"Only lovers will survive": actors and photos

Film director Jim Jarmusch created the film, inspired by the works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain and all unknown to the spectator elements and forces. Nevertheless, starting with the title of the picture and ending with the semantic climax, the vampire elegy "Only lovers will survive" (the actors of the first plan: T. Hiddleston, M. Vasikowska, T. Swinton, A. Elchin) is almost a mirror image of the modern sociocultural situation in the world.

Poetry of the narrative

The creation of the film "Only Lovers Survive" was dragged on for a long seven years, exactly so much was needed by D. Jarmusch in order to raise the necessary amount for the implementation of the project. As a result, in 2013, the Cannes Film Festival premiered this silent and contemplative film, the plot of which looks frankly secondary, in comparison with the poetry of the narrative. The project of Jim Jarmusch is a fascinating film. Soft, stiff, like tired, like his central decadent characters. The author clearly expresses his sympathy and sympathy for his heroes - wonderful creatures doomed to drag their existence to the end of centuries.

Through thorns to success

Creation of the film "Survive only lovers" actors invited to participate in the project, suffered without much shock, in contrast to the director, who does not hide his aversion to digital cinema. As a result, Jim Jarmusch, limited to a modest budget, still had to use digital video cameras Arri Alexa. But the visual series did not suit him. To get at least an acceptable picture, Jarmusch was forced to experiment for a long time with various optics and low illumination.

Art-author

Creator of the "Ghost Dog", "Dead Man" and "Broken Flowers" film director Jim Jarmusch, according to the movie community, has a subtle taste and a unique sense of humor, in his 60s he is young in spirit. His next project "Only lovers will survive", whose actors and roles were selected under the vigilant control of the director, is a touching, meditative, funny epos, paradoxically, but practically rid of the plot as such.

In the world film industry there is a canonical paranoid-sweet basis for films about vampires: from low-budget thrash horror to aesthetic masterpieces, from the canonical "Dracula" to the romantic twilight saga based on works by Stephanie Meyer. They all talk about a secret insurmountable power that has a strong world, frightening and irresistibly seductive. However, Dzharmush deliberately turns the classical foundations upside down. His vampire heroes are inspirationally beautiful, weak creatures. Human blood does not make them omnipotent, only introduces a sweet dope. According to the author's version, vampires, taking part in the development of human civilization, stood not for crowned individuals and oligarchs, owners of corporations, they were close to great scientists and artists.

Among other things, in the film "Only lovers will survive" the actors, the entire film crew, and after the premiere and film critics noted not only the exquisite romantic component, but also the unshakable humor, without which the director is simply unthinkable. In the film, references, symbols and irony are everywhere. For example, the main character Adam basically considers people as completely hopeless creatures and calls them "zombies". In this case, the doctor who supplies the vampire with purified and tested blood is called Dr. Watson.

Non-Terrible Vampires of the Dramatic Thriller "Only Lovers Will Survive"

The actors of the film and the roles are matched to each other unmatched - one hundred percent hit. It seems that in none of her acting roles Tilda Swinton, who played the role of Eve, was not so feminine, and the incarnate image of Adam, Tom Hiddleston, finally managed to get rid of the obtrusive role of Loki from the film adaptation of comic books Marvel. It was they who managed to convey to the viewer the idea of the director.

Their heroes are scattered across continents (he is in Detroit, she is in Tangier), but reuniting with lovers is worthless. Always at their service salon intercontinental liner or "Skype" at worst. The main thing that connects the heroes of Swinton and Hiddleston is a high cultural level.

Adam was once a close friend of Schubert and Byron, Eve is a friend of the real author of Hamlet, also a vampire Keith Marlow (actor John Hurt). Adam is still a popular rock star, but his time of glory is at an end, Eve is able to barely touch, to determine the time period for creating any musical instrument. He collects guitars and lutes, she is an ancient book in all languages of humanity.

Such are the central characters of the thriller "Only lovers will survive" to a wide audience. The actors who embodied them on the screen realized the task set by the director for one hundred percent.

Elegy on the cycle of blood and culture

To present a brief description of the storyline of the film can only be formally, since Jarmusch consciously builds a semblance of the plot only for pro forma, in fact concentrating the attention of the beholder on the seemingly magnetized atmosphere of his project. The main characters: pale like the death of Eve, performed by the brilliant Tilda Sweeton, full of healthy optimism and life; Adam, embodied by Tom Hiddleston - a great musician, a writer of misanthropic, sad music.

They are vampires and have been together for more than one thousand years. Sometimes to maintain the tone, the couple lives separately. Eve spends eternity among the desert, enthusiastically rereading the refined poetry, Adam in America secretly prepares to commit suicide, by storing a wooden bullet of 38 caliber. Eva, as if feeling his condition, urgently crosses the ocean. It's amazing how much the actors in the film worked together. "Survive only lovers" will necessarily become a significant picture in the filmography of the performers of the main roles.

Intermedia with an unexpected visit

The meeting of lovers takes place in the American Detroit, where heroes regretfully watch the decline of the once-cradle of the automobile civilization. With sadness the couple is visited by a theater that was magnificent in the old days, now turned into a parking lot, Jack White's house, serving as a reminder of the flowering of the underground. This is how the almost eventless plot develops until the sister of Eva Eiva suddenly visits the heroes.

For those moviegoers who have missed the charming heroine of the Tim Burton project "Alice in Wonderland", the appearance of the out-of-control Eywa will be a real surprise. After all, she is the matured Alice, whose role was performed by the talented young actress Mia Vasikovska.

Sister Eva burst into a measured film narration and upset the emotional balance of the main characters who profess the principle of not killing. Her visit will not do without human sacrifice, he will prove to be a prelude to the sarcastic ending that has put an end to the illusions that fed lovers in the sacred sense as richly as in the artificial artificial blood. By the way, all participants of the production before the premiere show kept secret the main intrigue of the film "Only Lovers Survive": actors, producers and director.

Actors' Ensemble: Tom Hiddleston

The film has received very positive feedback, it should be seen not only by the uncompromising admirers of Jarmusch's art, but also by the admirers of the actors who performed the primary roles.

Thomas William, who is also Tom Hiddleston, a native of Britain, an actor in theater, television and cinema, is known to a wide audience for films: "Midnight in Paris", "Thor", "Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness" and "The Avengers". He made his debut in the television series about the life of Nicholas Nickleby, after which he was filmed for a long time on television in multi-series projects: Churchill, Conspiracy, etc. Hiddleston was twice nominated for the L. Olivier Award in the category "Best Debut" in theatrical productions. A real breakthrough of the actor should be considered signing the contract with the studio Marvel, in the screen version of the comics which he played the role of Loki.

There was a rumor that before Tom's role went to Tom, she was invited to Michael Fassbender, who would have to meet again on the set with Mia Vasikovskaya, Michael's screen partner for "Jane Eyre." What is not pleased with the possible prerogative to Fassbender, remains a mystery, but the role still went to Hiddleston. The actors of the film "Only Lovers Survive" have never regretted the choice of producers.

Tilda Swinton

Catherine Matilda (Tilda) Swinton, a British actress, prefers to act in independent films, nevertheless took part in some Hollywood blockbusters. The most famous films in the filmography of Tilda are the following films: "Beach", "Orlando", "Constantine", "Young Adam", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Something's wrong with Kevin" and " After reading, burn it. "

Career Tilda developed rapidly, after participating in several television films in 1986, the actress made her debut on the big screen in the movie "Egomania: an island without hope" known for its mega-radical approach to filmmaking director Christoph Schlingenzif. In the film, she was the screen partner of Udo Cyrus. After the actress for a long time collaborated with Derek Jarmen, for which he was awarded the title of his Muse. Filmography Sweiton at this time has more than 50 films, and every image embodied by the actress on the screen, once again highly appreciated by film critics.

Vampire Romanticism from Mia Vasikowska

They starred in the drama "Only lovers will survive" the actors, whose photos appear periodically on the covers of glossy publications dedicated to the world of cinema. Mia Wasikowska is an Australian actress, who gained worldwide fame after playing the lead role in Tim Burton's project. The girl dreamed about career of the professional ballerina and throughout eight years diligently was engaged in ballet studio. But fate gave her a surprise.

At the age of 15 Mia made her debut in a movie in a dramatic criminal action movie "Lawlessness on the Outskirts", followed by the films "Skin" and "Kozet". Before playing the significant role of Elinor Smith in the drama "Amelia", the girl managed to star in "September", "Crocodile" and "Call." Even greater popularity for young talents brought the main role in the movie "Alice in Wonderland". In 2015, the actress collaborated with the great director Guillermo del Toro, accepting the invitation to appear in the film "Crimson Peak". Most recently, the premiere of the film "Alice in the Looking Glass", where Mia once again turned into an image of the main character.