James Franco

[ArsValance]

James Franco transformed into poet Allen Ginsberg on the set of his new movie Howl in NYC yesterday. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ginsberg's most famous work, James is taking on the biopic along with costars Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd. After a year of diverse movies including Pineapple Express, Milk and . . . Nights in Rodanthe, James Franco isn't ready for a break yet. Maybe this role is less of a stretch for James as a dedicated student and future published author himself.

jfranco.net

 

[Erna]

He has the greatest smile. I loved him in Pineapple express, I think he is actually a pretty big stoner, considering how well he acted one...hahh! And that pic of him napping during class, well, can he get any cuter?

 

[adore dior]

it sucks soo hard that i will have to wait months or over a year for this movie to come out.

 

[tew/stroke]

Just by looking at those pics I can tell that it will be an amazing film, if for nothing more than the fact that James looks absolutely adorable in those glasses.

 

[flyme2themoon]

^ Yes, he does look adorable, AND hot, with those glasses on.

I like this look on him. With this look, he doesn't look like the type of guy who would fall asleep during a lecture.

 

[deschanel]

James reminds me of Cary Grant. Those pictures are only perpetuating the fantasy

 

[STYLEOClDE]

so cute in those glasses. <3

 

[rox_yr_sox]

"A Letter To True"
A Film Journal
by Bruce Weber

Supplement to Vogue Italia Nov 2003



my scan

 

[ArsValance]

James "Franco Says Relax" tee shirt
http://store.cottonfactory.com/cf-825.html

 

[rox_yr_sox]

James Franco's Top Ten 10(ish) Criterion DVDs

You can add James Franco to the list of Criterion’s most ardent fans. This month, the actor, seen left in a photo recalling My Own Private Idaho, taken by Gus Van Sant in Oregon in fall 2008, has contributed to our ongoing collection of Criterion top ten lists. Franco, who’s currently studying fiction writing at Columbia University and film direction at NYU, wrote to us, “I am obsessed with the Criterion Collection. I have included more than ten, but I have lumped them by director. After compiling this list, I realized that I don’t have Fellini, De Sica, Godard, or Truffaut on here. Or Kurosawa, Jarmusch, Buñuel, or Fuller. Basically, I have every disc in the collection, and I am making my way through them all. It’s rare that I watch one I don’t like.”

1. The Spirit of the Beehive, Victor Erice
This was such a surprise. I had never heard of this film. The premise is original and poignant, and the performance by the little girl is mind-blowing. It is about the power that movies can hold over us. It delivers the wonders of childhood and the saving grace of imagination.

2. Murmur of the Heart & Lacombe, Lucien, Louis Malle
Malle delivers stories that still resonate for their audacity of subject and unflinching portrayals of sorrowful characters.

3. My Own Private Idaho & Mala Noche, Gus van Sant
Gus is the best. Idaho was one of the first movies with which I fell in love. I would watch it repeatedly when I was a teenager. River Phoenix gives the performance of a lifetime, original and inspiring. As a young actor, I needed nothing more than this performance for inspiration. The film is a collage of techniques, plots, and themes, expertly wound together as only Van Sant is able to do. When Criterion released this DVD with a film-length interview between Todd Haynes and Gus, it was a gold mine for an acolyte like me. There are also great old magazine articles, and an odd conversation with J. T. Leroy, before he was exposed. Mala Noche is Gus’s first film. He financed it with his own money. It’s a great early glimpse into many of the themes that continue to consume him.

4. A Woman Under the Influence & Opening Night, John Cassavetes
Not much to add about Cassavetes, except that Criterion has put together an incredible box set, John Cassavetes: Five Films. There are alternate cuts, interviews, and documentaries, as well as the incredible films. Woman and Opening Night show Gena Rowlands at her best. These films contain performances that will never be matched, but are also structural innovations. I wish I could make movies like this.

5. The Battle of Algiers, Gilles Pontecorvo
I don’t know how he made this movie, except that he used the real people. This is where Soderbergh learned half of his **** (as I’m sure he’ll admit). This is an amazing three-disc set, with hours of documentary footage.

6. Salesman & Gimme Shelter, Albert & David Maysles
The Maysles are masters. Their philosophy of Direct Cinema is proved in these films. Life is as interesting as fiction. This is not reality TV; it is observational documentation in the purest sense. It is not manipulated; the only filter is the obvious love the filmmakers have for their subjects. Salesman is as deep as Death of a Salesman or The Iceman Cometh, and Gimme Shelter is like Greek tragedy.

7. L'Eclisse & L'Avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni
Antonioni is still elusive, but these great discs help open an understanding of his work through documentary and illuminating commentaries.

8. Il Posto, Ermanno Olmi
What a beautiful film. Olmi was a documentary filmmaker who then switched to features. He explores young love in very simple, but deeply felt, terms. Even more exciting is the short film included on the disc, La cotta. This is like Rushmore in miniature. A young, imaginative kid in love. So fun and sad.

9. 3 Women & Secret Honor, Robert Altman
Altman is another hero. These films are hypnotizing because of their pace. Altman’s cameras swirl around and zoom in on his characters as they reveal themselves slowly. Altman said he let actors do what they became actors to do (meaning: Act! Create!), and these films are two examples of how this freeing process can create indelible performances.

criterion via ohnotheydidnt

 

[b9409]

Cool photo - in a Gucci summer suit, I assume. I like the cool light taupe/black tie combo. Kind of unexpected.

 

[b9409]

^ from imbd.com

Found some more:

http://community.livejournal.com/francolove/65358.html

 

[ArsValance]

i adore his smile.cute~~
thank you for your posting pasha.

 

[inferno]

^^ gorrrgeous!

 

[b9409]

He is very talented, kind, polite, or at least he seems like it. I wish I were more like him and much much less like myself

...and very very handsome; there is no way he can fake that, right? And I am a guy admitting it. Cool Franco, very cool. Nice to see you get appreciated and praised for your movies and great personality.

 

[ArsValance]

^indeed,he's great actor.
can't wait to see his new movie HOWL.

 

[ArsValance]

James Franco Gets Buried in His Books

James Franco was in student mode earlier this week as he tackled his graduate school assignments at Columbia University's library in NYC. He's been hard at work on the set of Howl, but as finals time approaches James needs to focus on his academics. It will be Summer soon, and he will be leaving the city to film Your Highness in Ireland and Date Night with Tina Fey and Steve Carell. With a nonstop schedule like his, it's no wonder James has taken to such unorthodox napping habits.

popsugar.com

 

[lmelanie]

i just watched pineapple express...i loved it!!!

 

[flyme2themoon]

He's so cute in student/study mode.

I didn't know that he's going to be in Date Night!

 

[kobro22]

OMG athank you so much for that student photo he is so HOT!!!!!!!!!!