May 2nd, 2009 / 11:17 pm
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Ryan Call
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Literary Doppelgangers: Brett Easton Ellis and Benicio Del Toro
Ryan Bradley tipped us off to this latest doppelganger. According to Dark Horizons, Benicio Del Toro might play Brett Easton Ellis in a movie adaptation of Lunar Park.
Is this a case of true literary doppelgangerism? Or is it just, like, movie news?
I don’t know. Brett, what do you think?
I think he’s interested just because he’s rarely offered Anglo parts. I think that’s one of the reasons it was very exciting [to him].
I hate that I smoke. It is 12:30 here-I am smoking. I just got home. But Kuz is playing my husband’s favorite- Dementieva. Also know as DEMENTED. But man she’s cute. Her thighs.
I like Benicio. Not so much Ellis.
I hate that I smoke. It is 12:30 here-I am smoking. I just got home. But Kuz is playing my husband’s favorite- Dementieva. Also know as DEMENTED. But man she’s cute. Her thighs.
I like Benicio. Not so much Ellis.
that was supposed to be a comment. Something is wrong . Sorry!
that was supposed to be a comment. Something is wrong . Sorry!
I wanted to like Lunar Park…but it fell apart for me.
I wanted to like Lunar Park…but it fell apart for me.
I liked Ellis when I was in my 20s. He just has not held up for me. But that is just me.
I liked Ellis when I was in my 20s. He just has not held up for me. But that is just me.
del toro is an amazing actor. i’ll watch anything he’s in. i’ve never read any of ellis’ stuff though.
del toro is an amazing actor. i’ll watch anything he’s in. i’ve never read any of ellis’ stuff though.
I am in my 20s, so maybe that’s my problem pr :)
I am in my 20s, so maybe that’s my problem pr :)
Don’t really care for Ellis, but I really like del toro.
Don’t really care for Ellis, but I really like del toro.
I couldn’t take BEE seriously after Glamorama. Am I the only one? I kind of thought that would be a heftily voiced opinion here.
I think I’m disproportionately cynical when I’m at this site.
Less Than Zero is maybe the last book I ever read that I’d consider “formative,” though. How’s that?
And Del Toro was awesome in Traffic.
I couldn’t take BEE seriously after Glamorama. Am I the only one? I kind of thought that would be a heftily voiced opinion here.
I think I’m disproportionately cynical when I’m at this site.
Less Than Zero is maybe the last book I ever read that I’d consider “formative,” though. How’s that?
And Del Toro was awesome in Traffic.
Josh,
I haven’t read Glamorama, but I haven’t heard great things about it.
I taught Less Than Zero this semester in my ENG 101 class and it was almost unanimously hated.
Josh,
I haven’t read Glamorama, but I haven’t heard great things about it.
I taught Less Than Zero this semester in my ENG 101 class and it was almost unanimously hated.
Ellis can string the sentences together as good as anyone, but his character’s are as thin as the paper they’re written on, his narratives uninteresting and repetitive, his attempts at satire weak and uninspired. Not to mention his simplisitic moralizing (money is bad and people are greedy and we need to learn to open up and communicate better, or something). Lunar Park read like a mix between Augusten Burroughs and Stephen King. I imagine the movie to be about as good as the recent adaptation of The Informers, even with Dr. Gonzo, I mean Che Gue, I mean Del Toro.
Ellis can string the sentences together as good as anyone, but his character’s are as thin as the paper they’re written on, his narratives uninteresting and repetitive, his attempts at satire weak and uninspired. Not to mention his simplisitic moralizing (money is bad and people are greedy and we need to learn to open up and communicate better, or something). Lunar Park read like a mix between Augusten Burroughs and Stephen King. I imagine the movie to be about as good as the recent adaptation of The Informers, even with Dr. Gonzo, I mean Che Gue, I mean Del Toro.
Based on those two photos, del Toro doesn’t look a bit like Ellis, so the “doppelganger” claim doesn’t really stick. The Ellis photo looks more like a young Dan Ackroyd to me.
Based on those two photos, del Toro doesn’t look a bit like Ellis, so the “doppelganger” claim doesn’t really stick. The Ellis photo looks more like a young Dan Ackroyd to me.
agreed. i guess you didnt fall for the cigarette trick.
agreed. i guess you didnt fall for the cigarette trick.
Glamorama kinda blew. But Less than Zero, American Psycho and Lunar Park were all good, in my opinion.
Glamorama kinda blew. But Less than Zero, American Psycho and Lunar Park were all good, in my opinion.
did anyone see ‘the informers’
i guess jonny ross might have
so it was bad?
just wondering
did anyone see ‘the informers’
i guess jonny ross might have
so it was bad?
just wondering