Alex blog entry again

[sophinisba]

Thanks to lyrastar77 for giving us a bit of this entry a little while ago. I hope it's okay that I'm doing a separate entry for this. Please feel free to suggest improvements in the translation. From here: http://blasfemandoenelvrticedeluniverso.blogspot.com/2007/02/elijah-y-leonor-amantes.html

Late, tired. I can't articulate things correctly. Today was a hard day (again). People are starting to make fun of me when I say it's been a hard day, because EVERY day is hard. Still, Elijah and Leonor made it easy, delightful, despite everything being difficult and tiresome [thorny, tricky]. What fantastic actors, God. They're an explosive pair, marvelous.

The day started out with a difficult technical problem that forced us to do over a few takes with Elijah. As if CSI were in the middle of it, there was a search for the guilty ones. It was only an accident, but accidents are expensive in this kind of productions, losing an hour is a disaster that can cost thousands of pounds. Even so we reacted in time, and Elijah didn't have any problem with filming his shot again, without a single complaint, and besides that, he managed to give me a lesson on how to behave. I was angry, flabbergasted, and I felt like breaking down and crying, like I could bite the walls. But he demonstrated truly admirable aplomb.


I also have to thank Leonor for saving me from having to use doubles for her sex scenes. I had four girls ready, two of whom seemed feasible, of them VERY feasible. However, Leonor showed that she not only didn't need it, but that the film, let's say, GAINED a lot by having her, if you understand me. I didn't want to film Last Tango [in Paris], but I did want something powerful, something to explain how happy two young people can be when they desire each other. Humbly, I do believe we've achieved that.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_celebrian/]

I saw both dates here: http://www.realmovienews.com/movies/7540

Weren't you the one who posted those before??? Maybe that was someone else, but I thought it was you.

[yeuxdebleu.livejournal.com]

Yes, I posted the US release date, but I didn't know any others at the time. I got it in a google alert. Someone else (haven't a clue who at this point) commented to the entry adding the UK date.