Interview articles from July 2005

Interview archives from July 2005

Interview goes to Tokyo.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Your special issue on Tokyo [June 2005] just arrived in my mailbox, and I wanted to be the first (okay, among the first) to congratulate you on this incredible edition. For a while now I've been noting "something in the...

Only connect.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I was so pleased to hear Ingrid Sischy's almost incredulous tone when remarking to Camille Paglia [May 2005] that in academe, of all places, there isn't a way to discuss the most hot-button issues. In fact, I was so...

Here, there, everywhere!(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, After reading Elton John's interview with Jamie Cullum [April 2005] I decided to buy Cullum's DVD, Live at Blenheim Palace. Knowing that Elton John is practically never wrong where recognizing young talent is concerned, I...

The lane less traveled?(Diane Lane)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I love your magazine and think it's the best! I was wondering, though, could you please do something on Oscar-nominated actress Diane Lane? I think she is so glamorous and beautiful yet sadly often overlooked. It would be...

Tomato, tomahto.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I was very disappointed with your choice of cover subjects for the May issue. Although Russell Crowe is a great actor I feel that Lisa Marie Presley has had a more interesting life and should have been featured on the cover...

A man, Amanda, a mystery.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I'm writing with a question regarding actress Amanda Seyfried, whom you featured in your May 2005 issue. I am constantly seeing a video on both VH1 and MTV for The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" that stars Eric Roberts and a...

Tantastic: carrots and oranges belong in fruit baskets, not on the skin.(LOOK OF THE MONTH)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Nothing matches the enduring allure of the suntan. Previously considered a sign of poverty, obtained from hours of laboring outdoors, the tan is said to have been popularized by Coco Chanel in the '20s when she sunbathed in the south of France....

Isla Fisher: her unorthodox upbringing took her from Brunei to the beaches of Australia. But it's her clown-school lessons that are paying off big-time.(MOVIE SCENE-STEALER)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Isla Fisher's character in the new film Wedding Crashers is, to put it lightly, all over the map--which is nothing new for the 29-year-old actress. Born to Scottish parents in Muscat, Oman, Fisher spent her early years living in a variety of...

Jesse Bradford: a former star of fluffy teen movies rolls up his sleeves and gets down and dirty in the indie film world.(MOVIE BREAKOUT)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... In the new movie Happy Endings, Jesse Bradford plays Nicky, a wannabe grifter who lives in a sleazy motel, sports a greasy goatee, and carries an unregistered handgun. The film, a dark ensemble comedy from The Opposite of Sex (1998) director...

Sally Potter: some moviemakers live for the deal-making, others for the power and fame. But for this british writer-director, creating In the shadows of film fantasy is what it's always been about.(view WOMEN)(Interview)
July 1, 2005... STEPHEN MOOALLEM: I've read interviews in which you talked about a line of poetry providing the impetus for a film. Where did Yes, your latest project, come from? SALLY POTTER: It came from at least two places. One was a direct, intuitive...

Emily Blunt: if the bad-girl shoe fits, wear it, baby!(MOVIE HEAT)(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... In Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love, Emily Blunt plays Tamsin, a seductive, manipulative, rich teenager who befriends a fragile working-class girl during a stifling summer in the English countryside. The film maps the terrain of an...

Rize: a new documentary by David LaChapelle shows how dancing can save your life.(DARING DOCUMENTARY)
July 1, 2005... It was three years ago, while directing a Christina Aguilera video in Los Angeles, that photographer David LaChapelle first encountered a group of teenagers who were engaged in an aggressive style of hip-hop dance known as krumping and who...

Preview: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... (Warner Bros.) Directed by Tim Burton As the elusive, eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka, Johnny Depp leads the charge in this new retelling of the fabled Roald Dahl novel about a boy named Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), who wins a tour...

Preview: Bewitched.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... (Columbia) Directed by Nora Ephron In this postmodern remake of the kitschy '60s television series, Will Ferrell stars as a desperate, down-on-his-luck actor who gets one last chance for fame: to play Darren, husband to Samantha Stevens,...

Preview: War of the Worlds.(Movie Review)
July 1, 2005... (Paramount) Directed by Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise reunite for yet another update of H.G. Wells's classic 19th-century alien-invasion novel, which has been re-imagined so many times that it's inspired its own...

Last Days.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... REVIEW: LAST DAYS (HBO/Picturehouse) Directed by Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant's latest follows rock star Blake (Michael Pitt) as he spends the waning hours of his life in an eerie sort of purgatory, stalking around his house with a...

Saraband.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... REVIEW: SARABAND (Sony Classics) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Thirty-one years ago, Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1974) offered an unforgettable portrait of a husband and wife in love and crisis. This 2003...

Tropical Malady.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... REVIEW: TROPICAL MALADY (Strand) Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul In a season dominated by flying saucers and brooding superheroes, the greatest special effect you're likely to see onscreen is the uncompromising nature of this...

Night Watch.(Movie Review)
July 1, 2005... REVIEW: NIGHT WATCH (Fox Searchlight) Directed by Timur Bekmambetov The forces of night and day have long guarded an uneasy truce--one which is close to crumbling and taking the world down with it in this first installment of a Russian...

Shine on: take a walk on the mysterious side of the street.(SHADES OF SUMMER)
July 1, 2005... Whether employed to block the paparazzi flashbulbs, to hide the evidence of one too many late nights, or to simply shield one's retinas from the sun's rays, sunglasses have an indisputable rock-star quality. Glass-tinting technology was...

Go swimmingly: if it's good for the beach in summer, then why not everywhere else?(FASHION SPLASH)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Swimwear is a more ingenious invention than most people think. Created for, well, swimming, it has become, in cities like Rio de Janeiro, the uniform of choice, whether you're swimming or not. Which makes good sense in warmer climates, and...

Picture this: Bryan Adams puts down the guitar, picks up the camera, and shoots for a damn good cause.(ACTION!)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2005... Featuring a cross section of influential women dressed in Calvin Klein, Canadian rocker Bryan Adams's third photography book, American Women, is a collaboration with the celebrated fashion house. Its proceeds will go to the Memorial Sloan...

Teairra Mari: for Jay-Z's newest find, the sky's the limit.(ONES TO LISTEN OUT FOR)(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 1, 2005... At just 17 years old, singer Teairra Mari already knows something that most women don't figure out until adulthood: "Boys don't know how to talk to a woman," she says. Mari's sexy, instructional ditty "Make Her Feel Good," off her forthcoming...

Animal Collective: four boys from the 'burbs banging out the call of the wild.(ONES TO LISTEN PUT FOR)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... In an era of musical Wal-Marts, Animal Collective are the equivalent of that weird old mom-and-pop store: You don't know how it stays in business, but you hope it will always be there. The band, whose members are now spread from Brooklyn to...

The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan.(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... THE WHITE STRIPES Get Behind Me Satan (Third Man/V2) At times, Jack White seems like a guy who has ventured into the natty basement of an abandoned old house and come out wearing a woman's hat and a feather boa with an armful of illicit...

Coldplay: X&Y.(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... COLDPLAY X&Y (Capitol) Most people's neuroses aren't very interesting, but Coldplay have parlayed theirs into a tidy, charming emotional dystopia of multiplatinum pop. X&Y finds the band still perched on the fine line between new and old,...

Johnny Cash: the Legend.(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... JOHNNY CASH The Legend (Columbia/Legacy) With four discs and more than 100 tracks, The Legend is the most comprehensive survey of the Man in Black's career. From his breakthrough Sun Records hits of the '50s to his unprecedented, Rick...

Foo Fighters: In Your Honor.(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... FOO FIGHTERS In Your Honor (RCA) The Foo Fighters' latest is a double disc--one hard, one soft. The rock-steady half of the album riffs on the group's tried-and-true formula: anthemic rock punctuated with heavy-handed declarations, as when...

Billy Corgan: The Future Embrace.(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... BILLY CORGAN The Future Embrace (Warner Brothers) The first solo album from Billy Corgan finds the mastermind behind the late, great Smashing Pumpkins doing his usual tightrope walk between histrionic highs and lows: One song exclaims, "We...

Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff.(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... SHOUT OUT LOUDS Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol) This Scandinavian retro-pop quintet is blessed with healthy levels of musical serotonin: Although they recklessly tread the line between depression and elation with every song, they never...

The Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business.(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... THE BLACK EYED PEAS Monkey Business (A&M Records) Having started out as this decade's answer to Arrested Development, the Black Eyed Peas are that rare example of a socially conscious group whose songs have done more damage as pop anthems...

This sporting life: action-ready fashion storms off the field.(WICKET STYLE)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... While a large chunk of the world still views the gentleman's sport of cricket with the same perplexed curiosity given to, say, synchronized swimming or competitive aerobics, the same cannot be said of the sport's white-on-white uniform, which...

Trailblazer: a new look at the new look.(DESIGN ICON)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Christian Dior's revolution began with a model in a jacket. So it's no surprise that this summer John Galliano, Dior's creative director, has staged a new look based upon the garment women slipped off men's shoulders and onto their own. In 1947...

The champagne of fashion: froufrou, frivolous, goose bump-inducing, and expensive ... but oh so beautiful! Art created for Interview.(Interview SKETCHBOOK)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... It is difficult to think of the word "laboratory" without conjuring in one's head images of bespectacled, lab-coated technicians, bubbling beakers, and someone invariably named Igor at the ready to do his master's bidding. That said, the common...

Shots in the dark: three new British films reveal the power of love ... to wreak havoc.(MOVIE COLUMN)(Movie Review)
July 1, 2005... "Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't've fallen in love with?" From a great 1978 Buzz-cocks single, that rueful rhetorical question--whined by Pete Shelley as if he's hurtling toward a car crash---could serve as a mantra for three new...

All the dish: at the shore in the middle of the city.(new seafood restaurants)
July 1, 2005... Like the conditioned response of Pavlov's dog, the combined effect of sunlight, mild temperatures, and days that extend well past 6 P.M. can leave toes stretching for sand, noses sniffing for sea breezes, and ears searching for the sound of...

Letter from the editor July 2005.(view)
July 1, 2005... How fortuitous that one of this month's feature subjects happens to be named Miranda July. But the 31-year-old Miss July--who is about to open her first theatrical release, Me and You and Everyone We Know, a film which is already raking in the...

Rachel McAdams: she's nobody's next thing--when you're this timelessly gorgeous, limitlessly talented, and crashing into theaters at breakneck speed, you're it.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... With the 2004 out-of-left-field hits Mean Girls and The Notebook, the relatively unknown Rachel McAdams burst onto the scene, delivering a one-two punch by portraying utterly opposite characters with startling talent, humor, and grace. This...

Adam Brody: there are hallways full of sweater-vested indie-rock kids who owe their newfound popularity to Adam Brody. But he's not content to let high school be his glory days. He's got his sights set on the big leagues.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... As sardonic antihero of the hit teen drama The O.C., Adam Brody has become the poster boy for Conor Oberst-worshipping, comic book-obsessed, Converse-wearing hipster teens. Nevertheless, Brody has also begun to cultivate a life for himself...

Snap! Six models plus some of the season's coolest casual wear plus a very big bag of quarters (and a very small photo booth) equals Interview's summer fashion story!
July 1, 2005... Models: DOMINIQUE ARMORER/Elite Model Management; BRUNO/DNA; CLAUDIA J./Karin Models; CAMERON LLOYD/APM Model Management; ENRIQUE MIRON/Re:Quest Model Management; PATRICK RILEY/Re:Quest Model Management, Styling: J. ERRICO. Hair: ALEX...

Ed Ruscha: the original master of California cool has never been hotter.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... For over 40 years Ed Ruscha's paintings, photographs, artists' books, and films have examined and challenged the limitless possibilities and endless contradictions inherent in contemporary American culture. Since the early '60s Ruscha's...

Ciara: how did this 19-year-old army brat get crowned the first lady of crunk? The mistress of funk finds out.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... FERGIE: Hi, Clara. So, let's talk about crunk. Some people say "crunk" means to get chronicked up and drunk at the same time. People want to know: Do you get crunk? CLARA: See, I don't get chronic and drunk at the same time. [laughs] My...

Murderball: inside one of the year's most talked-about documentaries.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... The winner of the documentary Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Murderball delves into the world of wheelchair rugby, a full-contact sport played in tricked-out chairs by quadriplegics of varying degrees of physical...

Miranda July: who says there aren't any more renaissance men (or women)? Enter a dame of pure independent spirit: Miss Miranda July.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... Capturing the essence of multimedia performance artist Miranda July is as futile as trying to bottle the wind. But with Me and You and Everyone We Know, her quirky first feature--which won a Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at...

Terrence Howard: actor Terrence Howard is known for creating fireworks onscreen and off--and he's lighting up a theater near you.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... There are actors for whom their job is a pedestal on which to display their own wonderfulness--and then there are "those who live according to the fourth wall," as Terrence Howard puts it. These actors live and breathe in that space between set...

Free radicals: a collection all about anticonformity that wants you to liberate yourself with clothes that inspire you to dance.
July 1, 2005... Wigs created by JULIAN D'YS for COMME DES GARCONS. Makeup by INGE GROGNARD using M*A*C. Special thanks: NICOLAS KENGEN and RENAUD CHARLIER. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

Toasters and hosters.(PAGE 5)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Radha Mitchell in NYC for a screening of Melinda and Melinda, hosted by Fox Searchlight, DKNY, and Interview. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Donna Karan at the Melinda and Melinda screening. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chiwetel Ejiofor at...