Kill the Irishman

[alliehalliwell]

So VDO's new movie "Kill The Irishman" is coming out sometime this year. Found this trailer on YT.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbaNus9LgV8

Movie looks interesting but I have to say Vincent's looking GREAT! ;D

[Techguy]

The Reel has new photos plus a YouTube video from the movie's premiere.

[Techguy]

Full review of the movie here from NBC Los Angeles.

Here's an excerpt about Mr. D'Onofrio's performance:

...Vincent D’Onofrio as John Nardi, mobster and the lone Italian with whom Greene got along. D’Onofrio’s performance is a frustrating reminder of what a great career he could have had. His accent, cadence, facial expressions, lumbering gait are all fantastic--the guy never cheats a scene.

[DonnaJo]

So true. When VDO reads comments like that, I wonder if he regrets the choices he has made?

[dimarec]

I hate that NBC comment: "a frustrating reminder of what a great career he could have had". He's having a great career, his performance is being acknowledged while being side to side with figures like Stevenson, Kilmer and specially Christopher Walken. He is now having a great career. I cannot put here the word, but NBC must be regretting taking out D'Onofrio, specially the way they did. No way, I do not like that review at all. But at least it is publicity for Vincent D'Onofrio, so I just don't like it, I love that it takes time to put D'Onofrio closer to a headline...

[kacesq]

I loved that review EXCEPT for the "career he could have had." I'm not sure if the reviewer was slamming his TV career or his previous movie choices.

FWIW, I don't think VDO regrets the choices he's made. I think he's done what he wanted to all along for his own reasons.

[dimarec]

You are right kacesq, it looks like a good review. I am completely partial when talking about VDO, and this review does put him as an exceptional performer, but seems to tell us that his career is finished. That is such bad publicity for someone that will be out of work in a few months... So, I still don't like the review. I think that right now he is an extraordinary performer, and any director would be happy to have someone like him on his set.

[kacesq]

dimarec, I completely understand. I read that review and I was so happy to see VDO get such a fantastic writeup and then I got to that quote. And that quote sucks for all the reasons you've listed.

I don't even want to tell you how many of my friends had to hear me complain about that quote yesterday, lol. Honestly, imo, it has no bearing on the review; I don't know why it needs to be there.

[jeffan]

Mar 12, 2011 9:10:43 GMT -5 DonnaJo said:

So true. When VDO reads comments like that, I wonder if he regrets the choices he has made?

Yes DJ - remember the Q&A interview (posted here) with Vincent and Kathryn before the start of a new season of LO:CI (8)? When asked a question about his past film work, Vincent replied that he regretted some of his choices. I laughed when Kathryn responded Mighty Ducks(?) but she did retract it!

[dimarec]

Mar 12, 2011 15:36:51 GMT -5 kacesq said:

Honestly, imo, it has no bearing on the review; I don't know why it needs to be there.

I agree 100%, may be Goren will have an aria that could enlighten us about media company sponsored reviews. (Just day dreaming...)
There is a saying in my country that may be translated as: God's mills are slow but they do grind, it means that when someone does harm to you, sometimes you may have to wait longer to see them fall prey of their actions. I believe in this case NBC may be jealous of VDO fame. (The spanish version of the saying is "Los molinos de Dios muelen despacio, pero muelen").
PS: The quote is noted as belonging to US psychologist, philosopher and economist George Herbert Mead at www.pensamientos.org/pensamientosdios.htm "El molino de Dios trabaja despacio, pero seguro. George Herbert Mead"

[Techguy]

About the review I posted earlier: I interpreted the "what a great career he could have had" comment as an expression of frustration and regret by the reviewer that Mr. D'Onofrio hasn't made more movies in a variety of roles. The reviewer is very complimentary about his performance in this movie, and IMO wishes he had a larger body of film work on his acting resume. Maybe the reviewer also subtly questioned a few of Mr. D'Onofrio's choices of movie roles, as even his most loyal fans have done occasionally. Other than that, I didn't get any negative feelings or vibe from the comment.

[outerbankschick]

"Career he could have had"...

Yeah, I suppose he could have played the Hollywood game...but honestly, it all depends on what you want from your career...your life. He could do it now if he wanted to...but it doesn't seem like he does. He's rather turned-off by the Hollywood game, I think.

They don't call him an "actor's actor" for nothing.

[skittles4me]

I think I once read an article in which VDO said that after "Mystic Pizza" he could have gone all out Hollywood but instead went in his own direction and kept a lower profile.
I also remember he said something like "actors who aren't well behaved don't win awards".
Definitely a march to his own drum kind of guy! I admire that!

Sorry- I don't remember where I read these.

[Moonbeam]

I remember that too. I think I read it over at thereel in their archived articles. I took a look and found this.

Excerpt from Back Stage West: 2000
"If you want to be an actor, you need perseverance. You have to learn how to be turned down and you have to learn how to live the life of an actor. It's the hardest thing to learn. It's the hardest thing to get comfortable in, because it's tough. You're not always going to get the jobs that you want. You're not always going do the kind of work you want to do, and even if you get the work that you want, it's not always going to be seen the way you want it to be seen. You're not always going to get paid what you want to get paid. You're not always going to be working with other actors that are good. You're not always going be working with nice people. You've got to get used to all that. It's a difficult life to get comfortable in and you have to have perseverance. Or you can just become some kind of celebrity--some kind of movie star--and nobody will tell you the truth. You can do that, too. But I'm just talking to actors. I don't know what [movie stardom] is. I just know that with a lot of that celebrity crap, people stop telling you the truth and you live in this false world where everybody lies to you, because you're just a dollar sign to them. It's another life. The other thing I would say to actors out there is to just do what they think they're the best at. If they think that they would make a hell of a celebrity, then that's what they should go for, because there's a good chance they'll get it. And if they think that they'll make a hell of an actor, then that's what they should do, because there's a good chance they'll get that, too. But it takes a long time. Regardless of what anybody thinks, it doesn't happen overnight."

After 10+ years, I think he's in the same place.

[BegToDiffer]

I forgot about this interview. Its good. It says a lot about Vincent. He's smart. He chose acting over celebrity. I don't think he has gotten the credit he deserves, especially from Hollywood. Too bad they don't recognize a really good actor when they see one.