A thoroughly disorienting read. The author seems to want that warm-and-intimate feeling of being invited into Spacey's life, but Spacey was obviously not interested in engaging with the one topic...
A thoroughly disorienting read. The author seems to want that warm-and-intimate feeling of being invited into Spacey's life, but Spacey was obviously not interested in engaging with the one topic that readers want to know about, and it's a little hard to just embrace the man without addressing that elephant-in-the-room. Together with the "tortured artist" portrait shots, the entire pageant - author, subject, audience - feels almost like a performance where each participant is being pulled by the gravity of a different star.
Like....what publicist or lawyer thought that was acceptable?! For reference, here's the awkwardly named Let Me Be Frank. A perfect comment from the video: "i think this is the first time I've...
Like....what publicist or lawyer thought that was acceptable?! For reference, here's the awkwardly named Let Me Be Frank. A perfect comment from the video: "i think this is the first time I've seen a character get in actor"
He and his longtime friend turned manager decided to do it so they could send a “hidden message” to his fans.
He and his longtime friend turned manager decided to do it so they could send a “hidden message” to his fans.
The longer Spacey stayed away from public life, the more he agonized about not working. "No one was hiring him, and he was bursting to act," says Lowenstein. Hoping it would help Spacey, he made a suggestion: Why not shoot a video themselves? He wrote a script for Spacey containing hidden messages for his fans. "This was an opportunity for him to communicate in a way that couldn’t be used against him in the court of law because he was acting," Lowenstein says. They shot the video in Spacey’s kitchen and posted it to YouTube on Christmas 2018. It’s called "Let Me Be Frank."
I got the same vibe, and to be fair, this is directly mentioned in the article, with the author writing about how both time when he challenged Spacey in the way the actor didn't enjoy, it pretty...
I got the same vibe, and to be fair, this is directly mentioned in the article, with the author writing about how both time when he challenged Spacey in the way the actor didn't enjoy, it pretty much broke the conversation for the rest of the meeting, in addition to writing how this could just be the preparation for a comeback.
I think the confusing read is intended, and reflects the way the author themselves feels about their meetings.
A thoroughly disorienting read. The author seems to want that warm-and-intimate feeling of being invited into Spacey's life, but Spacey was obviously not interested in engaging with the one topic that readers want to know about, and it's a little hard to just embrace the man without addressing that elephant-in-the-room. Together with the "tortured artist" portrait shots, the entire pageant - author, subject, audience - feels almost like a performance where each participant is being pulled by the gravity of a different star.
He's been leaning into that "tortured artist" thing for a while. Remember that bizarre Frank Underwood...video thing he released?
Ouch. Yes.
I had burned it out of my memory up until now, but the cringe always comes back...
Like....what publicist or lawyer thought that was acceptable?! For reference, here's the awkwardly named Let Me Be Frank. A perfect comment from the video: "i think this is the first time I've seen a character get in actor"
He and his longtime friend turned manager decided to do it so they could send a “hidden message” to his fans.
Didn't Joss Whedon have a similar interview?
EDIT: Found it.
I got the same vibe, and to be fair, this is directly mentioned in the article, with the author writing about how both time when he challenged Spacey in the way the actor didn't enjoy, it pretty much broke the conversation for the rest of the meeting, in addition to writing how this could just be the preparation for a comeback.
I think the confusing read is intended, and reflects the way the author themselves feels about their meetings.