Word: tomei
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this ambitious black comedy about naughty thirtysomethings toes the line between film and animation. One disloyal kiss throws the lives of jaded urban couples into chaos, sending them headlong into unlikely liaisons with a seductive cellist, a cinephile stewardess and a dominatrix bowling alley attendant (Marisa Tomei). While rookie director Fisher Stevens’ conception of Kafka seems to center on angsty witticisms, indie rock and lots of skinny people wearing black, the film’s imaginative play promises plenty of eye candy...
...close to home. "You fat f___!" exclaimed Katzenberg at one point, echoing a sentiment not uncommon in Hollywood but usually muttered behind Weinstein's back. The most uncomfortable moment, however, came when it was time to hand out "Max" awards to the studio's Oscar nominees, including Marisa Tomei and Renee Zellweger. Weinstein was joined onstage by his young daughter; he joked that she had to pitch in because there weren't enough Miramax employees left. Earlier in the week the company had laid off some 75 people, or 15% of its work force...
...actress. She fought for the part of Natalie, a woman who combines the sexy and the maternal in a way that sometimes, Field recalls, made "my jaw hit the ground." The director, himself an actor (he was Tom Cruise's piano-player pal in Eyes Wide Shut), says of Tomei: "She's not afraid to get lost. She's not afraid to stumble. She's looking for it to be messy...
...fought for her right to a Maine accent and for a budget-bending love scene she felt her character, and Stahl's, needed. That was O.K. with Field, who found her very low-maintenance: "She cares, and not in a fanciful way. It's very practical." Says Tomei: "All you have going for it is the passion, the belief in it, the zeal to be there every...
...Bedroom is not a film for the romantically twitchy or the ideologically itchy. But this precisely calculated piece - beautifully acted by Tomei and the rest of the cast - is a very fine movie for those who value exquisitely-rendered emotional truth. Is there, one wonders, an Oscar category for that...