The severe void of female directors in Hollywood needs to cease, so maybe actresses with the urge like Drew Barrymore and now Scarlett Johansson can be a catalyst. Johansson, a New Yorker, is attached to direct one of the twelve short films that will make up New York, I Love You, a bookend to the recent swooning hit Paris, je t’aime. Like dirty pigeons flocking together to form a feathery heart, the shorts will take a look at “the universal theme of encountering love within the five boroughs of New York City.” And if you haven’t yet confessed your love to a semi-stranger in one of the city’s many dark rooms while under the influence, you’ve got a fun homework assignment for Monday.
While Woody Allen won’t direct a segment, he’s Woody Allen and can help where he wants. I was surprised to see that some of New York’s finest like Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, and Jim Jarmusch won’t be contributing, nor will wildman Abel Ferrara. But it makes sense that a guy nicknamed The Rat will direct aka Brett Ratner. And Zach Braff is there to lend some [chortle] indie cred. Williamsburg calls, Zach. And where’s that mumblecore dude? Interesting choices include the Hughes Brothers, Old Boy’s Chan-wook Park and The English Patient’s Anthony Minghella.
In other news, Page Six reports that Johansson’s still up for the part of Courtney Love in the Kurt Cobain biopic Heavier Than Heaven. I forgot my sunglasses today, so I’m not in the mood to discuss that.
January 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I understand keeping the branding of Paris, Je T’aime, but why not just call it I
January 14th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
^ call it ” I Heart New York”*
January 14th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
@Kashif P.
No, don’t! Inserting that friggin’ heart symbol from I Heart Huckabees into a thousand articles still haunts me.
January 14th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Don’t forget Natalie Portman’s directorial debut of A Tale of Love and Darkness in 2009 :)
January 14th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
havent scorsese and allen have been down a similar road before with new york stories?
January 14th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
So Portman, Berrymore, AND Johanson are all making flicks? Please don’t let this be a trend.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Somehow I feel like out of the three, Portman will take the (vegan)cake in the directing dept.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Give me a fucking break. They’ll give any jerk-off a director gig now-a-days.
January 15th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Note: This was the last time I will ever write “In other news, Page Six reports…”
….must regain college j-school idealism!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Hey guys! What do you think that Scarlett Johansson (actress) actually is a clone from original person, which has nothing with acting career. That clone was created illegally using stolen biological material. Original person is very nice (not damn sexy), most important - CHRISTIAN young lady! I’ll tell you guys more, those clones (it’s not only one) made in GERMANY - world leader manufacturer of humans clones, to be more detail it is in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, North Bavaria, Mr. Helmut Kohl home town. You can not even imaging the scale of the cloning activity. But warning! Helmut Kohl clone staff 100% controlling all their clones spreading around the world, they are very accurate with that, some of them are still NAZI type disciplined and mind controlled clones, so be careful get close with them you will be controlled as well. Think wise..
Her close friend Sergei G.
P.S. H.R. 534, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on February 5, 2003. After discussion, it was passed on February 27 by a vote of 241-155. It now moves on to the Senate for consideration. This bill makes it unlawful for any person or entity to perform or participate in human cloning, or to ship or receive embryos produced by human cloning. The penalties are imprisonment of up to 10 years and fines of $1 million or more.
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003! regarding Scarlett Johansson (actress)