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Jessica Lange Says She Plans to Retire From Acting Soon as “Creativity Is Secondary Now to Corporate Profits” in Filmmaking
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | OCTOBER 6, 2023 | Abby White

Posted on 10/06/2023 7:07:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Oscar-winning 'King Kong' and 'Tootsie' actress pointed to big franchise films as having "sacrificed this art that we’ve been involved in … for the sake of profit."

Jessica Lange doesn’t think she’s going to work in filmmaking much longer after feeling that “creativity is secondary now to corporate profits.”

In a new interview with The Telegraph published Thursday, the Oscar-winning actress spoke about her love of photography, bouts of loneliness, never feeling comfortable with fame and why she thinks the industry is not what it used to be for performers.

The King Kong and Blue Sky star admitted that she feels “wonderful films by really great filmmakers, wonderful stories, great characters” are rare now. As a result, she is considering retiring soon from the performance industry, telling the U.K. outlet, “I think I’m going to start phasing out of filmmaking.”

'Marlowe' Review: Liam Neeson in Neil Jordan's Tired Raymond Chandler Reboot When asked to clarify if she meant she’s “actually thinking of retiring,” the Tootsie actress responded, “I am.”

“I don’t think I’ll do this too much longer,” she continued. “Creativity is secondary now to corporate profits.”

The American Horror Story star and Golden Globe winner said that in today’s movie-making industry, “the emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your stockholders.” That is something that ultimately “diminishes the artist and the art of filmmaking” for the actress.

Lange pointed to “these big comic-book franchise films” — which she says she’s “not interested in” herself — as having “sacrificed this art that we’ve been involved in … for the sake of profit.”

She also took aim at the “frantic editing” style of more modern productions, which is unlike her past films where the camera would linger and hold on an actor’s performance.

“I don’t know if it’s because the filmmakers think that they can’t hold the attention of the audience anymore,” she considered. “That kind of filmmaking drives me crazy.”


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To: nickcarraway

Profits?!

Disney and Warner Bros aint makin “profits” honey... they’re busy making the tripe you demand they make.


21 posted on 10/06/2023 7:49:18 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: nickcarraway

She just figured this out?


22 posted on 10/06/2023 7:50:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Telling a story....storytelling - Gregory Peck


23 posted on 10/06/2023 7:51:20 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( See"War by🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: nickcarraway
Unless she makes a me-too movie about an ape that gropes her, what's the point?

-PJ

24 posted on 10/06/2023 7:51:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: nickcarraway

Operation Paperclip

The Anti-Christ Invaders into the United States post WWII


25 posted on 10/06/2023 7:53:41 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( See"War by🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s always been about profits .

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26 posted on 10/06/2023 7:56:30 PM PDT by Mears
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To: nickcarraway

I thought she retired—or died—years ago.

True, that Marlowe flick was dull, but it was watchable and inoffensive.


27 posted on 10/06/2023 7:56:58 PM PDT by x
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To: blackdog
She seems delusional.

For artistic value and talent, a top Broadway show is the pinnacle of the acting world. That’s because it’s a heck of a lot more difficult to do a live stage act than film a movie with multiple takes, film editing, etc.

But the movie industry is much more lucrative than live theater. That’s because there no way to do a mass distribution and simultaneous performances of a Broadway show.

This is why many talented actors migrate to Broadway almost as a hobby — AFTER they’ve made a fortune in movies.

28 posted on 10/06/2023 7:58:14 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: sam_whiskey

She couldn’t very well say that now, could she?


29 posted on 10/06/2023 8:01:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

She is 74 years old and worth 20 million.


30 posted on 10/06/2023 8:15:46 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: nickcarraway

Lol. They always have been

Idiot.


31 posted on 10/06/2023 8:16:24 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: nickcarraway
Same thing that happened to Hollywood, happened to Nashville. Both are dead and gone.

32 posted on 10/06/2023 8:30:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
#30: "She is 74 years old and worth 20 million."

Not bad. But I'd prefer to be 20 years old and worth 74 million.

33 posted on 10/06/2023 8:32:05 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: nickcarraway

Because nothing says “art” like a reboot of a 40-year-old movie about a giant ape and a blonde bimbo...


34 posted on 10/06/2023 8:33:03 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: blackdog

The only thing I remember her in, is King Kong... Was she in other movies?


35 posted on 10/06/2023 8:33:04 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: nickcarraway

This is what passes for news....
The girl is sharp, she sharp as a tack.


36 posted on 10/06/2023 8:37:46 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: nickcarraway

When was the last time she worked in Hollywood? She was a has-been 20 years ago.


37 posted on 10/06/2023 8:40:17 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Alberta's Child

You’ve given me an idea...not that I will do anything about it...

With today’s technology there is no way a live Broadway show couldn’t be broadcast to a theater anywhere. They do this for sporting events, opera....

The other idea is to have different theater companies in all metropolitan population areas > 100,000 population do the show. Same songs, same lines. If the show is getting good reviews it could be an attraction to many...the movies are so bad...it could happen..


38 posted on 10/06/2023 8:47:24 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: nickcarraway

There are lots of indy films out there. The film festivals would dry up and blow away without them. And there is a stable of ‘A’ and ‘B’-list SAG actors that prefer to do those kinds of films, because actors are given lots of leeway, even doing improv and scenes the way they want, not what some green director wants them to do.

The indy producers love them as well, because not only will their names bring in backers, but will boost their box office. And give them cred with the critics.


39 posted on 10/06/2023 9:03:09 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: x

Frances was still her best movie.


40 posted on 10/06/2023 9:03:11 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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