Thanks for posting these, Sami. You might not believe but this is the first time I've ever heard River speak (apart from in a film) and I'm fascinated by the....I'm not sure what word I'm looking for here...shield....armour....protection....he employs throughout this interview. The dark glasses and covering his mouth with his hand. It's a clear recording though so I could make out what he was saying even though he seemed to slur some of his words at times...

DDL on Parkinson...haven't seen that before. Interesting. Do you know of Michael Parkinson? I wonder if Joaquin would have been open to his style of interview?

Will watch both again later.

Hi Admin,

Yes, I think that's part of the reason he did 'I'm Still Here'. Unfortunately for him the junkets go with the territory...and here we are too..joining in with it all in our own way. I watched a video of Joaquin on the red carpet and his publicist was there with him, manoevering him, directing him; look this way Joaquin, over here now Joaquin, do this Joaquin. It was like looking at a performing animal and its trainer. Sorry if that sounds harsh or is out of order, and I believe Joaquin has a good relationship with his publicist, but that's what it looked like to me. There are times I feel bad about being a fan.

Guys , I lost track !!! I don't even know what I'm responding to !! I'm sorry there is just too much to comment on. I will go back to it little by little.

Let's see how things unfold ! That's all I can say.. Joaquin will have to come up with a better way to deal with the press or not! If he goes through the oscars there will be so many interviews and photos he will need to put up thick skin!

About the girl , well, why did it have to be a model? Guys... This makes me sad. The superficial world of beauty land depresses me. I am beautiful but never relied on it. You know why? Because beauty fades.. I wanna still be somebody when I get old.Men don't value that though.. It's just depressing.
One day I hope a real man will discover me. Now I know it's not gonna be someone like Joaquin. I know where I don't need to be. Thanks Joaquin you made me a favor xx. I'm still your friend

Ok, I'm back! Sorry, I just needed to let it out !!

As I said, let's see what happens !! Let's have a little faith ..

Admin, nice to have you back !!

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I will try to comment less about jp person because : 1- I don't know him and 2- what Joaquin does or doesn't do is none of my business.

It must be really hard being famous !! I would be paranoid thinking about people thinking about me and scrutinizing every single move !!


As a friend of mine told me once : it is what it is. There !

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Yes, Parkinson has retired. Wonder if we'll ever see the likes of him on TV again? Probably not...the world has moved on...

He probably gets through a LOT! Probably doesn't smoke half of them; needs them as a prop?



Joaquin likes models. He seems to like skinny women. He lives in LA and moves in certain circles...he's bound to meet lots of models. Since we don't really know Joaquin, maybe he finds models relate to him on a personal level and they're interested in the things he's interested in and they speak the same language? I don't mean English...I mean being on the same wavelength. Just trying to be fair to both of them.



Sometimes the press have access to the film prior to the screening and The Master has been shown in America a number of times. Seeing the film first would be a good idea in terms of asking focused questions. It sure is all PR and marketing....all the preview screenings and trailers are part of it too. The buzz...making sure everyone is talking about it, noticing it, wondering, putting bums on seats, making money. I can imagine Joaquin doesn't like that aspect of the business but it is what it is. And because Joaquin appears to have problems with it all, whatever the reason, he gets booed and labelled and negative press: and that becomes part of the buzz too.



I'm thinking about the film 'Notting Hill' and the scenes where William and Anna are speaking by the door just before she leaves after being door-stepped by the press and later when she says to William "The fame thing isn't real".




Both of those DDL films are very good. 'There Will Be Blood' got into my bloodstream for days afterwards.
I think Joaquin and DDL would need a very special director to film the two of them together.


Going trekking. *waves*

Sorry, I was being a jerk about the gf !! I am such a hypocritical pig ! Truth is I do the same.. Looks come first
Please don't take anything I say too seriously. I am Latin. I get upset , make a big deal and after an hour or so I already forgot all about it ..

That was an easy joke Joy. I know what you mean. The fame part of famous people , not themselves or their lives .. Although to certain extent their lives are atypical the basic things are the same !

Sami,

I think celebrities are just this ages "Gods/Heroes", people throughout the ages seem to need to worship something. This seems to be the time of "celebrity worship", which i'm sure history will show, in time, to be rather absurd, especially given the lack of identifiable talent of some of these people, but it is what it is for now unfortunately. The absurdity of the situation is what Joaquin and Casey were highlighting in "I'm still here", it's good, from their perspective as the "worshipped", that they see it for what it is.

Also worth remembering the old adage "You should never meet your heroes", best to worship from a distance in most cases i feel

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    http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-09-05/film/paul-thomas-anderson-the-master-s-master/3/

here's a really good interview to PTA. There are some little spoilers but I extracted his own comments about Joaquin ..

    In any case, he (Paul) seems happy that people—including us—are finally talking about something other than Scientology. "I've kind of loved these screenings we've had, because no one's talking about Scientology anymore once they see the film. They're just talking about how fucking good Joaquin Phoenix is."


   And they're right. In his "comeback" role, four years after purportedly retiring from acting to pursue a career as a rapper (only to finally let the world in on his elaborate prank), Phoenix is nothing short of astonishing. It's a fiercely physical, animalistic performance that calls to mind the young Jack Nicholson—the one seen in Five Easy Pieces and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest—in its diabolical unpredictability, its paroxysms of emasculated rage.


   "I knew he'd be good, but I can't say that I expected what we got," Anderson says between sips of white wine. "I love watching him, and I get the impression people don't understand that there's actually a truly inventive and disciplined actor there, which I guess is great. I would hate to say too much and uncover the mystery." Anderson had wanted to work with Phoenix for years, ever since he offered the actor a role in Boogie Nights, which he turned down (as he did a later offer to appear in There Will Be Blood). Then, when he began casting The Master, Phoenix had temporarily gone off the acting reservation. For a while, Jeremy Renner was attached to the role, until a series of lengthy production delays forced him to drop out and left Anderson once again searching for a leading man. By that point, Phoenix was back in the movie business and ready to get his game face on. 


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