of her other movies, from "Jane Eyre" on, have impressed me as much, just in a completely different way. In "Tracks" she barely speaks, but words aren't necessary in film, especially when the eyes are able to express so much. -
Hurricane_Marcus — 10 years ago(February 12, 2016 12:12 PM)
Yeah,Ava was probably the character least like anything she's done previously or since and like you say ~ the eyes can say a thousand things more than words ~ especially hers.
I am besotted.(sighs). -
Hurricane_Marcus — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 07:44 AM)
Finally got around to watching Cosette,I love Sarah Jane and Skin at the weekend..even at that age (I think she was around 15?) you could see she had something magical and totally mesmerising about her.
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LifeVsArt — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 08:41 AM)
Finally got around to watching Cosette, I love Sarah Jane and Skin
I was wondering if by now you've managed to see "September" - if you have I would like to know where it can be viewed. I've been curious about it for quite a while. I'm also hoping to eventually see the animated "The Nightingale and the Rose", where Mia voices the central character. -
buffygirl7007-1 — 10 years ago(February 16, 2016 06:59 PM)
I completely agree, she is one my favorites because she is different then the majority of Hollywood actresses. There are so many loud, uber-sexy or giddy, ridiculous cutesy types and Mia stands out by being more introverted, thoughtful, and poised. She is outstanding!
Oz: Our lives are different from other people's.- Graduation Day Part 1
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batbhai — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 07:56 AM)
Yes, her innocence. I was just watching
Alice Through the Looking Glass
and my she carries the movie on her shoulders because of her emotions. Getting better and better.
I wish I would see more in the future.
to her!