nicole kidman She said she felt “unsafe and insecure” Erotic thriller ,Baby girl” premiered Venice Film Festival On Friday, the veteran actor pushed himself far beyond his comfort zone.
Kidman plays Romy, a high-powered New York CEO who becomes involved in a torrid, sadistic-masochistic relationship with a new company intern, also played by Kidman. Harris DickinsonWhich puts her marriage to her husband (Antonio Banderas) and her family life in danger.
The film both begins and ends with an orgasm, and in between there is a roller-coaster of frenzied desire and psychological manipulation, leaving the audience in a high state of anticipation throughout this uninhibited film.
“It definitely makes me vulnerable and scared when it comes out to the world, but making it here, with these people, was fragile and intimate and very, very deep,” Kidman said at a press conference ahead of the premiere.
“We’re all a bit nervous at the moment.”
– ‘fearless’ –
One of 21 films in the main competition for the Golden Lion award, “Babygirl” is the Dutch director’s third film. Halina RegionWho has also written the screenplay.
While studying a woman’s sexual desire, this book also explores power relations – and subverts some of them in surprising ways.
Initial reviews were mostly positive, with Variety calling Kidman “fearless” in the film, which “says something real about the female erotic experience in an age of control”, and IndieWire calling the film a “sexy, wildly funny and daring masterpiece”.
The film succeeds in changing the outdated erotic genre that was popular in the 1980s and ’90s with films like “Fatal Attraction”, “Basic Instinct” and “9 1/2 Weeks”.
Reason said, “I’m very happy to have made a film about female desire, but it’s also a film about a woman going through an existential crisis, and there are many layers to that.”
This was an interest of Kidman’s, who began working in the genre in 1999 with her then-husband. Tom Cruise Stanley Kubrick’s final film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” also takes a deep look at sexuality and the human psyche.
“I would love to test humans,” Kidman said Friday.
“I want to examine women on screen, I want to examine what it means to be human and all the facets and labyrinths of it,” she said.
Last year’s Golden Lion award went to a film that boldly explores themes of self-identity and sexuality – Greek director’s film “Poor Things” Yorgos Lanthimos,
In that feminist reworking of “Frankenstein,” the actress Emma Stone She demolished Hollywood norms of decency by playing Bella, a sexually insatiable reanimated corpse who lives shamelessly for pleasure.
– ‘Emotional burden’ –
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Nicole Kidman shared her thoughts about filming explicit scenes for her upcoming movie. The actress explained that she and her co-star, Halina Dickinson, carefully choreographed the scenes with the help of intimacy coordinators. These scenes were carefully rehearsed, and adjustments were made as needed during filming.
Despite the careful planning, Kidman revealed that she and Dickinson became completely immersed in their roles once the cameras started rolling. “I never really got out of it,” Kidman confessed. “It made me nervous.”
Kidman revealed how the scenes affected her emotionally. “There was a point where I thought I didn’t want anyone to touch me. I didn’t want to do this anymore, but at the same time I was compelled to do it,” she said. “Helena would hold me and I would hold her, because it was so hard for me.”
As the release of “Babygirl” approached, Kidman admitted she found preparing for it as difficult as making it. “It’s something you do and hide in your home video. It’s not something the world would normally see,” she commented.
Reflecting on the experience, Kidman said, “I felt very vulnerable as an artist, as a woman and as a human being. I had to go in and out, like I had to put my safety back on. What did I just do? Where did I go? What did I do?”
– Self-love –
Kidman — who wore a two-tone Schiaparelli gown on the red carpet before the screening — said “Babygirl” falls in line with her agenda to promote female directors.
She said she wanted to “support having a lot more women as directors now, to try to change the ratio.”
The gap between male and female directors at film festivals has narrowed in recent years due to greater attention to gender equality, but female directors remain underrepresented.
This year, Regions is one of seven female directors in the main competition of 21 films.
Kidman, 57, said it was important to have a woman direct “Babygirl.”
“It’s told by a woman through her own vision… That, to me, is what made it so unique, because suddenly I was in a woman’s hands with this material and it was very profound and very liberating to be able to share those things,” Kidman said.
He acknowledged that nudity – of which there is relatively little in the film – was not a primary concern.
Kidman said, “I’m going to give myself over completely to the story, to the nature of the character that I’m playing, so I’m not going to think about the body, I’m just going to think about how we’re going to tell the story.”
Ultimately, Reason said the film is about the question: “Can I love myself in all of my different levels?”
“And I hope it serves as a tribute to self-love and liberation.”
According to Deadline, the film received a seven-minute standing ovation when it premiered at Venice’s Sala Grande theater last Thursday. Kidman’s performance received critical acclaim, leading to speculation of an Oscar nomination.
“Babygirl” will be released in theaters on Dec. 25.
Kidman plays Romy, a high-powered New York CEO who becomes involved in a torrid, sadistic-masochistic relationship with a new company intern, also played by Kidman. Harris DickinsonWhich puts her marriage to her husband (Antonio Banderas) and her family life in danger.
The film both begins and ends with an orgasm, and in between there is a roller-coaster of frenzied desire and psychological manipulation, leaving the audience in a high state of anticipation throughout this uninhibited film.
“It definitely makes me vulnerable and scared when it comes out to the world, but making it here, with these people, was fragile and intimate and very, very deep,” Kidman said at a press conference ahead of the premiere.
“We’re all a bit nervous at the moment.”
– ‘fearless’ –
One of 21 films in the main competition for the Golden Lion award, “Babygirl” is the Dutch director’s third film. Halina RegionWho has also written the screenplay.
While studying a woman’s sexual desire, this book also explores power relations – and subverts some of them in surprising ways.
Initial reviews were mostly positive, with Variety calling Kidman “fearless” in the film, which “says something real about the female erotic experience in an age of control”, and IndieWire calling the film a “sexy, wildly funny and daring masterpiece”.
The film succeeds in changing the outdated erotic genre that was popular in the 1980s and ’90s with films like “Fatal Attraction”, “Basic Instinct” and “9 1/2 Weeks”.
Reason said, “I’m very happy to have made a film about female desire, but it’s also a film about a woman going through an existential crisis, and there are many layers to that.”
This was an interest of Kidman’s, who began working in the genre in 1999 with her then-husband. Tom Cruise Stanley Kubrick’s final film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” also takes a deep look at sexuality and the human psyche.
“I would love to test humans,” Kidman said Friday.
“I want to examine women on screen, I want to examine what it means to be human and all the facets and labyrinths of it,” she said.
Last year’s Golden Lion award went to a film that boldly explores themes of self-identity and sexuality – Greek director’s film “Poor Things” Yorgos Lanthimos,
In that feminist reworking of “Frankenstein,” the actress Emma Stone She demolished Hollywood norms of decency by playing Bella, a sexually insatiable reanimated corpse who lives shamelessly for pleasure.
– ‘Emotional burden’ –
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Nicole Kidman shared her thoughts about filming explicit scenes for her upcoming movie. The actress explained that she and her co-star, Halina Dickinson, carefully choreographed the scenes with the help of intimacy coordinators. These scenes were carefully rehearsed, and adjustments were made as needed during filming.
Despite the careful planning, Kidman revealed that she and Dickinson became completely immersed in their roles once the cameras started rolling. “I never really got out of it,” Kidman confessed. “It made me nervous.”
Kidman revealed how the scenes affected her emotionally. “There was a point where I thought I didn’t want anyone to touch me. I didn’t want to do this anymore, but at the same time I was compelled to do it,” she said. “Helena would hold me and I would hold her, because it was so hard for me.”
As the release of “Babygirl” approached, Kidman admitted she found preparing for it as difficult as making it. “It’s something you do and hide in your home video. It’s not something the world would normally see,” she commented.
Reflecting on the experience, Kidman said, “I felt very vulnerable as an artist, as a woman and as a human being. I had to go in and out, like I had to put my safety back on. What did I just do? Where did I go? What did I do?”
– Self-love –
Kidman — who wore a two-tone Schiaparelli gown on the red carpet before the screening — said “Babygirl” falls in line with her agenda to promote female directors.
She said she wanted to “support having a lot more women as directors now, to try to change the ratio.”
The gap between male and female directors at film festivals has narrowed in recent years due to greater attention to gender equality, but female directors remain underrepresented.
This year, Regions is one of seven female directors in the main competition of 21 films.
Kidman, 57, said it was important to have a woman direct “Babygirl.”
“It’s told by a woman through her own vision… That, to me, is what made it so unique, because suddenly I was in a woman’s hands with this material and it was very profound and very liberating to be able to share those things,” Kidman said.
He acknowledged that nudity – of which there is relatively little in the film – was not a primary concern.
Kidman said, “I’m going to give myself over completely to the story, to the nature of the character that I’m playing, so I’m not going to think about the body, I’m just going to think about how we’re going to tell the story.”
Ultimately, Reason said the film is about the question: “Can I love myself in all of my different levels?”
“And I hope it serves as a tribute to self-love and liberation.”
According to Deadline, the film received a seven-minute standing ovation when it premiered at Venice’s Sala Grande theater last Thursday. Kidman’s performance received critical acclaim, leading to speculation of an Oscar nomination.
“Babygirl” will be released in theaters on Dec. 25.
