He talks about school-aged kids driving the bus, Rickie Lee Jones as actress, casting speedbumps (and how Stephan Bender and Max Roeg are TEH BEST), etc.
GS: There is a highly charged eroticism that transfers to the screen courtesy of the performances by Stephan Bender as Nathan and Maximillian Roeg as Roy. Every time Roy says “touch me” to Nathan you can feel the electricity. Can you please say something about working with Stephen and Maximillian?
JB: These young men are such professionals! They took their roles very seriously. They really delved into the characters including that they spent time with local kids in Louisiana doing research and talking extensively with me about the character and I believe, they even spoke a bit to Jim (Grimsley) about the characters. They were not at all fearful about the intimate scenes in the film. Max is the son of filmmaker Nicholas Roeg and grew up, I suspect, with David Bowie at the dinner table, among others so he was just very open minded and professional. His mother is Theresa Russell. And Stephan had done “Superman Returns” and that was his first experience and he didn’t just look at it as a role that could get him a lot of attention, but as “how do I make this the character the writer/director envisions?” Very professional, and I think they will both go on to do many more films.
In the midst of my Google trawling today, I stumbled across the site for Milan's annual GLBT film festival. Alas, it was held in June, but they did screen Dream Boy! Also noticed a clearer shot of the poster image, ( under the cut. )
Not very nice, but they do have some lovely things to say about Max. Also, MAJOR SPOILERS, pertaining to many of the scenes including the ending, so skip if you want to remain spoil-free!
First of all, thanks to everyone who voted in the poll! Nice to see so many of you are watching our fledgling group :D
As it stands, the majority has read the book, so I'll start up the first discussion tomorrow evening. For those of you who haven't read the book yet/waiting for the movie, I'll make sure all discussions are lj-cut.
Also, thanks to everyone who has participated in the poll so far! I'll keep it open for another day or so, and then we'll start setting up some discussions ;)