![]() And weirdly I also think he’s the only one left who’s got her back and understands her. He’s the pimp, he’s the prostitute, he’s the dealer and the junkie all rolled into one. ![]() ![]() “And then by the time you jump forward, when Celeste has become a brand, he’s as much a part of that as she is, as the sister is, and there’s a co-dependency. “He’s committed and he’s loyal and I think he’s decent early on,” Law said recently, on the phone while stuck in London traffic. Law’s performance might be two-parts sleazy and besotted, one-part sympathetic and protective. Law, playing a character known simply as “The Manager,” shepherds young Celeste on her way up the ladder of stardom only to become trapped by the machinery of the industrial-celebrity complex just as she does. ![]() The full-scale stage set for Celeste’s homecoming show was created just for the film on a soundstage in Portman’s own hometown of Syosset, N.Y. The film’s climactic concert sequence was shot in only a day-and-a-half. Production began in February of this year and the movie was shot in 22 days, with Portman shooting for 10 days. Portman noted that the way she exaggeratedly works a lozenge in her mouth during a contentious press interview was inspired by Madonna in her tour documentary “Madonna: Truth or Dare.” Corbet in a single answer managed to use both Robert Musil’s 1940s modernist novel “A Man Without Qualities” and Jonathan Demme’s 2016 concert film “Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids” to illustrate a point. “Vox Lux,” which features a droll voiceover narration from Willem Dafoe, often feels as if it should come with an attached syllabus or some form of map for the dense thicket of allusions and references created by Corbet and his collaborators. And since things are so tough right now, we should really attempt to try and make stories better and be bolder.” “It’s rare that something really shoots for the moon. “And I think that we actually have to reach for bigger ideas in order to move anyone, because we’re all just so accustomed to seeing the same thing over and over and over again,” said Corbet. “I actually am finding it more and more difficult to write drama because I don’t know how to make audiences invested in literally anything,” Corbet said, “And maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but it’s not too far off because I do find that nothing shocks us anymore. He says the essayistic bold takes of his movies are in some way their purpose. Featuring original songs by Sia, an original score by Scott Walker, and a transcendent performance by Natalie Portman, personifying and pummeling the zeitgeist, Vox Lux is an origin story about the forces that shape us, as individuals, nations, and gods.Corbet’s debut as a feature filmmaker was 2015’s “The Childhood of a Leader,” another fictionalized take on history that examined the rise of fascism between the two world wars. In Brady Corbet's second feature, following his 2015 breakout debut The Childhood of a Leader - winner of the Best Director and Best Debut Film prizes at the Venice Film Festival - Celeste becomes a symbol of the cult of celebrity and the media machine in all its guts, grit and glory. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled Vox Lux, the indomitable, foul-mouthed pop savior must overcome her personal and familial struggles to navigate motherhood, madness and monolithic fame in the Age of Terror. By 2017, adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mounting a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career. Celeste's meteoric rise to fame and concurrent loss of innocence dovetails with a shattering terrorist attack on the nation, elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Jude Law). In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. The film spans 18 years and traces important cultural moments through her eyes, starting in 1999 and concluding in 2017. Vox Lux follows the rise of Celeste from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop super stardom.
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