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20 November 2007 at 11:55 PM | by Melty_Girl

New CillianSite Top 5 ready

We've got five Top 5 Interviews with Cillian Murphy lists ready for your reading pleasure. Lots of good reading and viewing tips here, complete with links to the original sources. Enjoy!

For the holidays, we're reopening all our previous topics. If there's a topic you missed and you'd like to write a list, now's the time! Just count down from #5 to #1 and send your list(s) to .

A top 10 list Cillian probably doesn't like being on

Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in Red Eye
See more Red Eye stills

The Los Angeles Times just ran a list of the "Greatest Creeps in Movies," and, regrettably, Cillian is on it, alongside Christopher Walken and Crispin Glover. I suppose it's proof of his fantastic performances in Red Eye and Batman Begins, his biggest hits so far, but it looks like he may need a blockbuster role as a hero to overcome this typecasting.

More Hippie dissent

As we blogged back in October, Germaine Greer and some of the original Oz crew being depicted in Hippie Hippie Shake are upset about the film. Australia's The Age has a piece with more details about the controversy. Oz illustrator/pop artist Martin Sharp, who's being portrayed in the film by Max Minghella, told them that

...he allowed the reproduction of some of his artwork but had signed no waivers to the movie's producers, accepted no money for his portrayal, and continues to be appalled by the script. He counted 55 scenes in which his character appears and which he says were concoctions: "It was complete fiction. It is not even about mere historical inaccuracy. ... I was really shocked when I read the first one (script) and I am not much less shocked now. They are trying to use real people as an anchor for their fantasy ... it is a theft of one's life and is a very uncomfortable feeling. If they want to make a fantasy, why don't they use fictional characters?"

Apparently, other principals were also so upset about the script that Hippie director Beeban Kidron flew to Sydney to do damage control, meeting with many of the real life people being depicted, and ultimately paying off at least four of them $25,000 a piece for the right to fictionalize them onscreen. Another Oz artist, the film director Philippe Mora had some harsh words for his former colleagues and the filmmakers:

"The issues of the '60s were freedom of speech, integrity, anti-hypocrisy from the establishment ... Personally, I don't think you can be against the war on terror, as Richard Neville has continued to write, and then go and sell your life story to General Electric. I'm no saint ... but if you sell out part of your life story, do you sell out to the parties you publicly opposed using moral and political arguments? Accuracy in history is another point but no one seems to care about that. And if real names are being used, why not keep it factual? I also think this was a very Aussie story because our perspective as outsiders was part of the impact we had on London at the time ... so why use English actors in the main roles? Can't Australians act as Australians?"

I'm still very much looking forward to the film, but I must admit, Mora, Sharp, and Greer raise some pertinent issues. But psst, Mr. Mora: Emma Booth, who's playing Greer, is Australian. (And of course, Cillian's Irish, not English!)

New affiliate

We're happy to affiliate with the new fansite Cillian's World. Welcome!

Thanks to Lauren H. and Claire for doing The CillianSite Top 5 along with us.

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poxy
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aww
Reply #12 on : Sun March 16, 2008, 17:26:41
that top ten list was so mean. i love his eyes and his cheekbones. i would be so happy if igot to sit next to him on a plane. i'd try to start a conversation with him and wow that'd be great.
Melty_Girl
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Re: Top 5 Lists
Reply #11 on : Tue November 27, 2007, 12:39:51
JT, we did get your lists. Sorry that we haven't had a chance yet to respond, but we'll take a look soon. We probably won't post the new ones for a week or two. Thanks for sending 'em!
JT
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Top 5 Lists
Reply #10 on : Mon November 26, 2007, 10:57:37
Hi, Melty_Girl,
Regarding the Top 5 lists - is it okay if I sent my lists as an attachment to my email? Hopefully, you guys got my lists! *crosses fingers*
Melty_Girl
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Re: Nancy & Emilia
Reply #9 on : Sun November 25, 2007, 23:02:10
Nancy, you can just type your list into an email -- that's the easiest thing. Or use Microsoft Word or a simple text editor. We'd love to hear from you.

And Emilia, thanks for the encouragement.
Last Edit: November 25, 2007, 23:05:25 by Melty_Girl  
Emilia
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Re:
Reply #8 on : Sun November 25, 2007, 22:42:11
Thanks Melty_Girl. I'm sure that running the site is time consuming. Especially to keep it updated with good Cillian news and good pics. We'll keep waiting. thanks! :)
Nancy
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Re:
Reply #7 on : Sun November 25, 2007, 22:11:12
Great article as always, but I just wanna know, what e-mail carrier do you guys take because I want to make sure that, should I decide to send you a list, that you would be able to receive it and possibly add it on here. *hopes to not sound too narcissistic* Do you take Microsoft Office or something else, like AOL or something?
Melty_Girl
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Re: Audio/Video Section
Reply #6 on : Sat November 24, 2007, 03:02:40
Hi Emilia -- yes, we do want to finish the A/V section. It took over six months to build this site from scratch initially, and I got a little burned out from that. Then once the site was up and running, I got busy keeping up with Cillian news here and other things in my life ramped up too. I certainly thought I'd have that section up by now, but sorry to say, I haven't been able to get it going yet. There are technical issues to confront, but hopefully I'll be able to tackle it soon!
Emilia
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Audio/Video Section
Reply #5 on : Fri November 23, 2007, 23:30:58
Are you guys ever going to put any videos on this site? It's been a really long time and still nothing. If you were contemplating it-I think you should go for yes. Definitely put videos of Cillian on the site! :)
Melty_Girl
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Re: Stuff I've never seen
Reply #4 on : Fri November 23, 2007, 16:13:33
Claire, you're quite welcome!
Claudia
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Reply #3 on : Fri November 23, 2007, 09:55:04
Damn lazy journalists!!!!! I hate the way he's described in that creepy actors list. But I think Cillian won't even bother readin that kind of press, and I'm grateful for that
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