Going for gold

Well, next year proves to be an interesting year movie-wise. First the re-male of Otto e Mezzo and now this is followed by the announcement that Charlize Theron returns to the screen once more as a woman loving another woman, with a twist that is.

'The Danish Girl', directed by Anand Tucker tells the rather interesting tale of the first transsexual, Danish artist Einar Wegener. It would seem their marriage veered off kilter after Einer, to be played by Nicole Kidman, stood in for a female model that Greta Wegener (played by Theron) was set to paint. Once the art world discovered their art, Greta encouraged her husband to continue adopting female guise (I'm having visions of Sex and the City here, remember Charlotte and the sock?). But the game took a more serious turn once Einer discovered his inner femme, which eventually led to the landmark transsexual operation of 1931!

Hmmm, my two cents' worth: now that Cate Blanchett played Bob Dylan, everybody's queuing to play a man. Of course, the twist is quite interesting: a woman that plays a man that plays a woman... I'm expecting Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria garb next.

And the contrast between Theron and Kidman couldn't be greater: the warmth of real gold (Theron) compared with fool's gold (Kidman). But then she's never really been my favourite actress.


We'll keep our eyes peeled and hopefully they can make an interesting and realistic movie. I'm still having nightmares about Max in the L Word...