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I in in Oliver san he # Vietnam parable platoon he represented humanity where humanity could t exist in Martin Scorsese # the Lent tempt Atton of Christ he was divine ambivalence i be is a enthusiastic about Bis work with new York # Avant Garde Wooster group As be is about Hollywood which produced the new crime drama Tully of Viiu mtg a in which again lie plays a character of Many moral parts a criminal lawyer and upright citizen whose previously a awakened taste for outlaw eroticism Lead him sexually astray Over Coffee at a new York hotel recently Dafoe made Clear the seriousness with which be approaches tils Craft. When he asks for aft opinion or Bis new film and bears a less than glowing review the pm role lawyer decides to Cross examine Quot did you think it was fun did you appreciate hat it has a really elevated style that it # Milo not even Madonna has the thickest skin when pressed by , Considine the Haiti Motel. Sun sire is said to be a master of Media manipulation the sort of Star who knows instinctively How 1o make reporters sit up beg and toil Over sir catching Madonna in a new conference ought to be like watching a virtuoso at work a a combination of Grace style and supreme Confidence. Or so goes the the copy Beal life 1 Hough is a Little different. The Madonna who found herself facing a roomful of Rcpt if in new York s Shiga Kozai hotel recently was lucidly the miming image niches Tintoi we have heard so much about. Although ostensibly there to Field question about hotly Oft Vii inv the sex charged murder mystery she stars in with Willem Dai of and Joe Mantegna she was asked about everything bom the status of lie production company Maverick to her Prosper is Lor parenthood. Par bom playing do pies like a violin she spent much of her time trying to come up with in revealing answers to awkwardly plan cd question. Paced with a crowd whose most ardent desire was to get her to say something  Madonna did not so much control die situation As tide Herd Over die mob of in treating her inquisitors Ike unruly and none Loo by in Hajj m Hook ludic it and i wonder Given some of die question asked. Madonna was quiz cd about tier music her image her into Icso in Painter Priidu Kahlo he opinion on he it Oto ado boy Roll  is lot stand whether she wants to Lizul a Man before having a t Giuld a i m looking Hgt i tin i lie Kin be foie die egg Willem Dafoe sings Madonna s Praise we mar of. Dramatic in the Best sense of the word what were you expecting Quot Well Madonna and As Dafoe conceded How a moviegoer approaches Unity of a Ewe May depend on How ire or she feels about Madonna she play he be Tea Carlson a sexual adventuress accused of having till fornicate her much older Lover to death that she stands to inherit $8 million does t exactly Hurt the prosecution s Case under fire from District attorney Hobert Garrett Joe Mantegna Colson hire crack defense attorney prank Dumcy Dafo and in the course of the trial they become close so done m often in in such novel Way that the film was rated nc17 before qualifying cuts were made Quot they were great fun to do Quot Dafoe said of the sex scenes which include broken Glass Lee cubes and molten Candle Wax Quot whether they re erotic or not or whether they have to be erotic or not a a a a sure i think we intended them or be erotic hut they also work like dramatic scene Dafoe said that when be first read the script lie thought the in scr cell Cal Quot relationship Quot was far too convenient pure Hollywood Quot naive me i started doing some research and talking to lawyer and they All said of e lion this happen All the line Ami it #  Quot Dafoe 37, who seem to he it gentle and thought fut Man said lie wanted to do unify old a once for a number of reasons the Story the Chance to play it lawyer the courtroom scenes till feel with whom be had been interested in working since the director s it i lilt to Miroo Klyair Joe manic one Quot one of the Best actors around and a real decent Man Quot end Madonna whom Dafoe Calls a True professional Quot yes she is he said Quot and pm Here to sing her praises i like her a lot and i think she gives a Good performance. You can to control what baggage and expectations people bring into a movie about who this person is it s inevitable. Hut i think a Nice line was walked by the filmmaker they weren t arrogant or stupid enough to ignore her celebrity but they did no to exploit it to the Point that it was campy. So i think it really brings out a lot of the humor in the material and you can really laugh with the film and i think she walks that line very Well Quot Jimmu Tnya Lac of Moi my hop a Oft its circuit in mini month. No Pun intended a be answered mostly though what the press wanted was something Juicy quotable scandalous and reporter were willing i ask almost anything to get it for instance there was the reporter who quoted Shuty of  director Uli Fdl As saying that the reason Madonna has not been taken seriously As an actress is that she made the wrong choices in movie roles Madonna tried to put Bdl x statement into court text judiciously suggesting that she wanted a to Offu a Chance to learn As much about movie making As i have i music and performing., i be made mistakes in term of choices in filmmaking hut i did in when i did t know that much about  somehow though i hot was not enough. A what do you consider come of those mistake a pressed the reporter Quot i chose to do scripts that weren t that Well written answered the Star before Leah ing the True thrust of the question quoth you want me to mime my mistakes Quot Madonna asked til leave that up to you a hut it was obvious that Madonna did not want to leave anything up to these to us. Alter eight years in the limelight Madonna is nothing if not wary of the Media and its machinations and no wonder. After one reporter mentioned a recent Mccall a Story headlined a How to protect your children bom Madonna a she All but sighed or exasperation Quot at this Point people Wiite ail u s about me with those kind of  headline Calth pin uses be cause in Sells Amiga Jnes Quot she said Quot think a lot of what people Vonte about is uncalled a and unfair lint i can t Slop in and pm not going to try so Why bother addressing lira is Arr Quot Why tie Ause sometimes the Issue is not Madon u4 but let work. As my it As she Lues m maintain a Madonna thick skinned Demeanour while dealing with the personality or cite it i Clear that she bristle at the Way the Media # input color Public perception of her movies album and Bonk. Lisp Olally the Book even though sex was not technically on the menu at the Shiga Koyal it kept creeping into the ques lion True there were obvious connection in with sex the love action in Stoity of tilt Kiev Deal in taboo topic like bondage dominance and Raido masochism a Ami Madonna did admit that she had finished work on die movie before starting on iter Book. But inquiring mind wanted to know if the Madonna of sex and the Madonna of hotly of  came even close to appeasing the appetites of the Madonna who sat before them. A one reporter put it quoth there a limit to wind you re prepared to do Quot a i define my limit in terms of Sciug an arts a answered Madonna Quot my limits Are am 1 being line to myself is this a Brut i want to say is this what i Waul to do Quot and ii its not and i can to be Pird of it then i Don t want to do it Quot Brave a that sounds Madonna dire indeed worry about the Way her Woik is received. She i of the opinion that the Media s obsession with her morality or Lack thereof a a undermining the i edibility of her artistic Elfrits. People who Are threatened by die idea of some one arcing forthcoming about their sexuality Iii be swayed ii Urey read article Fri thru by writers who Are also threatened by it Quot she said Quot they re going to form negative opinion of me and in a Way it s import unite Bce Imse i found ural a lot of people were judging the Book before they even read it be a Loie they looked at in before they got anywhere near it Al won i in Nice in everybody it it mid listen to my Uius ii. And a i it my movies and cad my books Wiliie my anyone telling diem How Hoy should think or had of a it Rcpt it or not an rot  Pam a a  Jan Dah it i j