There is a lot to the cover story
/ interview's on SHADE. It includes an AWESOME interview
with director Damien Neiman which is one of the best I've
read in along time. Here is a taste...
GENII: Stallone has done phenomenal work in things
like COPLAND.
NEIMAN: Absolutely.
GENII: And because he became an icon so early in his career--
maybe he doesn't think it was early-- but he's been on the screen
al this time, and a movie like COPLAND or SHADE
must be attractive to an actor like Stallone, who is an
artist.
NEIMAN: He is an artist. Most people, when you say "Stallone,"
just think "Rambo," you know, that kind of character,
but he started out at the top. You can't get any bigger than he
was after the first Rocky. An Academy Award winning
picture, he was nominated for writing it-- most people forget
he wrote Rocky -- and he stuck by it. And he forced the
studio, it wasn't even a studio, it was UA, it was barely
anything, to keep him in the lead. It was a really small independent
feature. It was a small little thing that exploded. So Stallone's
mindset is kind of back in that era. I think he's kind of coming
ful circle and getting back to that, so he saw something in SHADE
that appealed to him.
NEIMAN: The high concept pitch is: It's Pulp Fiction
meets The Sting....
NEIMAN: The editor was cutting while we were going. The
editor's Scott Conrda who, surprisingly enough, won his
Academy Award for cutting Rocky.
NEIMAN: Yes, absolutely. And as a testament to everyone
who worked on the film, from the actors on down, Gabriel ,
Stuart, Stallone, they all said it was the best experience
they ever had on a film. They all said they dreamed of having
the sequel done as soon as possible with all the same crew and
all the same cast....
As Gabriel put it [ Irish brogue]: "There were angels
above the set." [Laughter]
Melanie Griffith, Sylvester Stallone, Gabriel Byrne, Staurt
Townsend and Thandie Newton
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Thanks to Shai for posting
the link on our StalloneZone Message Board. Special thanks
to Ernest
"Jazzman" Resendes for quickly ordering the
mag and getting us the goods. There were many more pics and of
course the rest of the interview... I've ordered a copy of the
mag for myself!
I am so, pardon the expression,
jazzed about "Shade." I love playing poker and
the description "Pulp Fiction meets The Sting"...
well, deal me in!
