You may have read about Madonna screening her new feature, Filth and Wisdom, at the Berlin Film Festival this week, and now, Indiewire is screening a three-minute clip from the film (that you might not want to watch at the office, if your co-workers object to salty language and/or images of scantily-clad strippers rehearsing).
I’m not sure if there’s enough here to judge if Filth and Wisdom is good, bad, or somewhere in the middle, though I have to say, it’s nice to see a scene of a young woman who’s not proficient at working the pole. Cinematic depictions of exotic dancers always make it seem like any amateur can just grab hold and spin to her/his heart’s content (sometimes upside-down!); seeing a character lose a shoe and come to an awkward thud, well, it’s kinda invigorating, as is the moment where the young woman cleans her work station with some Windex.
The dialogue, on the other hand, is not quite as fresh. Somebody tell me the underlying message here isn’t "be the best stripper you can be," ’cause I can’t make heads or tails of the Madonna interview that accompanies the clip. "Non-judgment and duality"? Blah, blah, blah. I’m gonna go watch the video for "Burning Up" now.
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Hey guys & gals, I KNOW this is completely off topic, but I wanted to post this in a section where music enthusiasts would chime in & since you mentioned MADONNA in this item Michael, I’m sure this will get ALOT more attention than a typical IDOL post! SO I just read Jordin Sparks is tapped to open for Alicia Keys’ upcoming Spring tour. THATS KINDA SAD. I know SOny/BMG are disappointed in Jordin’s sales, but what GROWN adult, who wants to pay to see Alicia wants to sit through Princess Sparkles? I said last Fall when the album was due, that Emily King would be the perfect tourmate for her, esp. since they’re on the SAME label & she has yet to get any real press or see any big sales action since her debut was queitly released last August. I would love to hear what other people think of pairing the paino diva with…the kid who won Idol last year. I personally think its a terrible match. Maybe Slezak will post a blog about it later today…?
talk about off topic…
I’m not a Madonna fan, but I enjoyed the clip, and the ladies pole dancing were fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
oh i can’t wait for this movie to come out in theatres or on itunes!
She can do no wrong!!
Not sure I’ll be checking out the full version, but I gotta give it up to Madonna for always trying new things and using her creativity in new and different ways. It certainly beats having to listen to some of the other “divas” who come out with *new* music that sounds exactly like the CD that came out prior.
sorry to say it, but it looks pretty awful to me. heavyhanded.
This is a short film only 81mins. I think its great that Madonna has chosen to make her directional debut here in Britian using actors other than American. We should support her becuase she is giving British people in the film industry jobs. It makes a change from American drivel that we go to see week in/out at the cinema Eugene Hutz is a brilliant musician/actor/mad man and good for Hollys Weston and Vicky McClure(“This Is England BAFTA award actress)Go for it girls. Yeh!