"Our cameras, as always, will be there for you." Susie Tucker (Lisa Bronwyn Moore)
"My way of understanding the world is by taking pictures of it." Bruce Taylor (Robert Lepage)
"It was all fun until it was not fun." Tina Menzhal (Jessica Pare)
"Is it possible for you to live without a camera?" Blaine de Castillon (Frank Langella)
Entertainment Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly - 05/02/2003
"...Pare is ridiculously gorgeous..."
Product Description:
When teenage beauty Tina Menzhal (newcomer Jessica Pare) is discovered by big city model scouts, she is living a life of quiet contentment in an isolated Canadian town. Adored by the camera, she quickly becomes caught up in the superficial world of fall collections, photo shoots, and celebrity parties. As Tina's fame escalates, she finds herself increasingly powerless--trapped in an uncontrollable maelstrom of celebrity worship that is dependent on the media hype which follows her every move. Tina's entire life--from an emotional meeting with her estranged father to her relationships with a string of older men (played by veteran actors Dan Akroyd and Frank Langella)--is filtered through the camera's eye. Lightly satirizing our media-saturated, fame-obsessed society, French-Canadian director Denys Arcand tells the story of Tina's rise and fall through a succession of fictional clips of talk shows, entertainment television, and newscasts. An entertaining commentary on the culture that produced MADONNA:TRUTH OR DARE, the ultimate testament to celebrity narcissism, STARDOM echoes that film's resounding question: Why say anything if it's not on camera?
STARDOM opened the 2000 Toronto Film Festival and closed the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
To research the film, director Denys Arcand spent eight days undercover as the assistant camerman of celebrated fashion reporter Jeanne Beker.
The film was shot in London, Paris, Miami, New York, and Cornwall, Ontario. Quebec stage director-filmmaker Robert Lepage plays a large role as a photographer-filmmaker in the movie.
Camilla Rutherford, who plays Tina's supermodel best friend, is a real model. This is French-Canadian director Denys Arcand's first English language film.
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