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Kidman defends bath scene with boy, 10
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| October 27, 2004 - 11:52AM
Posted on 10/27/2004 7:22:45 AM PDT by dead
In the new film Birth, Nicole Kidman stars as a woman who believes her dead husband is inhabiting a 10-year-old boy's body.
At first Kidman's character dismisses the boy's claims, but his intensity and conviction begin to sway her, and she starts to fall in love with him.
Kidman with co-star Cameron Bright at the New York premiere of Birth: Photo: Reuters
Though the moment is chaste, a scene in which Kidman and the boy (played by Cameron Bright) share a bathtub, caused a hubbub and drew boos when Birth was screened at the Venice Film Festival.
"I see this as a beautiful film about love, I do not see it as something that is exploitive or distasteful," the 37-year-old actress told AP Television News. "I would never want to make something like that; it's just not my thing.
"Because of my work, I don't even call it work, my expression, the things I choose to put out in the world now ... is very important to me," Kidman said. "And the integrity of that is very important to me."
She added: "What drew me to this film is that it is about the strength of love, and the memory of love, and the desire to have that exist forever."
Lauren Bacall, who plays Kidman's mother in the movie, became irritated during an interview on British television last month when Kidman was described as "a legend."
AP
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:22:45 AM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
Now there's one I never thought of when I was 10!
2
posted on
10/27/2004 7:24:43 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Which part of "Don't Mess With Texas" didn't you get?)
To: dead
Tammy Bruce talks about this kind of thing in her excellent book The Death of Right and Wrong.
And the radical agenda of lowering the age of sexual consent.
3
posted on
10/27/2004 7:25:19 AM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
To: dead
"I see this as a beautiful film about love, I do not see it as something that is exploitive or distasteful," How to artfully and tastefully introduce the world of pedophiles to the general public...
4
posted on
10/27/2004 7:25:46 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: dead
10, the kid's probably in 5th grade, and is likely the most admired among his friends! Wow.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:26:04 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: dead
Maybe he came back to tell her to have a pizza or something.
To: dead
Lauren Bacall, who plays Kidman's mother in the movie, became irritated during an interview on British television last month when Kidman was described as "a legend."
Probably Bacall was irked that they're pronouncing it wrong. It has an S and a B in it.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:26:33 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: dead
What's up with Nicole's "Conehead" like forehead?
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:27:07 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(George W. Bush: "Got wood?")
To: dead
'Oedipus Rex' explored mommy-son love 2000+ years ago.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:27:27 AM PDT
by
Blzbba
(John Kerry is a jackass.)
To: dead
I wouldn't mind taking a bath with her....
10
posted on
10/27/2004 7:27:44 AM PDT
by
Hurricane Andrew
(History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
To: 2banana
"I see this as a beautiful film about love, I do not see it as something that is exploitive or distasteful,"
NAMBLA saya the same thing..........
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:28:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Ask not for whom the Freeper freeps, they freep for thee........)
To: dead
It's happened before...but it's ok because Hollywood says it's art...I wonder what she would do if a middle aged man thought her daughter was his wife, reincarnated?
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:28:22 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
("A bad peace is even worse than war" -Taticus)
To: dead
"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater."
To: 2banana
"I see this as a beautiful film about love, I do not see it as something that is exploitive or distasteful,"
From her mouth to Michael Jackson's bleached and deformed ears.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:28:41 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: dead
I see this as a beautiful film about love...The fact that the movie is lousy has nothing to do with anything.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:28:44 AM PDT
by
JesseHousman
(Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
To: dead
>"I see this as a beautiful film about love..."
There you go! If you
ever wonder how stupid
celebrities are . . .
To: Blzbba
You want new ideas? Read old books.
You want old ideas? Watch new movies.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:29:20 AM PDT
by
niteowl77
(John Kerry: over 30 years of proudly inciting hatred against American soldiers.)
To: Leapfrog
Just substitute Brad Pitt and a 10 year old girl ...
To: dead
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:29:38 AM PDT
by
Vision
("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
To: DTogo
10, the kid's probably in 5th grade, and is likely the most admired among his friends!He's pretty admired by me too! ;-)
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:29:46 AM PDT
by
HitmanLV
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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