One of this summers most unlikely dynamite acting dukeouts comes courtesy of woody allens latest, blue jasmine, a bicoastal drama with. The accompanying implication is that the intervening works seven movies. Her husband, hal alec baldwin, was a successful financier. Woody allen has directed four actresses to oscars, and australias cate blanchett, starring in blue jasmine, may well become the fifth blanchett is the center on which blue jasmines universe turns. Jasmine is a novel by bharati mukherjee set in the 1980s about a young indian woman in the united states who, trying to adapt to the american way of life in order to be able to survive, changes identities several times. With cate blanchett, alec baldwin, peter sarsgaard, sally hawkins. For once, allen himself doesnt feel like the story. Jasmine earns our compassion because she is the unwitting instrument of her own downfall. Blue jasmine by woody allen michael stuhlbarg, cate blanchett. Her financial criminal husband alec baldwin is no longer in the picture so she moves in with her working class sister ginger sally hawkins to try and find a new life. Blue jasmine soundtrack list 20 tracklist, film score list, all songs played in the movie playlist and who sings them.
I thought this was woody allens best film in years. Written and directed by woody allen sony pictures classics. She looks a million, but isnt bringing money, peace, or love. Blue jasmine is now available on digital and bluray. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Thoughts and analysis of blue jasmine by woody allen. Mukherjees own experiences of dislocation and displacement in her life helps her in recording the immigrant experience of the protagonist in this novel. The film was nominated for three oscars and won the award for best actress blanchett a role for which. Jasmine french cate blanchett once owned manhattan, in a manner of speaking. A wellappointed woman, cate blanchetts jasmine, flying coast to coast. Blue jasmine is the 43rd film written and directed by woody allen.
When a veiled flute player prophecies about her being owned by a dark haired stranger, she scoffs the nightingale sang in the garden where the blue jasmine starred the moonlit walls and lorna no longer fled from the. This motley crew of daydreamers each earned their costume designer for philomena, the secret life of walter mitty, nebraska, her, and blue jasmine, respectively a nod for excellence in contemporary film at the 16th costume designers guild awards. Blanchetts blue jasmine character based on allen associate. The films title role is played by cate blanchett, who just a few years earlier performed the role of blanche dubois to great acclaim at the brooklyn academy of music. Blanchett delivered an amazing performance, the script was great and the drama were. Lorna is out visiting the desert in order to fulfill her late fathers dying wish. Its obvious from blue jasmine that woody allen has been to hell. Philomena, walter mitty, woody grant, theodore twombly, and jasmine. Blue jasmine directed by woody allen and starring cate blanchett, alex baldwin, and louis c. Blue jasmine by kashmira sheth discussion questions 1.
With blue jasmine you have a main character who is utterly repugnant and who actually makes the first part of the film quite uncomfortable because you can appreciate that her situation is difficult but you dont necessarily feel sympathy towards her. Woody allens blue jasmine opens with a sequence that seems funny but soon plays out in ways that are anything but. Its a movie about pain and lossand specifically, it tests the limits of the bearable, particularly among those who have never had to bear much. In spite of the easy language this book should be interesting to adults as well, since the problems protagonist seema is facing apply to adult situations outside. But rumors swirled in new york social circles that the character was. The government took almost everything he bought with his swindled cash, and jasmine has since pawned the rest. He destroyed every aspect of my life as well as many others. Disney princess jasmine fro the movie aladdin could relate to the book of solomon. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue jasmine near you. Jasmines star attraction isnt the neurotic auteur, its the central character, jasmine, and the great actress who brings her to life, cate blanchett.
Have a look below to see the official soundtrack list for the 20 drama, blue jasmine. Its a movie about pain and lossand specifically, it tests the limits of the. A monologue from the film blue jasmine by woody allen. Jasmine french used to be on the top of the heap as a new york socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in san francisco utterly ruined. Her late husband, hal, was a crooked businessman who killed himself in prison. She gives a harrowing performance as a woman whose entire life collapses. Blue jasmine, woody allens sister saga, sends up the 1. When papa asked seema if she would like to live in iowa, she answered, i dont know. Cate blanchett is a former manhattan socialite scrabbling to stay afloat, as woody allens fortunes finally veer upwards in his most. How would you answer if your father told you at the end of 5 th grade that you were moving to another country. Blue jasmine talks about the problems children face when theyre forced to emigrate with their parents to a new home in a very sensitive way and keeps it understandable for kids. Following a series of undercooked, oddly touristic comedies, allen has. Blue jasmine saw allen return to america after another stint abroad, but he surprised his audience by not returning to new york at least not fully.
Cate blanchett, alec baldwin, peter sarsgaard, woody allen. Many critics and viewers have felt that blue jasmine is woody allens best film. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Blue jasmine is special to me because it mirrors many aspects of my marriage for several reasons, one being my ex husband wasis an imposter and a fraud. As jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she. It has been said that are similarities between that book of the bible and themes from aladdin. But even if benzinger had the 5figure check to purchase a birkin bag for the film, she still wouldve had to resort to using her. Blue jasmine is engaged with contemporary culture and social politics to a degree that allens films have rarely if ever been since maybe manhattan. The film was a financial and critical success for allen and. This 52page guide for jasmine by bharati mukherjee includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 26 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Blue jasmine 20, released in english language in theatre near you in. Blue jasmine filming locations san francisco, new york.
From the second she appears on screen, yakking nonstop to herself on an airplane, the movie is all about her. A jawdropping work, what we go to the movies hoping to see, and we do. One of this summers most unlikely dynamite acting dukeouts comes courtesy of woody allens latest, blue jasmine, a bicoastal drama with flashes of humor and transparent undertones of a streetcar named desire that features the latest in the directors long line of compelling yet complicated leading ladies in this corner, joining the ranks of such delightfully difficult divas as penelope. Woody allen, in need of new tricks blue jasmine finds the filmmaker stuck in old ruts. Now i dont know if this is because allen wanted to make a contrast to how jasmine is.
Blue jasmine discussion questions brighton district library. Listen to full songs from blue jasmine soundtrack here 1. Best actress oscar winner cate blanchett studied ruth madoff to inspire her richestorags socialite in blue jasmine. Woody allens blue jasmine 20 can be interpreted as a modern take on a streetcar named desire 1951, updated for the culture and character of a postbernie madoff society. Allen announced that the film would be made in san francisco, where he made his very first film take the money and run. Smart, timely woody allen dramedy has drinking, pills. Blue jasmine is a hilarious black comedy about a run down former housewife struggling to adjust to her new life. Woody allens new drama blue jasmine is about the dire consequences that can result when people avert their eyes from reality and the truth they dont want to see. A new york socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in san francisco to impose upon her sister. All that makes blue jasmine an unusual woody allen movie. The script was better written than i expected from him at this point, given his more recent turns toward drama.
In what ways are blue jasmine and a streetcar named. Blue jasmine is a 20 american black comedydrama film written and directed by woody. A casting calls, auditions resource and talent database. Actors can create a free profile as well as directors, casting directors, producers and agentsmanagers. But only one of them did so in a million dollar wardrobe that cost.
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