Neve Campbell to Bring Brooks Story to Film
Hollywood Reporter
Wed Dec 10, 2:34 AM ET
By Chris Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Neve Campbell is gearing up for a starring turn as the silent-film star-turned-elusive actress Louise Brooks.
The former "Party of Five" star has bought Peter Nickowitz and Bill Oliver's screenplay "Lulu" as an acting vehicle for herself. Campbell has wanted to do a film about Brooks for many years, and is now looking for a director and financier.
The script tells the life story of Brooks, who was born in 1906 in Kansas. She went on to star in more than two dozen films, most notably "Pandora's Box," "A Girl in Every Port" and "Beggars of Life." Known for her strong-willed ways -- and her trendsetting bobbed hair -- Brooks then moved to Germany, where she starred in several German productions.
It was in Europe that she became a recluse, hiding from the public eye until she was rediscovered in her later years after she was given a typewriter that she used to write a series of essays about her life.
The beginning of Campbell's project finds Brooks in her solitude and then traces the story of her life. Brooks died in 1985.
Campbell next stars in Robert Altman's "The Company," which she produced based on her own original idea. Her other upcoming projects include "Blind Horizon," with Val Kilmer, "Churchill: The Hollywood Years," with Christian Slater, and James Toback's "When Will I Be Loved."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
Wed Dec 10, 2:34 AM ET
By Chris Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Neve Campbell is gearing up for a starring turn as the silent-film star-turned-elusive actress Louise Brooks.
The former "Party of Five" star has bought Peter Nickowitz and Bill Oliver's screenplay "Lulu" as an acting vehicle for herself. Campbell has wanted to do a film about Brooks for many years, and is now looking for a director and financier.
The script tells the life story of Brooks, who was born in 1906 in Kansas. She went on to star in more than two dozen films, most notably "Pandora's Box," "A Girl in Every Port" and "Beggars of Life." Known for her strong-willed ways -- and her trendsetting bobbed hair -- Brooks then moved to Germany, where she starred in several German productions.
It was in Europe that she became a recluse, hiding from the public eye until she was rediscovered in her later years after she was given a typewriter that she used to write a series of essays about her life.
The beginning of Campbell's project finds Brooks in her solitude and then traces the story of her life. Brooks died in 1985.
Campbell next stars in Robert Altman's "The Company," which she produced based on her own original idea. Her other upcoming projects include "Blind Horizon," with Val Kilmer, "Churchill: The Hollywood Years," with Christian Slater, and James Toback's "When Will I Be Loved."
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Re: This has been floating around LiveJournal. . .
Wed, December 10, 2003 - 11:23 PMi'm going to look on the bright side and hope for a minor lulu revival, enough to bring about the release of more movies on dvd but not enough for our little joint fetish to be invaded by a bunch of teeny-boppers ;) -
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 4:17 AMBut actually, that might be a good thing. For some reason the blood is going to my head at the thought of an army of 13-year old patent leather bob-headed girls learning the charleston and making absinthe in their bathtubs. -
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 4:19 AMAnd instead of jocks yelling "Hey goth!" they could roll their kohl-rimmed eyes and mutter, "That's Lulu to you." I see rolled stockings as the hot fashion trend of 2006. OK, I'll stop now. -
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Re: This has been floating around LiveJournal. . .
Thu, December 11, 2003 - 10:21 AMand the guys all looking like rudolph valentino? or perhaps charlie chaplin -
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 10:53 AMIf the guys all want to look like Valentino, I don't mind. But Buster Keaton was hotter than Charlie. -
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 12:25 PMI wouldn't mind either! Underneath all that make-up and the sometimes foppish clothes, Valentino was quite pretty, and I do agree Buster was hotter than Charlie.
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 1:26 PMi was the sheikh for halloween but i'm afraid i am no rudolph valentino :-/ -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 3:26 AMThat rocks! Did anyone know who you were?
btw, I think of Buster whenever I see Tobey Maguire - the same deep-lidded eyes, the same deadpan stillness on screen . . . -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 12:44 PMone person got it spot-on. i'm not sure what other people thought. i was with a louise brooks though and i think the whole thing worked pretty well!
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 11:31 AMI remember seeing a photo of you in that costume in your LJ. You went all out, dressing as the sheik from head to toe. I meant to tell you that you should forward that photo to the LJ silent film person who's putting together a zine of people dressing as silent film stars. I think she has a shortage of photos of men. -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 12:46 PMwho is this? i don't like that picture that much but i guess i'm game -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 1:21 PMYou don't like the pic? I didn't see anything wrong with it. . .
She goes by the name penny_cokes. Here's the url for her original post about her zine:
www.livejournal.com/communit...ml#cutid1
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 12:11 PMI don't mind teenagers latching onto Louise Brooks. If LiveJournal is any indicator, teenage girls will sustain silent film. Some of them have made their journals beautifully designed tributes to the silent film era. They even adopt names that pay tribute to their idols. The divas, the glamour and the otherness of historical distance lure them in, but the films are what will keep them interested as they grow older, and their lasting interest will help film preservation. -
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 1:26 PMyou're right, i was just being snotty -
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Re: This has been floating around LiveJournal. . .
Fri, December 12, 2003 - 11:33 AMIt's alright. Lulu's brought out possessiveness in more than one individual. ;)
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Thu, December 11, 2003 - 12:20 PMA revival would be nice. . .
In 1992 when I first hit college and started going to clubs, more than half of the girls had dyed black, Louise Brooks bobs. It seemed the mandatory hairdo to have if you were going to places like Club Babyhead. It was the hairdo of choice for "alternative" girls. I think their look was influenced by the lingering effects of the 80s revival in referencing Lulu. -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 2:02 AMoh my god club babyhead
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 3:24 AMClub babyhead? You have to fill me in, I'm not from around here. -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 11:44 AMAh, Club Babyhead was a fun place. It no longer exists. It was located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It featured bands and music that attracted across the subcultural spectrum. One night might be '77 style punk bands; another night could be gothic band night; and the following night might be an electronic DJ night. I'm not even describing all of the music options they used to offer. The good thing is that people of different types would go to the different nights. I was at a techno night looking sort of gothy, and I was almost knocked down by a hardcore punk, and a seventies style punk was going to give him a speaking to, while some raver types danced on obliviously. It was a real melting pot.
The place didn't last, though, and nothing quite like it has popped up in its stead. There are other venues that specialize in certain types of music, but they don't offer the range that Babyhead did. I must admit these other places are much cleaner and have non-frightening bathrooms, but the mannequin heads, the grungeyness, and the strange wall paintings had their charm. It's now been renovated and turned into a discotheque named Club Hell, and it features goth, industrial, fetish, and 80s nights. I think one of my ex-boyfriends still spins there.
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 8:52 AMI thought you must have been to Club Babyhead during your time in Providence! Did you go to a lot of shows there? -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 12:48 PMactually not really. i wasn't going out that much most of my time in providence, and when i did it was more often shows in boston -- the orb, 808 state, the shamen, and moby somehow didn't make it down to RI. i was also at that point going more to raves scattered around the area than clubs.. -
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Fri, December 12, 2003 - 1:26 PMBoston was better at getting the big names for electronic performers, while the Providence area was stronger in getting DJs, so I can see you making that split. Now Boston gets passed up by a lot of touring electronic performers, and I think Rhode Island has rave laws, but some stuff still goes on.
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