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Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: oilgun on September 19, 2008, 12:19:38 pm ---I immediately thought of Benicio Del Toro for Caravaggio but I'm stumped when it comes to Bernini. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I just thought of a good Bernini: Joseph Fiennes!
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Or what about his brother, Ralph??
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 20, 2008, 12:45:05 pm ---Or what about his brother, Ralph??
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Thanks for the response Front-Ranger (I guess few people share my love of fantasy casting, lol!). Ralph would be great too, I actually like him better as an actor, but I thought that the younger Joseph might be a better choice to portray Bernini at different periods of his life.
I just discovered that Joseph has been cast to play Vivaldi in one of apparently two upcoming biopics. Not that it really matters, but there isn't much of resemblance:
By oilgun at 2008-09-20
oilgun:
Any Aki Kaurismäki fans out there? The Criterion Collection just released his "Proletariat Trilogy" which includes: SHADOWS IN PARADISE (1986), ARIEL (1988) and THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL (1990), all good films. I just love his deadpan humour.
- "You want I should break your face?"
- "No."
- "Okay."
http://www.criterion.com/asp/boxed_set.asp?id=2001200
Meryl:
--- Quote from: oilgun on September 19, 2008, 12:19:38 pm ---Art lovers, have you seen Simon Schama's POWER OF ART from the BBC. Excellent show. Each episode covers one artist. I just watched the first two which look at Caravaggio and Bernini respectively and it reminded me of how exciting these guys' lives were, full of political intrigue, intense rivalries, sex & violence. Which brings me to why I'm posting in this thread.
Why aren't there any movies about them? I know, and loved, Derek Jarman's CARAVAGGIO, but I'm talking about more mainstream fare, there is great material to be mined from these great artists' lives.
Then I started thinking about casting, who would play bad-boy & murderer, Caravaggio? And what about the arrogant & nasty Bernini who tried to kill his own brother and had his lover/model's face slashed when he found out they were having an affair?
For inspiration, this is what they looked like:
Caravaggio
Bernini
I immediately thought of Benicio Del Toro for Caravaggio but I'm stumped when it comes to Bernini. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I just thought of a good Bernini: Joseph Fiennes!
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Good choices, Gil! 8)
How about Colin Ferrell or Robert Downey, Jr. for Caravaggio?
And Daniel Day Lewis for Bernini?
serious crayons:
Oooh, I'm no Bernini expert by any means, but from what little I know DDL would be great in the role. :D
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