‘Blondie’s’ Debbie Harry Talks ‘Being an Animal,’ Narrating Amanda Kramer’s ‘So Unreal’ and David Cronenberg: ‘Let’s Face It: He Is Out There’
28.01.2024 - 19:45
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Marta Balaga “Blondie” lead vocalist Debbie Harry opened up about her film career at International Film Festival Rotterdam. “I am not really fluent in the film industry, but I have been fortunate to get scripts from the directors I admire and trust, and who scare me a little. It’s a small selection of interesting films that are a bit odd.
I guess my oddness fits into that.” Nothing was odder than David Cronenberg’s “Videodrome.” “We didn’t know what ‘virtual’ was. We had no term [for it] back then. We didn’t know what my character was, but we knew who she was and what she was doing to others.
I think Jimmy Woods had more of a problem with it than me. Let’s face it: Cronenberg is out there and always has been,” she said. “There was no ending to the film and some people were getting pretty uptight about it.
They really badgered David: ‘What’s going to happen!?’ But the idea was to work with Cronenberg and that’s how it was going to be.” Still, at times she felt “way over her head” as an actor. “I was just trying to keep up,” she admitted. Prior to “Videodrome,” Harry was cast in Marcus Reichert’s “Union City.” “The film was shown at Cannes and then it got torn apart.
There was no saving it after that. I am happy I made it, but he was the one who suffered,” she said. Later, they reunited on a film version of his play “Percy Lifar,” never completed due to his passing.
“I had a feeling of joy when I finished and you can take that anywhere you want. Then, a few days later, he was gone and the film disappeared. I never saw a single shot.
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