It’s the season for September issues. Kathleen just posted aboutRihanna on the cover of British Vogue. We’re all waiting to seeBeyoncé on the cover of American Vogue. And now here’s Jennifer Aniston on the cover of InStyle. Writer Molly McNearney, who is married to Jimmy Kimmel, does the interview – so it’s Jen talking to one of her closest friends presumably to promoteDumplin’, which she shot last year, which I can’t find a release date for, and I’m wondering now whether or not they’re hoping it’ll be a late festival addition, in Venice or at TIFF or maybe the New York Film Festival.
Dolly Partonwrote six songs for the soundtrack and she and Jen spent time together when they were working on the film. They even screened the film together. This is my favourite part of the article:
JA:I had so much fun. There are women devoting their lives to training young girls for pageants, and it’s the real deal. I loved those women and really enjoyed getting into the mindsets. My character is an ex–pageant queen who is fun but broken. It’s a beautiful mother-daughter story. And, of course, there’s the amazing musical element: Dumplin’is an homage to Dolly Parton, who wrote six original songs for this film. She has a whole album coming out when this movie is released.
MM:Dolly is incredible.
JA:She’s magic. I remember the first thing she said to me when she walked into my house. I said, “I don’t know how you do everything you’re still doing.” She said, “Well, I dreamed myself into a corner, and now I gotta live up to it.”
MM:Everything she says is a bumper sticker.
JA:When Dolly and I watched the movie together, we were in a theater full of people who didn’t know we were sitting in the back. During one of the funnier parts, she’s stifling her laugh and whispers to me, “They can’t hear my laugh. They’ll know my laugh.” A couple of minutes later I look over and she’s crying, and she says, “But they don’t know my tears.”
MM:I really wish there were an audio button on this page that readers could push right now to hear the impression you just did of Dolly Parton. It was flawless.
That, right there, is the most interesting thing we learn aboutJenin this interview – that she does a “flawless” imitation of Dolly Parton. So, of course, don’t you want to hear it now? This is probably what she’ll be asked to do, over and over, if there’s a press tour to promote the movie.
And that’s the purpose of this cover, this interview: to generate interest forDumplin’, a film featuring women, produced by women, directed by a woman. My guess is that they’re still trying to find a distributor and asDumplin’is produced by Jen’s company Echo Films, that’s likely her focus right now, to convince people to put up the money so that we will put up the money to go see it.
那是什么策略？好吧，如果这次采访要进行，我们一直从詹（Jen）看到的策略没有太大变化。当然，稳定对投资者具有吸引力。但是新鲜感也是如此。而且，坦率地说，这次采访对我来说并不新鲜。除了电影和多莉（Dolly）的特定细节外，她的名言本来可以是三年前或十年前的。关于小报以及关于她的文章有很多批评。关于她的“禅宗”有多细节。关于一个问题Friendsreunion. To me it’s the same. And, like I just said, is “same” the way the sell this movie? I want to see this movie. I read the book, I’m curious to see the story onscreen. Will this be enough to get it there?
Maybe… with these photos.
She looks SPECTACULAR. Her legs look better than ever. The hair (by Chris McMillan, of course), I LOVE her hair when it’s this texture. The styling – suits, jackets, pants, masculine – all of it is amazing.
Here –watch the video.
Her fanbase would respond to these shots, this interview, and it’d be the same demo they’d want to appeal to forDumplin’.
