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Regarding the world of Arthouse’s cinema, Robert Pattinson is a seasoned veteran, with the first Dusk Star by abandoning its commercial roots and target the strange and wonderful.
Whether it is his representation of an excited lighthouse alongside Willem Dafoe or his recent iteration of BatmanOnce again channel its essence in bad mood for the dark and brooded superhero, the actor continuously presented his talents as one of the most versatile artists of his time, only making strength in force through his daring choices.
His recent career journey led him to collaborate with some of the most estimated authors of all time, recently crossed with Lynne Ramsay, Robert Eggers, Bong Joon-Ho and the Safdie brothers, cultivating an almost eccentric as him filmography. But perhaps the actor first tasted this creative philosophy by observing the work of another interpreter and being deeply inspired by the imposing talents of a Tilda Swinton.
If there has never been a real Queen of Arthouse cinema, it is Swinton, the actor tracking all the corners of world cinema by working with everyone from Luca Guadagnino to Apichatpong Weerasethakul. His approach to cinema is intrepid, without any too high obstacle to climb after the first roles that marked him as a star of the first day.
But while some may know her as the white queen Narnia or as a tormented mother in We have to talk about Kevin, Pattinson knows him best in a film he describes as “criminally underwater”, falling in love with his presence on the screen thanks to his performance in the 2008 film, Julia.
Julia Follows an alcoholic woman whose life became uncontrollable after losing her job, finding herself to meet a woman called Elena who asks Julia her help with an abduction staged of her son. This is the exact type of crazy film that you can imagine that Swinton is perfect, capturing the effilossed essence of a character who is deeply disturbed but incredibly hypnotic.
Asked about his favorite film, Pattinson said: “JuliaThe film Tilda Swinton. Also, I think [the director’s] The name is Erick Zonca. I think it is one of the great performances, and it is a bit criminally underwater. Is submarine even a word?
In the rest of his work, Pattinson is right to say that he is less known than other films, the actor having such a prolific filmography that it can be easy for certain things to be missed or to underestimate.
However, for those who are fans of Swinton, there will always be a new hidden gem to discover, with decades of projects that extend on its first beginnings in films like Orlando at recent risks as The room next to And The end. Although it is natural that everything is not everyone’s cup of tea, perhaps Julia is the one that can be revisited by the public today and redirect her fans base towards a new story with a seal of approval from Pattinson.
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