ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
November 1997
FEATURES
Colin Firth: The Patient Englishman
Eschewing L.A. for London isn't slowing down Colin Firth's career.
Richard Gere: Shifting Geres
Hollywood's most devoted follower of Tibetan Buddhism talks about his two new movies, Red Corner and The Jackal, explains why he can't possibly take interviews seriously, tells how he evaded the Vietnam draft, slams President Clinton, and reveals why he gave up cocaine.
Charlize Theron: Bowled Over
Charlize Theron achieved siren status with 2 days in the valley, and now she plays Keanu Reeve's wife in Devil's Advocate. But unlike most starlets=on-the-rise, this dish is full of spice. Here, she cuts loose on what it was like doing sex scenes with Reeves and how she's had to deal with Hollywood sleaze--from shabby hotels to dirtbag directors.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Tales of an Alien Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the French director 20th Century Fox hired to resurrect its_ Alien_ franchise, talks about sparring with Sigourney Weaver, rethinking a character for Winona Ryder, and shaping Alien Resurrection into a worthy successor to the movies whose real star is a monster that represents "an evil that we all have within ourselves."
Stoned Again
In part two of our interview with him, Oliver Stone calls Pauline Kael "an elitist bag lady," speculates about why Joe Pesci and Gore Vidal sad bad things about him, describes the Zapruder film as "the most beautiful film ever made," confesses he sometimes fears losing his confidence...and more.
Mia Kirshner: Mamma Mia!
After exotica and love and human remains put her in Hollywood's fast lane, Mia Kirshner experienced a bump in the road called The Crow: City of Angels. Now she's back on an upward track with Mad City.
Joan Allen: The Art of Decency
There probably isn't a better actress in Hollywood than Joan Allen. There surely isn't a less actressy one.