few HQ captures from the Fur trailer... btw I'm going to go see the movie in two weeks... one of my old professors has invited me to a private screening here in Chicago... (I'm a film student still, so I keep in touch with my new and old teachers)

so I'll report back...

Thanks for this, Que
She really is the most fabulous actress. This just doesn't look like her at all....no false nose or anything. Honestly if I didn't know it was her...I'd say it was a young Sissy Spacek. Its not the down-play of make-up and costume either.....its the persona within. I don't know the Diane Arbus story, and I'm not likely to read it before the film. I really want to be swept up in this...
Thankyou again for the shots

omg omg omg! thank you so much que! i love the images in this film! thank you thank you thank you! the emotions are so evident in closer inspection of each of those photos! absolutely amazing! nicole, how do you do it? i love love love this! thanks again!

* i can't get over this! i'm sorry! they're all amazing. my top picks would be the ones where she's peeking through the hole, the one where she's looking up, the one where she seems to cry, nicole standing in front of a pool (?), nicole smoking/thinking and the last one where she's covered in hair. basically all of them!

Look at that actress! Superb. Thanks Que.

Will you be the first person here to see it I wonder. I am green with envy and look forward to hearing your report.


It is quiet today. Everyone busy working hard.

Thank you!
ciao

I'm so looking forward to this film.
I really hope that this will be a weak year for best actress (like last year) so that Nicole can be nominated for best actress Oscar!

thank you can't wait for the film to bad it's coming here so late.

......fabulous : thanks Que Nicole looks as beautiful as ever,and I really like this dark hair

If you do get to see it before the rest of us,PLEASE post what you thought?

Thank you very much, Que!
Just put one of those pics as my desktop! Fantastic!

Thank you, Que.

Now I'm even more excited about this film. You're so lucky to get to see it ahead of the limited release. I'm looking forward to your review.

Thank you, Que!

Shainberg and his cinematographers (and who IS his cinematographer, btw? If anyone deserves some kudos it would be he or she) evidently think like painters as well as filmmakers, as these caps make clear. Sometimes that can mean dull or heavy-handed filmmaking, but the trailer and the erotic tension in just those two minutes (as well as early reviews) has me confident (or at least optimistic) that Shainberg has achieved a synthesis of aesthetics and meaning.

(Whatever the heck that meant. In other words - looks good, can't wait!)

Interesting comparison to Sissy Spacek, spudsie. I shall have to look again...and again (go ahead, twist my arm. )

**Ok, I've got to say this. The wigmakers' art is astonishing today, and too little heralded. (They don't even have an Oscar for that, do they? For costumes and makeup but not wigs. They ought to, in my opinion. And again - who is the wigmaker, and or the person who sets it?)

Of course I know she wearing a wig here (or more than one, mostly likely), because I know her hair texture well enough and I know from past films etc. (When I saw Birthday Girl I naively assumed she had just dyed her hair until I read an interview with the director, Jez Butterworth, in which referred to her wearing a wig. Likewise Moulin Rouge -I never even thought about it at first, really.) Of course I know better than that now, but it still never ceases to amaze me how many films I've seen Nicole in and not once am I thinking, oh, yeah, that's a wig you can tell.

Look at the cap where she's on the beach pressing the fur/hair of her coat to her face. Enlarge the cap to see the individual strands of hair that seem to be growing from her "hairline". I see a little band of change in coloration that might or might not be makeup to cover an edge of a wigcap, and I'm sitting here staring at a still image. It's fascinating and I am thoroughly impressed - how do they do that?

Que,

I'm envious as all heck. I will hopefully be one of the first movie-goers to see Fur when it opens to the public. I am so excited about this film, when I am happy to wait to see Nicole's others. Don't know why Fur is different, it just is. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about it.

I'll be waiting for your review Que. Her eyes/face are very expressive. Thanks for the lovely pics.

Oh my! Thank you so much Que!

It's quite interesting to line up all these stills and one by one looking at them from beginning to end. You actually see major character transformation in them. From the content seemingly happy housewife, to a curious and infatuated observer to a very liberated but sad woman. That's what I got out of looking just at Nicole's face.

And can't wait for your review Que!

Thanx so much 4 da caps Que Nic looks amazin U're so lucky ya gonna get 2 c Fur Ya must come on da board and tell us all about it

~Viviana~

She had on a wig in Moulin Rouge? Wow they did a really good job, I thought she dyed her hair b/c it looked a little to red to be her real red hair but I thought it was at least still her hair.

Que you are soo lucky. The rest of us will just have to wait and wait unitl Nov. 10. Thanks for the screen captures

thanks for the hq caps! can't wait to hear your review about fur

thank you.....i can't wait either....

Well said RsD !!!!!!

I must admitt it totally amazes me The Way They Do The Things "They Do" And I agree there should be an Oscar nomination for this category
Thanks Que for such neat pics
I really enJoyed All of them.....
Nic is Truely Such An Amazing One of A Kind Actress

There isn't much pride in getting nominated because the category is weak. A great performance should be nominated on its merit and not just added to the list because they apparently don't have enough oscarbait performances that year, that's why Oscar is losing its power, too many "hail today and forget tomorrow" performances have been nominated. I'd rather see her overlooked than nominated because it is a weak year. I can't even remember those that were nominated last year .

thanks for the scans there great. i can't wait till this movie comes out in November it is going to be so good.

Thanks, Que. xxx

These 2 pics are enough for AMPAS to give Nicole an Oscar nomination.
What do you think?

Amazing captures!! Thanks Que! Can't wait to hear your report when you see the movie!

Thanks Que. I can't wait to hear what you think of this movie.

awl thats wonderful!
spank you for the stills and congrats and i hope you like it

can't wait for your report on the movie! :D

haha my best friend got me saying that and now i cant stop.. :]
yay i hope your laughing wiht me and not at me!

mss_diane.. I think the first photo maybe, but hopefully it will be her acting that wins acclaim and not a photo .

I would hope that second photo, which seems identical to some I have seen before (eg from Birthday Girl), is ignored. It is gratuitous in the trailer and I am saddened that Nicole did not request those few seconds be taken from the trailer. It seems to me to be incongruous with her support for Breast Cancer research and with her care for Sydney Children's Hospital. I may exclude that cap. (apologies Que. It is just, well Nicole may feel comfortable with using her fame to make smoking appear sophisticated, but I would rather my board was not.. not that I am blaming you for making the cap, but now it has been higlighted on the topic, I feel I should make a stand). The other caps, however are excellent.

Foxy I agree with you when you say for the purpose of the board an image that shows smoking should be removed... I didn't even think about that... no apologies needed... I have no issue with that but... if such an image can persuade or convice someone to smoke well something tells me it's not the image's fault...

... I don't smoke, I actually am a health nut and try to keep my body as healthy as possible... and I didn't find this image at all troubling... actually when I saw this trailer for the first time I wrote to skanky about it... she can testify to that... that this image had an impact on me... I think it has to do with the moment more than with smoking or cigarette itself or cigarette smoke... I don't think Nicole nor film's director... well I think it's safe to say they are not trying to poison young minds...

I don't see how this image in any way impacts Nicole's work for Breast Cancer research or her involvement with Sydney's Children Hospital... it is a movie after all...

I really don't think that she's trying to make it look sophisticated... I don't want to go thru the list of her films but there are some out of this world things she does in her movies... which are far more... well I'll leave it at that...

I think a young mind should be able to separate film from reality...

...but I can't disagree if you remove the image, I understand how you see this...


Ed

Thanks for understanding my feelings, although I accept you do not agree with my thoughts and that is fine. I will not develop the theme here as I have mentioned it in the past from other films of Nicole, other than to say, unfortunately young girls model themselves on movie stars. This is why tobacco firms have, in the past, paid huge amounts for smoking by stars to be included in films. Nicole and the director may not intend that, in fact I am sure they do not, however that is the end result, whether they like it or not.

I would have overlooked the image if it had not been highlighted by mzz_diane (although I made a brief mention of it when I first saw the trailer). Once that happened I felt I should say something. I would have preferred Nicole not to smoke in the film, but am resigned to this happening a lot in Nicole films. I take issue with it being in the trailer. I agree there are other 'themes' as well in Nicole's films. Generally these are kept within the film itself.

Do not worry about it for the moment. It was on the trailer topic as well and not removed then. At this stage, this is the furthest my protest goes!

Thanks Que for the HQ pics. The issue of smoking is a valid point that you bring up foxy and I agree with your comment on young girls modelling themselves on celebrities. I personally am not persuaded by anything that I see on the movies but I understand that some people might be influenced by movie stars and think that smoking might be cool. I dont think Nicole wants her audiences and fans to see her smoking but this role demands her to play that part and she is just doing her job. If anybody has thoughts on this, please feel free to reply.

The reason why I chose the two pics is because they resemble past performances that I .
The first pic looks like the opera scene in Birth where Anna showed so much emotions with her facial expressions (totally worthy of an Oscar).
The second pic looks like the scene in The Hours with Virginia Woolf smoking like there is no tomorrow, which earned Nicole an Oscar award.
I have no issues with the pics at all but I totally agree with Foxy that smoking scenes should be removed from the film. I have always imagined Nicole to be a very health conscious type of person with her yoga and gym classes.

Mss_diane - exactly my point I think - "The Hours" photo you refer to was used a lot on the cover of magazines at the time the film was released. For me it was hard to scan the covers and articles in. Even buying the magazines with photos of Nicole smoking on the cover felt like a betrayal to myself and to those I personally knew who died due to smoking in very unpleasant ways. But I did nonetheless. More shame on me I guess

Sorry about diverting the topic here. I think, maybe rather than expanding further on that area (apologies Nicole to your request for more comments), we can focus on the other 30 or howevermany excellent screen caps.

So back to Que's other great screen caps!

Thanks again Que



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Thats ok foxy. On the topic of pics, I just love this shot of Nicole. She looks flawless.

Ed, when exactly are you seeing Fur?

Que, is it getting close now to the date you will see Fur? I am among many here it seems excitedly awaiting your report!

mid october Skanky... I'm still waiting for the exact date... 2 days ago I went to see a screening of Pan's Labyrinth... and my professor said he'd email me the exact date by the end of this week so I'm very excited...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

Ed, do you have a e-mail address that I can contact you? It is just that I have some things that I need to ask.

This is my opinnion, the movie might (and is?) way too weird to AMPAS :/ how great Nic would be the movie itself is too weird and that depends also to the nominations. :(

thanks Que!!