The Edge of Love Thread

[KeiraLover]

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Here is an article I'm sure you guys will love:

Keira Knightley will sing on the soundtrack to her upcoming film The Edge of Love.

The album will feature tracks Knightley performs in the film, including 'Blue Tahitian Moon', 'Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much' and 'Drifting And Dreaming'.

The film, a World War II period drama, stars Knightley as Vera Phillips, a woman who falls in love with Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

Last year Knightley admitted she struggled with the role.

"I can't really sing," Knightley admitted. "I had to have a few lessons, but once I started doing it, a sound emerged that wasn't too disagreeable."

Suggs, Siouxsie Sioux, Patrick Wolf and Beth Rowley will also contribute to the soundtrack.

The Edge of Love is written by Knightley's mother Sharman Macdonald and directed by John Maybury. Matthew Rhys (Dylan Thomas) and Sienna Miller (Thomas' wife Caitlin MacNamara) co-star in the film.

[Bill5461]

Hey, if Paris can put out a Cd, I'm sure Keira can sing too

[KeiraLover]

Scarlett is pretty good at singing herself. I've heard her song and her voice is enchanting.

[Bill5461]

Yeah, her cd is out in a couple of months. Do you know when this soundtrack is due to be released?

[KeiraLover]

First review! Someone on a forum has reviewed The Edge of Love!

Just got back from a press screening in London. This is a real mixed bag of a film. It is both incredibly interesting and yet also incredibly plodding and slow at the same time. It almost succeeds, but in the end is bogged down by its many key flaws.

What makes it interesting is mainly it's lush visuals. The cinematography is by far and away the star of the show. In some scenes the shots rival Atonement for WWII period lushness (well almost, anyway). And I think it is fair to say this is a film in love with it's main star Keira Knightley. Every shot is crafted to show her off to perfection, and her beauty is perhaps even more on show here than it was in Atonement. The opening shot, in bright technicolour, pans outwards from her face, and it is truly mesmerising. Knightley backs up her superficial attributes with a stellar performance, outacting both male leads (Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys) quite comfortably. Her performance also outshines that of Sienna Miller's, although it is fair to say both actresses are more than competent.

Still though, it is only really Knightley who manages to elevate the frequent clunky dialogue. The actress achieves the extraordinary feat of breaking out into song during the middle of a particularly grizzly air-raid without completely sending the scene into farce. Miller and Rhys are not quite so fortunate, and the dialogue often overpowers their acting. A perfect example would be after Miller first encounters Knightley's character. She turns to Rhys and asks "What does it mean when she smiles?". Rhys replies that he's never known. The film's biggest fault is these instances where characterisation is compromised by wholly unbelievable dialogue. These moments also jar with the authenticity of the lush period features.

The plotting is also completely limp. And this combined with the charcterisation problems means it is particularly hard to empathise or care about the characters. Due to a weak script the characters develop through their dialogue rather than their actions. Half way through Knightley's character annouces that she is not the woman that she used to be, but without this declaration there is no way the audience could be any the wiser to this change. It is also never explained why Miller and Knightley are so passionately under the spell of Dylan Thomas. Indeed, of the four leads Rhys is definitely the weakest, perhaps not the actor's fault, and again more to do with a weak script. At interludes his voice comes in with excerpts of Thomas' poetry. But the poetry is hardly linked to his character, and the voice might as well be that of a faceless narrator. It definitely serves little point.

Still, the film is always watchable. Mostly due its sharp visuals and acting that elevates the material. The evocation of London during the Blitz in the first half of the film is intoxicating and exciting. However, the sudden switch to Wales in the second half is exactly the opposite. The characters and eventual outcome is thoroughly predictable. Still, the elements that do succeed do so with aplomb. Knightley steals most of her scenes, and without a shadow of a doubt cements herself as one of Britain's key young actresses. Her Welsh accent is competent, and her singing fully enhances her character, unlike the poetry of Thomas.

All in all, not a waste of time, but definitely not a film I am dying to revisit in the near future.

I can't see much awards recognition. Perhaps a few tech noms. If Knightley is lucky she could score Golden Globe and Bafta noms. I'd be wholly surprised if any of the four were to go on to Academy Award nominations. I think the film will for the most part, pass the Oscars by.

***/*****

Her mom wrote the script...so is it any wonder the movie revolves around Keira? lol

[KeiraLover]

The trailer is now online:
Click here to view it.

[MSFixR]

She does do well in these period films.

[LimeGreen]

Originally Posted by MSFixR

She does do well in these period films.

I completely agree with you. ;)

[Bill5461]

And she gets top billing...very impressive

[KeiraLover]

Keira singing! I've found this new clip of Keira singing Blue Tahitian Moon for the new movie. It doesn't really sound like her...the voice doesn't fit her, but every news article has said it was her voice so I dunno.

http://community.livejournal.com/kei...14.html#cutid1

[KeiraLover]

Keira says no to Mummy

It's hard for mothers to stand up to their daughters, but spare a thought for Sharman Macdonald, whose little treasure is Keira Knightley.

Sharman told her daughter that she had written the part of Caitlin Thomas specifically for her in the screenplay of The Edge of Love, a film about Dylan Thomas, but Keira had other ideas.

“I said ‘you’re playing Caitlin,’ and she said, ‘No, I like Vera,’” says Sharman.

As a result, the part of Vera Phillips, who was one of the poet’s love interests, was altered.

“She wasn’t even a singer until Keira decided she wanted to play her.”

Daughter knows best.

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Not surprising. She did the same thing in Atonement. The director wanted her to play Briony and she refused, instead wanting to play Cecilia.

[MSFixR]

Originally Posted by KeiraLover

She did the same thing in Atonement. The director wanted her to play Briony and she refused, instead wanting to play Cecilia.

That was an excellent decision on Keira's part. Keira was too old for the Briony part and Saoirse Ronan was excellent in that part.

[KeiraLover]

I think they wanted her as the older Briony which would have cut down Keira's screen time a lot as well. I am glad she made that move myself.

Movie news!

Keira to play in My Fair Lady?

t’s all a bit tentative at the moment, but Keira Knightley is said to be lined up for a new film of My Fair Lady, currently being produced by Duncan Kenworthy and theatrical empresario Cameron Mackintosh.The story centres on lower class, ****-er-ney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Knightley, it is hoped) who is taught to speak and act properly by stuffy linguistics expert Professor Henry Higgins.

The film’s being called an “update”, but it’s still going to be set in 1912 and will use the original score. The “update” will involve going back to George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, on which the musical is based, in order to “dramatise the emotional highs and lows of [Eliza] Doolittle as she undergoes the ultimate metamorphosis under the tutelage of Professor Henry Higgins”. There’s also talk of a more “realistic” context for the story, using real locations rather than soundstages, and Mackintosh also drew a parallel between Doolittle’s transformation and current celebrity culture.

There are no further details on the project yet, but we’ll be keeping an eye on this one. And in the meantime, the upcoming Edge of Love shows that Knightley can do accents (in that case, Welsh) and sing, so check that out to form a better opinion of her chances as the new Audrey Hepburn, who last played the role onscreen.

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Keep in mind she's been wanting this part since she heard of it a few years ago. However the director said he didn't 'need' her.

Now it's circling on Keiraweb.com that the reason he wants her is because he heard her singing in The Edge of Love and wants her again. That's the rumor anyway.

[KeiraLover]

View another clip of Keira singing here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxPob...a-central.com/

[Bill5461]

She actually does a good job

[KeiraLover]

DVD Release for the UK
The DVD will be out in the UK on October 27, and extras include commentary by director John Maybury and Matthew Rhys, along with interviews with the cast and crew, deleted scenes, the photo gallery, and a promised gag reel.
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[Bill5461]

The comments on the link were interesting