Interview articles from February 2002

Interview archives from February 2002

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... A BYTE FROM BULGARIA Dear Interview, Hi from Bulgaria! Maybe you've never heard about this very beautiful and small European country, but I've admired Interview magazine a lot since I first discovered it. I just wanted to write and...

Saying it with Flowers: Fashino's blossoms of grace are everywhere in this season's collections. (Look of the Month).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Every winter's end the ice breaks, the snow melts and the earth warms again, its spring returning to us like an old friend. The plenitude of flora evident in this season's fashion (in addition to demonstrating the flourishing of technique and...

Lars Kaalund: Danish, Italian, English--He's a find in any language. (Movie Tip).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "Danes are not that easygoing," says Lars Kaalund, a rugged 37-year-old Danish actor and director who goes in front of the camera to star in the new Dogme film Italian for Beginners. "Maybe it's all those months spent inside during the winter,...

From Galloping to surfing, this Kate's making waves. (Two Actresses to Watch).(Kate Bosworth)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... You might almost mistake her for the girl next door, assuming that she wasn't galloping by on the back of a horse or riding a Maui wave on her surfboard. Both are not only two of Kate Bosworth's favorite activities, they're also apt metaphors...

From small roles to big, this Katharine's getting raves. (Two Actresses to Watch).(Katharine Towne)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Katharine Towne admits that her family is "so L.A.," her mother wanted to name her Catalina. And that growing up, having spent a lot of time on movie sets with her father, screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown, 1974; Shampoo, 1975), people...

Mohsen Makhmalbaf: The film where politics and poetry meet. (This Month's Urgent Movie).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 44, is one of Iran's most distinguished directors. In his early years as a filmmaker he was a staunch Islamic revolutionary. His political views and activities landed him in jail in 1974, where he spent four-and-a-half years,...

Summer Phoenix: The spring of summer. (This Seasons's Breakout Actress).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... If you think you're seeing Summer Phoenix everywhere, it's because you are. Over the next two months, the 24-year-old younger sister of fellow actors Joaquin, Rain and the late River Phoenix, has four films set to debut. First up is Esther...

Heather Juergensen & Jennifer Westfeldt: Girl meets boy. Things don't work out. Now the plot gets interesting. (Movie News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... It's been four years since an Off-Off Broadway showcase titled Lipschtick jump-started the careers of its writer/stars Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt. Loosely based on the ladies' own dating histories, the witty vignettes followed...

Ben Kingsley: After more than 40 movies he's unleashed his inner beast. (The Actor's Actor).(interviewed by Mira Sorvino)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... As the annual awards season kicks off this month with Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, among others, it seems fitting to sit down with Ben Kingsley, an actor who will all but certainly be a part of those ceremonies. Kingsley's...

Real-life battles, inner struggles & A moth too big to swat. (Movies: Reviews, Previews, Our Views).
February 1, 2002... PREVIEW: BLACK HAWK DOWN Directed by Ridley Scott Action master Scott marshals his forces in a new gladiatorial ring, depicting the real-life events of October, 1993, when U.S. Army Rangers found themselves in a bloody combat situation...

Jeremy Bloom: Skiing down mountains of white, will he come up with gold? (Olympian to Watch).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... If you're looking for Winter Olympics excitement, make sure you're in front of the television when American mogul skiing phenom Jeremy Bloom takes his run. In his quest for gold at this month's Salt Lake City Games, Bloom will attempt to...

Jaguar Wright: She doesn't just sing about teenage mothers. She was one. (Heart and Soul Music).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Keeping commitments to those close to her matters a lot to Jaguar Wright. It's why the 24-year-old singer/songwriter turned down more lucrative offers and recorded her debut Denials, Delusions and Decisions (Motive/MCA) on the label run by...

Dashboard Confessional: Sinatra Swung. Elvis Gyrated. This guy just sings to move People. (The New Love Song Singer).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... You won't find more brutally honest love songs than those proffered by 25-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist Dashboard Confessional, a.k.a Chris Carrabba: One listen to his brilliant sophomore album, The Places You Have Come to Fear The Most...

Shannon McNally: A new blues-rock singer updating sounds old and Gritty. (Music Spotlight).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "Don't you know that I love you when you're down and dirty," sings Shannon McNally on her hook-filled debt, Jukebox Sparrows (Capitol). Her predilection for grit and rawness is obvious: The 27-year-old Long Island native sings with bluesy...

Aaliyah: The singer lived only 22 years, but millions of fans feel like they knew her a lifetime. (The Annals of Star-Fan Chemistry).(Obituary)
February 1, 2002... There are a lot of kinds of love. A fan's is among the most enduring, because it is based on projection, rather than on a personal relationship. When Aaliyah's plane crashed in the Bahamas on August 25 last year, death once again proved two...

Susan Minot: A writer who gets inside lovers' heads and writes down the things they'd never say. (This Month's Page-Turner).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... In each of her four previous books--Monkeys (1986), Lust (1989), Folly (1994), Evening (1998)--Susan Minot has plumbed the complexities of love, both familial and sexual. Her latest work of fiction--Rapture, a novella just released by...

Martha Wilson: Before performance art was a movement, she helped push it. (Avant-Garde's One-of-a-Kind Guard).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... This past year, Martha Wilson and legions of artists whose careers she has helped nurture celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Archive. One of the nation's first "alternative museums," it helped spawn similar institutions...

In Charm's Way: Who's making moveiegoers' tickers flutter? (The New Casanovas).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... When Interview began preparing its February love issue, we found ourselves wondering about the greatest lover of them all--Casanova (1725-98), the Italian author and adventurer, who romanced his way back and forth across Europe, always leaving...

Got Game? (Slam Dunk Style).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Michael Jordan's return to the NBA might have something to do with it. But we've noticed basketball jerseys jumping from center court to the fashion runways this season. Some experts see a mix of reasons for the appeal of the uniforms. It may...

All the Dish: Here comes the neighborhood. (Food Column).
February 1, 2002... Before the recovery efforts following the attacks of September 11 had even begun in earnest, there were those who were predicting the end to one of Manhattan's biggest success stories--TriBeCa. But as anyone who has spent time in the city in...

Days between stations: Not singing too fast. (Music Column).
February 1, 2002... "I don't think she could bear not to be in the headlines," said a professor two weeks after Susan Sontag's instantly notorious New Yorker comment on the September 11 mass murders as " a consequence of specific American alliances and...

View letter from the editor February.(Editorial)
February 1, 2002... "And he's brave," Nicole Kidman tells Michael Cunningham, her interviewer for this month's cover story which begins on page 92. "Brave and bold, two words I really like." We like those qualities, too. In fact Kidman, who can be seen this month...

Nicole Kidman: She's got guts. She's been humanized. She takes risks. And she's the movie star the world has fallen in love with.(Interview)
February 1, 2002... When I first met Nicole Kidman, she was on her way to be fitted for a rubber nose. I was visiting the London set of the film adaptation of my novel, The Hours, in which Kidman plays Virginia Woolf and for which she'd agreed to wear a...

Ready for their Breakout: It's the moment that makes a star a star. Are these young hopefuls ready to shire at full power?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The most thrilling moment in any motion picture is when a shiver of recognition reaches beyond the screen from a face we have never seen before. In the industry, this is called the "breakout" moment, when an actor's uniqueness separates them...

Jennifer Connelly: How often does a women get to play the hero?(interviewed by Julianna Margulies)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Let's call her a late bloomer. Twenty two films and nearly two decades into a prolific, if not widely lauded career, Jennifer Connelly is breaking out. Connelly arrived with great promise as a 14-year-old, impressing in the epic drama Once...

Ryan Adams: It started with a quiet buzz. Now he's really taken off.(Interview)
February 1, 2002... ELTON JOHN: Thank you for coming to Atlanta, Ryan. First of all, I have to say that ever since I heard your first solo album, Heartbreaker [Bloodshot], when it came out in October 2000, you've been one of my favorite recording artists. In the...

Selma Blair: In storytelling she breaks every Taboo in the book.(CAMERON DIAZ)(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... SELMA BLAIR: Are we recording? CAMERON DIAZ: The recorder's on. but whether or not it's recording is another thing. [laughs] No. We're fine. So let's talk about your new movie, Storytelling. First question: What's up with the pink hair?...

Michelle Branch: A Singer who loves the biz just as much as the bright lights.(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Despite the fact that she's all of 18, Michelle Branch's crisp folky pop isn't typical teen fare--her songs have more in common with the Beatles than Britney. "I was always the girl who was wearing the Led Zeppelin T-shirt," says Branch, who...