I had the pleasure of viewing a private screening of "The Soloist" (Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.) yesterday evening. Now, I don't know about you but I've been waiting for the release of this movie for almost a year now! So, you can imagine how delighted I was to have finally seen the previews over the weekend.
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Jamie Foxx does an excellent portrayal of Nathaniel Ayers- certainly worthy of an Oscar nod. Capturing Paranoid Schizophrenia in all of it's mystifying darkness is no easy feat. In reading the notes provided on "The Soloist" at the presentation, I found that Jamie had undergone extensive training for Cello and Violin playing (Yes: He's really playing the instruments in the movie). Foxx separated himself from "real" life and lived in a tiny apartment, practicing on his instruments and getting into character. He's quoted as saying, "...it was tough... because I had to try to submerge myself into the mind of a schizophrenic in order to really understand what Nathaniel's journey is all about. You have to kind of slip off the deep end a bit, and the biggest challenge was letting go."
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A superb movie very well done- Check out the trailer below and be sure to hit up your local movie theater on April 24th!
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I can not WAIT to see it!
I can't wait to see this movie.
I was thinking about this last night!!!
Cant wait to see this movie!!
I can't wait for this!!!!
And yeah I know what you mean...I go to the movies a lot and kept seeing the previews like last year and then it had stopped..so now im glad its finally back on.. :)
i am so keeping my eye out for this one. thanks.
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