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Š-DR- Tilda Swinton /Bio

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Š-DR- Tilda Swinton /Bio

07/08/2015 12:11 par tellurikwaves

Tilda Swinton

née le5 novembre 1960à Londres, est une

actrice, productrice de cinéma et mannequin britannique.

Biographie

Tilda Swinton est née en Angleterre d'une mère australienne, Judith Balfour (née Kilen), et d'un père écossais, Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, Major-général^[1]. La famille Swinton est une ancienne famille anglo-écossaise dont la lignée remonte jusqu'au X^e siècle^[2].

Tilda Swinton a étudié à la West Heath Girls' School (dans la même classe que Diana Spencer^{[réf. nécessaire]}). Diplômée de l'Université de Cambridge en sciences politiques et sociales, elle intègre la Royal Shakespeare Company en 1984, qui la lance sur la scène théâtrale.

Carrière

Sa carrière cinématographique commence en 1986, dans Caravaggio de Derek Jarman, avec qui elle tourne de nombreux autres films dont Edward II qui lui vaut de recevoir la Coupe Volpi de la meilleure actrice à la Mostra de Venise en 1991.

Elle revient au premier plan au début des années 2000, en tournant dans des films aussi variés que Vanilla Sky, Bleu profond (qui lui apporte des récompenses) ou Constantine avec Keanu Reeves. Mais c'est surtout sa participation à l'adaptation de la saga littéraire à succès Le Monde de Narnia qui va la propulser sous le feu des projecteurs. Elle y incarne la Sorcière Blanche, rôle qu'elle reprend dans les deux suites cinématographiques.

Le 24 février 2008 , elle décroche l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle pour son interprétation de la froide avocate Karen Crowder opposée à Michael Clayton (George Clooney), dans le film homonyme de Tony Gilroy^[3].

Adepte des transformations physiques pour les personnages qu'elle interprète, elle se dévoile autrement dans des films comme Julia (2008), We need to talk about Kevin (sa performance est saluée au Festival de Cannes 2011 où le film est sélectionné en compétition officielle), Snowpiercer (2013), The Zero Theorem (2013) ou encore The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Dans ces deux derniers films, elle arbore des looks pour le moins extravagants, les maquillages transformant facilement les traits de son visage androgyne.

Dans un autre registre artistique, elle est proche d'Olivier Saillard ; elle réalise donc régulièrement des performances avec lui.

Vie privée

Tilda Swinton vit à Nairn, en Écosse, avec ses deux enfants et son compagnon Sandro Kopp, un peintre allemand. Le père de ses jumeaux Xavier et Honor (nés en 1997) est le dramaturge John Byrne (en) qui vit à Édimbourg^[4]. Tilda Swinton dément toute rumeur de ménage à trois^[5].

En 2013, elle figure dans la liste des 50 quinquagénaires les plus élégants établie par le Guardian^[6].

Festivals

En 1988 elle est membre du jury des longs-métrages du 38^e Festival international du film de Berlin.
En 1993 elle est membre du jury des longs-métrages du Festival international du film de Moscou. .
En 1998 elle est membre du jury des longs-métrages du 55^e Festival international du film de Venise.
En 2002 elle est membre du jury de la section Cinéfondation et courts métrages du 55^e Festival international du film de Cannes.
En 2004 elle est membre du jury des longs-métrages du 57^e Festival international du film de Cannes.
En 2009 elle est présidente du jury du 59^e Festival international du film de Berlin.

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Distinctions (fin)

International Cinephile Society Awards 2014

Won
ICS Award

Best Picture Not Released in 2013

International Cinephile Society Awards 2013

Won
ICS Cannes Award

Best Director
Jim Jarmusch

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2015

2nd place INOCA	Best Original Screenplay Jim Jarmusch 2nd place. Tied with Birdman.
Nominated INOCA	Best Production Design 5th place.

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2014

Won Halfway Award	Best Original Screenplay Jim Jarmusch Tied with The Grand Budapest hotel (2014).
Nominated Halfway Award	Best Director Jim Jarmusch 5th place.
	Best Actress Tilda Swinton 5th place.
	Best Supporting Actress Mia Wasikowska 4th place.

Iowa Film Critics Awards 2015

3rd place
IFC Award

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton
For Snowpiercer and The Grand Budapest Hotel

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2015

Nominated
IOMA

Best Art Direction (Miglior scenografia)
Marco Bittner Rosser

New York Film Festival 2013

Nominated
Grand Marnier Fellowship Award

Best Film
Jim Jarmusch

SXSW Film Festival 2014

Nominated
Audience Award

Festival Favorites
Jim Jarmusch

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2013

Won Special Prize of the Jury	Jim Jarmusch
Nominated Maria	Best Motion Picture Jim Jarmusch

Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2015

Won
VFCC Award

Best Actress
Tilda Swinton

Village Voice Film Poll 2014

Nominated
VVFP Award

Best Film

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Distinctions (part1)

Showing all 15 wins and 27 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2015

Nominated
Saturn Award

Best Horror Film

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2014

Won EDA Female Focus Award	Actress Defying Age and Agism Tilda Swinton For Snowpiercer
Nominated EDA Award	Best Picture Jeremy Thomas Reinhard Brundig
Nominated EDA Award	Best Director Jim Jarmusch
Nominated EDA Special Mention Award	Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston

Boston Online Film Critics Association 2014

Won
BOFCA Award

Ten Best Films of the Year

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Won Cannes Soundtrack Award	Jozef van Wissem Sqürl
Nominated Palme d'Or	Jim Jarmusch

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2015

2nd place
COFCA Award

Actor of the Year
Tilda Swinton
For The Grand Budapest Hotel , Snowpiercer and The Zero Theorem

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2014

Nominated
CFCA Award

Best Art Direction/Production Design

Chlotrudis Awards 2015

Won Chlotrudis Award	Best Production Design Marco Bittner Rosser
Nominated Chlotrudis Award	Best Actress Tilda Swinton
Nominated Chlotrudis Award	Best Use of Music in a Film Jim Jarmusch Carter Logan Shane Stoneback Jozef van Wissem

CinEuphoria Awards 2014

Nominated CinEuphoria	Best Actress - International Competition Tilda Swinton
	Best Duo - International Competition Tom Hiddleston Tilda Swinton
	Best Cinematography - International Competition Yorick Le Saux
	Best Original Music - International Competition Jozef van Wissem

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2015

2nd place Chainsaw Award	Best Supporting Actress Mia Wasikowska
3rd place Chainsaw Award	Best Actress Tilda Swinton
3rd place Chainsaw Award	Best Score Jozef van Wissem Tied with Jonathan Snipes for _ Starry Eyes (2014)_

Fright Meter Awards 2014

Nominated
Fright Meter Award

Best Director
Jim Jarmusch

Independent Spirit Awards 2015

Nominated Independent Spirit Award	Best Screenplay Jim Jarmusch
	Best Female Lead Tilda Swinton

International Cinephile Society Awards 2015

Nominated ICS Award	Best Picture
	Best Actress Tilda Swinton
	Best Original Score Jim Jarmusch Carter Logan Shane Stoneback Jozef van Wissem

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Trivia

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There was some action in the film at first. But when Jarmusch was asked to add more he instead removed all of it.

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The white dwarf Eve mentions to Adam while driving across the city is the star called BPM 37093, also known as Lucy (named after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds). Its nuclei is in a cooling down process, which makes the star core pulsate like a giant gong.

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The word "vampire" is never used throughout the film.

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Contrary to most viewers' assumption, Jarmusch did not name the two main characters directly after the Adam and Even of the bible; rather, he was referring to Mark Twain's satirical work The Diaries of Adam and Eve. Jarmusch told a Hollywood Reporter interviewer that "it wasn't until shooting the film that I realized everyone's first impression will be the biblical reference. Whoops. It's too late now. What can I do?" Twain's is one of the faces visible on Adam's wall of framed portraits in the movie.

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Eve books a flight for herself and Adam under the names "Daisy Buchanan" and "Stephen Dedalus," main characters in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, respectively.

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Some of the many pictures on Adam's wall include portraits of Richard Wagner, Jean Michel Basquiat, Nikola Tesla, Isaac Newton, Christopher Marlowe, William Blake, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William S. Burroughs, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Arthur Rimbaud, John Keats, Sitting Bull, Bo Diddley, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Patti Smith, Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane Thelonious Monk, Johann Sebastian Bach, Nicholas Ray, Bruce Lee, Buster Keaton, Rodney Dangerfield, and Harpo Marx as well as numerous musicians whom Jarmusch has worked with on various films including Tom Waits, Neil Young, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Iggy Pop, and RZA.

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There's a bar in Delray (Detroit) that they filmed some outside shots at. The bar was called "Ideal" and had been closed since 1986. The old man who owned the bar had to purchase the house next door in order to have access to the cement stairway between the buildings to get to the outside basement level of the bar. The old man told everyone on the cast and crew who would listen how it took him so long to purchase the bar and to talk the old lady that owned the house to sell to him although he didn't want the house (he only wanted the cement staircase that led to the basement level). Shortly after the filming at the bar (which took place in late July 2012) the old man torched the house next door for the insurance money.

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Although Jim Jarmusch wanted to shoot this movie on film and has a general distaste for digital cinematography, he had to use the Arri Alexa for budgetary reasons. He managed to work with low lighting and specific lenses in order to come up with a look he found acceptable enough to work for him.

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One of the books that Eve packs for her trip to Detroit is a catalog of Jean-Michel Basquiat's work. Jeffrey Wright (Dr. Watson) played the title character of the movie Basquiat.

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Among the books Eve packs for her trip to Detroit are the play "Endgame" by Samuel Beckett, "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, and "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace.

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During Adam's visit to Dr. Watson twice throughout the film, his name tags show "Dr. Faust" and "Dr. Calighari", which pay homage to the classic German legend Faust and the 1920 German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

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The band White Hills seen live in the film has a song called "Let The Right One In" on their self titled 2010 album.

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Michael Fassbender was in talks to play a role.

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There is a banknote on the table in Adam's house shown a few time in the movie. It is a Slovakian 20 Korun from 1993.

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All the actors playing vampires wore wigs that where a mix of human, yak and goat hair in order to make them look more wild.

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During the credits, Jim Jarmusch thanks his longtime partner with a message that reads "Inspiration and instigation: Sara Driver".

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The film shares its title with a 1964 Dave Wallis science-fiction novel which was considered as a film project for the Rolling Stones and would have been directed by Nicholas Ray, who mentored Jim Jarmusch in the 1970's when he was a graduate student at NYU.

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When Adam leaves Dr. Watson's office, the doctor says Adam must be from Cleveland. Jim Jarmusch was born in Akron, 40 miles (64 km) from Cleveland.

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Spoilers

The trivia item below may give away important plot points.

In the first draft, Eve was 2000 years old and the druid of a matriarchal Celtic tribe. Adam was 500 to 600 years old. Jarmusch decided that Adam and Eve would be aware of each others true age so he argued they have no reason to state it in the film, but simply informed the actors of the age of the characters.

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External reviews (liste partielle)

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Index

163 reviews in total

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Two immortal lovers reunite after years of separation.

Author: sinann-4 from New York
1 January 2014

Yes, Only Lovers Left Alive is another vampire movie. Yes, the characters are very pale and old and romantic. Yes, it is very much full of clichés and stereotypes. However, it is also wickedly smart, beautifully shot, filled to the brim with talent and full of cultural witticisms.

Tom Hiddleston is Adam, Tilda Swinton is Eve and Jim Jarmusch is a genius. This is a director that tells us all we need to know without doubting our intelligence. He allows us to fall into the depths of the film without worrying about a perfectly neat beginning, middle and end. He even stops his characters from following tedious and predictable patterns, because after all, they're too old for that.

This is a movie for film lovers and pop culture enthusiasts. It is a vampire film that takes advantage of its time span; cultural references dating back hundreds of years can be found at every corner. Only Lovers Left Alive does not focus on blood and gore, it is not a thriller nor a horror, it doesn't even truly focus on the world of vampires. Instead, Jarmusch studies the eternal, he explores the quiet, perhaps boring, every day life of a modern, intelligent and ancient being who has, quite literally, seen it all.

- Sinann Fetherston.

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Author: JW-30
17 January 2014

Wonderful imagery. style and atmosphere in the extreme. great acting. Beauty in many forms: you get a lot for your eyes. Also, depending on your taste in music, there is also a lot for your ears.For your brain, sadly, not as much."Only lovers left alive" is filled with a lot of name-dropping, by word, picture and sometimes sound. Whether you find that fascinating or pretentious depends on your taste.

But what this movie really lacks is a story. The characters are throughout and the dialogue may be scarce, but has some dry humour and snappy lines. That doesn't save it from going nowhere. Glaring plot holes may make you cringe at times. And the pacing looks like Jarmush tried to surpass Kaurismäki in terms of slowness. If so, he won. So perhaps this movie is best tasted in the state its protagonists enter after relishing an excellent glass of blood: dazed, blissful, and somewhat drugged.

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Author: dance-party-kgb from Australia
16 November 2013

This is Jim at his utter best. The balance between emotive writing and gentle quiet spaces within the script are total perfection. The characters are well rounded and very easy to empathize with, which is surprising for a couple of centuries old vampires. There is none of the usual gaudy over the top vampiric crap that usually fills these types of movies. It's a love story at heart and one that does a fantastic job of balancing itself so that the intimacy shown on screen is divine taste of these interesting characters lives without falling over the top into some strangely perverse romcom. There is humor and and satire in abundance, though it is never cheapened or thrown into the mix to fill a gap. No this film in entirety is sweet and humbling. The sets are rich and perfectly put together, the performances are flawless from each and every member of the cast no matter how long their involvement. This movie is the type that causes you to want to crawl into it's story and settle down to live within it.

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Author: corrosion-2 from United Arab Emirates
16 November 2013

One knows that a Jim Jarmusch movie about vampires is not going to be like any other vampire film. In fact it would be unkind to class this as a vampire movie. Only Lovers Left Alive is a highly stylized and atmospheric film bemoaning the passing of the great rock n roll and Hippy era. Here we have a vampire couple (Swinton & Hiddleston - both excellent and perfectly cast) living an isolated life in an abandoned house in Detroit, USA. Hiddleston used to be a famous rock n roll artist who has become a recluse collecting old guitars and records. They survive by purchasing blood samples from a corrupt doctor. We also have one of their old vampire friends (John Hurt) living in Tangiers where the blood is specially pure. Things take an unexpected turn when Swinton's mischievous sister (Mia Wasikowska) visits them. Only Lovers Left Alive has cult film written all over it. The music is great too and blends perfectly with the atmosphere. Essential for Jarmusch fans and recommended to others too!

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Author: Cs_The_Moment from United Kingdom
14 March 2014

Only Lovers Left Alive is one of the most breath-taking films I have ever seen. As a fan of the more artistically styled film I was captivated throughout. The entire film is quiet and dark with an eerie feeling of timelessness that matches the souls as old as time itself, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton). The film centres around their eternal love, highlighting the modern world through the light, easy-going spirit of Eve and the tortured romantic Adam. Despite being set in the modern day it is completely unlike vampire films of recent times, presenting a visually beautiful story of true romance.

Artistic is the epicentre of this film. It is entirely set at night so it has a sleepy, soft half-light, in the empty, mysterious streets of Detroit and Tangier. The script has a minimal feel, giving the impression that every word is important, and there are some great moments of dark comedy scattered throughout, mixed with cultural and literary references and philosophical observations. Everything about it is slow and measured and perfected, even down to the synchronised movements of Adam and Eve. The acting is stunning, with a particularly beautiful performance from Tom Hiddleston, who carries the role of the suicidal vampire who has grown tired of the disrepairs of the world with a darkly sexy air. Tilda Swinton provided a light to Hiddleston's dark, offering a rescue at the darkest of moments. There was yet more contrast with Eve's wild and unpredictable younger sister (Mia Wasikowska) and the wise, worldly Marlowe (John Hurt). The clash of characters adds to the charm of the story and the style.

The film is slow-paced but contrary to other opinions I didn't feel that it dragged on in any way. It presents a lot of truths about current society which really made me think. Naturally, it remains true to some vampire film stereotypes: dark, sexy and romantic. If you're a Tom Hiddleston fan in particular I recommend this, his portrayal of such a flawed character is simply stunning. However even if you're impartial, I would highly recommend this film, everything about it is breath-taking and gorgeous. It achieves artistic without clouding the message of the film and draws you in to its perfect eternity and escapism.

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Author: Martin Bradley (MOscarbradley@aol.com) from Derry, Ireland
16 February 2014

Jim Jarmusch's delicious new comedy is a vampire movie unlike any other. It's set in the present but forget those "Twilight" sagas; these are vampires for the art-house crowd, smart, funny and yes, sexy creatures of the night, (the whole film takes place at night; there isn't a single shot in daylight), and I was crazy about them. Indeed Jarmusch has fashioned a masterpiece about a couple of lonely people whose only solace is each other, doomed if you like to be together for all eternity or until one of them gets a stake or a wooden bullet in the heart or drinks some 'bad blood'; (I loved the subtle AIDS metaphor; be careful who you bite). Adam, (tall, dark and sexy Tom Hiddleston), and Eve, (a mesmerizing Tilda Swinton), have been married to each other, several times it would appear, over the centuries but living separate lives, he in Detroit as a reclusive musician, she in Tangier where she has another old vampire for a friend.

He is Christopher Marlowe, (yes that Christopher Marlowe), and he's played by John Hurt with a twinkle in his eye. It's when Eve visits Adam in Detroit, flying by night, (in a plane; what did you expect - bat-wings?), that all hell breaks loose in the shapely form of Eve's sexy sister, (a terrific Mia Wasikowska), who can't keep her fangs to herself. As you would expect from Jarmusch this is funny, intelligent and off-the-wall. Hiddleston proves to be a highly dapper comedian while Swinton is superb as Eve, getting all she can out of a life she knows is going to go on forever. Unmissable.

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Author: l_rawjalaurence from London
12 March 2014

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE pulls no punches with its audience; it expects us to take note of the literary references peppering the script, to figures old and new, making us away of the transhistoricity of the love-affair between Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton). In a world becoming increasingly disheveled and uninhabitable - the shots of a desolate Detroit are especially affecting - their love remains the only constant. However director Jim Jarmusch suggests that they need an outside transfusion of perfect blood to keep their affair going, something that can only be provided through a few sources, notably through Christopher Marlowe (John Hurt), who lives in a dark, dingy café in Tangier (another place deliberately chosen by director Jarmusch as the symbol of a place where trade and/or exchange has historically always occurred).

When the blood runs out, so Adam and Eve have to resort to more direct methods of sustaining themselves. The ambiances evoked through this film are memorable; the zombie culture populated by Adam and Ava (Mia Wasikowska), the labyrinthine streets of Tangier, where sellers on every corner offer "something special" - which is not special enough for Adam and Eve. Within this ambiance the love-story is strangely haunting: we care for the two protagonists and their future, even though we are aware that their affair has continues for centuries. The film doesn't necessarily offer an optimistic conclusion, but at least it suggests that Adam and Eve will continue stay alive, at whatever cost.