The Film Experience

[Editor's Note: The Film Experience is pleased to welcome Melanie Lynskey, star of Hello I Must Be Going (opening September 7th), as today's special guest blogger - Nathaniel R]

PHOTO TIME. I'm sharing photos! (Part 1)

Most of my old photos are at my parents house in New Zealand, but I did find one good oldie. So I will post one old one, and the rest are from four films I finished filming in the last year. That way I can totally plug those movies!

© Melanie Lynskey for The Film Experience

The first photo was taken at the Venice Film Festival in 1994. I want to tap myself on the shoulder and say, "hey, you're at the Venice Film Festival! Put some mascara on!" But I was going through a time in my life where I refused to wear makeup or high heels or anything form-fitted, partly to drive my mother crazy and partly because I was reading "The Beauty Myth" every few months and getting angrier every time. Also it would really delight Peter Jackson when I showed up to a premiere in Converse, and I love his little laugh, so I was happy enough. I love this picture because I am So. Excited. to be meeting the director of Reservoir Dogs. I love that Quentin Tarantino. (He literally would not stop talking long enough to get his picture taken, he's just carrying on with some amazing comprehensive story.) Sarah Pierse, who played my mother in Heavenly Creatures, is that gorgeous lady to my left. She's one of the greats, I think. An amazing actress. My beloved David Lynch was the head of the jury that year and I got to meet him. I cannot even tell you how into Twin Peaks I was at that point, not to mention the fact that I would re-watch one of his movies pretty much every weekend of my life. I started crying as soon as I was out of his sight. It was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me.

This next little group of photos is from the movie Teddy Bears, which we filmed in April. I'm posting these photos to say look at this cast, yo! Such a great group of actors, and every one of them are sweet and kind people, even David Krumholtz. In this movie, David's character (my character's boyfriend) invites two other couples to a house in the desert for his birthday, and then says he wants to have sex with all the women there.

Here is a very dynamic picture of this beautiful sunbeam Gillian Jacobs...

Gillian Jacobs © Melanie Lynskey

Here is a glorious picture of the gorgeous and kind Ahna O'Reilly...

Gillian Jacobs © Melanie Lynskey

Here is our beloved David Krumholtz, who is a genius...

David Krumholtz © Melanie Lynskey

Zach Knighton is ridiculously photogenic and totally awesome...

Adorable and talented Jason Ritter jumping over a rock...

This is a teddy bear cactus...

-Melanie Lynskey

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