Hosted by Bruce Weber
DEDON Celebrates New York at NOUVEL CHELSEA
September 15, 2010
I'd been feeling the pressure of the DDD magazine launch, that the next day I got really sick. Patrick McMullan told me he was stopping by the Bruce Weber hosted party and of course, I had to see BRUCE! Feeling under the weather and not really wanting to be seen, I went without makeup and with my hair down. I threw on a Zac Posen dress and Serpico coat, hoping that it would be good enough. I headed out on the town with Claudia Wu in tow, along with Melissa Serpico. Thank goodness the only place I was photographed was at the Dedon/Bruce Weber event. Right after we hit Le Bain for Jeremy Scott's afterparty... it was a blast. Melissa had to head home to catch a flight the next day. Claudia and I tried to catch the Last Magazine's party but it was over capacity. I drank one last beer at Ara and had to head home. I was feeling under the weather. Day 1 of feeling under the weather.
I always admired Elvis since the first day I locked eyes with him. It was my first time during the QT (Quentin Tarantino) Fest in Austin, Texas and Elvis was holding a cigar. I was invited by QT and it was an unusual experience. This was in 2006. I never thought I would get back in touch with Elvis again but as fate would have it, I did, by pure accident. I asked a few friends for Mr. Mitchell's number but everyone acted like a damn deaf mute. I started to surf the information highway for an email address to no avail... than I started to dig in a little box of old phones. I used to have a phone for every city I lived in. Well, I still have a French phone. Finally, I found an old phone with a number. I texted it and prayed he would text back. He did but after a few hours. I was so relieved. Elvis proceeded to tell me about a lady friend of his and the story involved me, it made me laugh so hard. During my time in New York, I did spend some time with him this week. It was a pleasant surprise. It wasn't a good week for me in New York but seeing him was a sight for sore eyes. I asked him to interview me for this French television show that will premiere at an art show in Italy. I wanted him to meet me early to prep him and to catch up with him but there wasn't time for that. I felt really uneasy about it all. It was a short ten minute interview. During the interview I realized how much I hated interviews, especially interviews for television. I just hope it turns out okay. I don't like being asked questions about movies or life. HA! I think I would have preferred to have just hung out with Elvis alone than do that interview. But at least I picked someone who was a professional because really, I'm an interview virgin. He broke me in. (HA!)
I had turned down interviews in the past. I was pretty well known in Europe when I was younger so I'd turned down many interviews... mainly because there was one interview I did do for Spanish television that made me so irate that I vowed never to get interviewed again. The Spanish interviewer assumed I wasn't intelligent and proceeded to ask me racist, sexist, and anti-American questions. He didn't understand me at all and refused to. I later was in a restaurant in Spain ordering food and I saw the same famous tv interviewer tapping me on the shoulder telling me that I gave a great interview. Uh... I just didn't like his style of interrogation. It was tactless and mainly in part because he didn't do his homework on me. Isn't that his job? He shall remain nameless for the sake of his pride. (HA!) Oh! Maybe my feelings on this topic bleeds into print... There was a writer at a New York Newspaper that will also remain nameless, that interviewed me and her ignorance shocked me. I didn't know that particular magazine could have such ignorant racist people working for them... She berated me about my work and I intelligently asked her if she had seen any of it or read any of my work... she flatly said, "No." HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just don't understand the point of being interviewed by people who don't do their homework or who clearly don't have love for the art of conversation...
I don't really see the need for interviews to be honest. I just want to do my work and go home. Interviews and press don't really do anything except bring exposure to people selling a project. I'm not quite so sure that the interview Elvis and I did will give you a better impression of who I am... I think I was truly caught off guard with the whole "conversation" and "rhythm".
Actually, there was a list of people for me to choose from. Ingrid Sischy, Bethann Hardison, Yoko Ono, Woody Allen, Bruce Weber... but for some reason, I thought it would be good to have Elvis involved. I didn't want a film director to interview me because I've worked with most of them and I wanted someone whom I hadn't worked with before.... (just a coincidence that Elvis and I never encountered each other in this way before)
Here are some videos for your viewing pleasure. Hit my up on twitter or on this blog and tell me what you think.
PS. I'll let ya'll know when the little interview of us comes out but if I don't like it, I'll just keep it to myself. HA!
Tiffany: Now that you are such a fan of Elvis', maybe your fans and readers would like to know that he hosts "The Treatment" a radio show, podcast and on-demand program on public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica 89.9FM and www.kcrw.com/thetreatment
Thanks! -Sarah Spitz (KCRW)
Elvis Mitchell and Paul Gondry walking down St. Mark's... photo by me and my ancient camera phone. 4/1/2010
Paul GONDRY!
Paul's design! (He said he would design some shoes for Elvis. HA! LMAO!)
Oh yeah! I smile all the time! (The red heart sunglasses where a Christmas gift from my home girl A$A. I love hearts!)
Tiffany!
Rouge, moi colour!
Watching Accatone by Pasolini! Playing with the camera... which do you like better? Long hair or short hair?
TELEVISION RULES THE NATION
My homie JC came over because I hadn't seen the homie in a long time! We also watched A$A's unfinished music video/short that I worked on. THAN, we watched the infamous SOUTH PARK epidsode with Kanye West regarding FISH STICKS!
My shoes!
JC and I than ate Lasagne, Bread, Steak, Rice, and TACOS while watching Million Dollar Baby. Interesting.
I don't know if some of you remember my dog Snappy! He turns 14 years old this month. My friends from high school can't believe he is still around! Even my family can't believe he is still around. He is my baby and good luck charm. I love him more than anything. Larry Clark did an installation of him in 2005 for his pUNK Picasso art show. I use Snappy in my writings and in other projects as well. Bruce Weber even featured Snappy in Italian Vogue! HA HA HA! Larry Clark even used Snappy for a Christmas card once! I think the year was 2003 or 2004? I can't remember. He is in Larry's books and he is a well known little celeb in my circle. Oh yeah! We did a Cheapdate magazine spread with him along side Paris and Nicky Hilton! That was a hoot. (Cheapdate magazine - founded by Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett. Guest editors included Liv Tyler, Kate Moss, Marlon Richards, Rachel Weisz, Chloe Sevigny, Jerry Hall, and... I was a contributor.
Snappy got a new SHORT hair cut! As some of you might know, he has had blue mohawks, long moppy looks, and a totally skinned look. Here are some pics of his new short cut with his orange Texas Longhorns sweater and his light blue scarf! Awe. ;) His nose has gotten lighter in color with age and his eyes have cataracts now. His body aches more too but we take really great care of him.
I really adore Eva Green. She is my favorite actress right now. Here is a snippet of why I adore her. Look her up if you don't know who she is.
In addition to her acting career, Green has modeled for Breil, Emporio Armani, Lancôme, Heineken, and Christian Dior SA's "Midnight Poison" perfume, in an advert directed by Wong Kar-wai. She followed in her mother's footsteps by supporting Unicef. She has also expressed interest in returning to the theatre, and has no plans to go to work in Hollywood because, "The problem with Hollywood is that the studios are super powerful, they have far more power than the directors. My ambition at this moment is just to find a good script." She added she would probably just get typecast as a femme fetale there. I LOVE EVA GREEN!
No one is more humble and intelligent as Eva. She is a goddess with killer looks
What I love about Eva so much is that she understands what its like to just want to work with great people whether its in front of the camera or behind. She isn't like the American actresses I know. Don't get me wrong, I have many American actress friends but there is a huge difference between the way the American actresses are trained to work than the European and Asian actresses. The Asian and European actresses get to work with directors who are extremely creative because unlike America, they do not have studios sucking all the creativity out of the process. If you are in the business you know what I am talking about. There is nothing wrong with working with the studios and there is nothing wrong with not wanting to work with the studios. I prefer to make movies that have a strong script and I prefer to make movies in a country where nudity isn't the topic of conversation. Eva is right, America has violence on the streets and on screen but they are so afraid of sex! I am not going to call out directors I know but most of them in America shy away from nudity but will not think twice about using violence. There is nothing wrong with sex or the naked body. We see our naked body everyday. There is nothing wrong with sex. Unless you are in the church or a total prude, you've had sex with yourself or with someone else so its not that big of a deal. And I hate it when American actresses have to defend themselves or talk about why they did a nude scene. WHO CARES! There was a certain actress I saw the other on tv and she was explaining that her scenes were not gratuitous. I started to laugh so hard. Since when has being naked been gratuitous???!!! Only in America they would make you feel that being naked or having sex is gratuitous! That is absurd and ridiculous! I wished those actresses would shut up sometimes and just listen to what they are saying!
I always felt that Eva was the only peer who understood where I was coming from. Well Liv Tyler understood me very well AND she also worked with Bertolucci. I love being in Asia and Europe because they understand me quite well. That is where my destiny lies.
