Boys Don't Cry
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Trivia
To prepare for her role, Hilary Swank lived life as a man for at least a month, including wrapping her chest in tension bandages and putting socks down the front of her pants much the same way that Brandon Teena did.
Hilary Swank won the lead role of Brandon/Teena after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of three years. She told director Kimberly Peirce that, like her character, she was also 21 and came from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing, and when Pierce later confronted her with the lies, she responded, "But that's what Brandon would do."
Those make me respect Hilary Swank so much, esp. when you also add in all the work she did for her other notable role, Million Dollar Baby. I admire her dedication.
Quotes
Lana: I hate my life.
Brandon: I hate your life, too.
Brandon: Boy, I really fucked up. I borrowed one of Candace's checks. Then I got that speeding ticket, and now it's all in the papers. I just need to learn to stay home, huh?
Lana's Mom: I invited you into my home and you EXPOSED my daughter to your sickness! Did you ever think about Lana in all this?
Brandon: Yes, ma. She's all I think about.
Lana: (to Brandon when he tells her *falsely* that he is a hermaphrodite) Shut up. It’s your business. I don’t care if you’re half monkey or half ape, I’m getting you out of here. [not actually sure about that one, someone else got it for me, damn I need the movie again!]
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on 2006-01-05 05:12 am (UTC)Tori and Velvet Goldmine. you rock. i'm adding you. i don't EVER do that...but you seem special. let me know if that is okay. if not, i will remove you.
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on 2006-01-05 12:48 pm (UTC)aww, thanks! Another Tori/VG fan! of course I it's okay, and I'll add ya back ~_^
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on 2006-01-05 09:29 pm (UTC)you do the same thing i do. i will go on about a movie i just watched and quote it and put pictures up and shit. movies. love em.
and that one...especially. god, that movie makes me cry too. i always cry at movies. i am a wuss... i know this. great song you are listening to, as well :o)
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on 2006-01-07 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-01-07 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-02-26 10:28 pm (UTC)One thing that pissed me off though: Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999)) received the award for playing a woman who was pretending to be a man. (imdb.com)
Teena Brandon was never pretending to be a man. If anything, he was pretending to be a woman.
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on 2006-02-27 12:07 am (UTC)And to the second...yeah, that bothers me too. Of course, Brandon's mother is still in denial. In the book that inspired the film, 'All that She Wanted the woman states that 'Teena' had always intended to come back home as 'Teena'. *shakes head*
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on 2006-02-27 12:10 am (UTC)I did not know it was a book! I def. need to read that.
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on 2006-02-27 12:47 am (UTC)and the book...I never got all the way through. I stopped when they talked about John Lotter and whatever his name is raping Brandon. ;_; very sad. both of them should be executed, the one should not get just life in prison because he gave evidence.
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on 2006-02-27 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-02-27 12:47 am (UTC)