Friday
January 14, 2011
Dakota Fanning is featured in W magazine’s February “movie issue” issue along with other A-listers like Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Our Dak is still on top with her "A" game, and has a sweet photo shoot to prove it.
Perhaps the most remarkable moments in film this past 2010 film season weren’t the loud in-your-face 3-D crash and burn action sequences that seem to proliferate the movies; but rather the more underrated subtle performances like Dakota Fanning and her brilliant portrayal of Cherie Curie, the little girl lost in the 70’s biopic The Runaways. The Runaways came, went, and never even opened in my home town. Almost nobody saw Dakota in this movie, well they should.
"It was important for me to go to a normal high school. I have a locker, which was a big deal. My mom had to buy me a lock and teach me how to use it. It’s the little things: Where do you go at lunch? How do you open the locker? I wanted a yearbook! Now I have a lot of signatures in my yearbook—‘Have a good summer’ and all that."
—Dakota Fanning
Does anyone else think the W picture of Dakota owes its photographic composition and artistic lineage to that classic Jodie Foster pic from Taxi Driver? The hat, the curly hair, the juxtaposition between the caryatid columns of neon signs. Perhaps any homage, real or imagined is all in my head—but its always seemed to me that Dakota and Jodie share this weird ethereal parallel karma. Whatdoyou'all think, just wondering . . .
The hat, the hair and the tiny hot-pants a definite tribute to Jodie Foster, but I don't remember Jodie in black leather! Not that I'm complaining....
ReplyDeleteAs for "The Runaways", a similar situation here in the UK, where it'll finally get a DVD release next month. Perhaps some will be tempted to check it out on the back of the Tightlight DVDs which have all been No1 best sellers here.
If you belong to Yahoo groups, could I invite you to have a look at my tribute to Dakota at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fanning_The_Flame/
Natamlkar
Of course it's an homage. The more things change…fascinating that the art director made the connection from so many years ago to the "ooms" photo. Plus, isn't that original photo a publicity shot and not actually a frame from the film? On to p of it, who will appreciate the connection? Only true fans and movie buffs. Interesting it's a modern take on the 70s image too, not just a reproduction.
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