Jennifer Lawrence - Oscar Winner (Jenn's Roles) #4 ~ "I like when things are hard; I’m very competitive. If something seems difficult or impossible, it interests me." - Page 7

Leo-4-Life · 03-02-2015, 09:08 PM

It's What I Do Synopsis:

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War photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir It’s What I Do is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped her life. What she does, with clarity, beauty, and candor, is to document, often in their most extreme moments, the complex lives of others. It’s her work, but it’s much more than that: it’s her singular calling.

Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a young photographer when September 11 changed the world. One of the few photojournalists with experience in Afghanistan, she gets the call to return and cover the American invasion. She makes a decision she would often find herself making—not to stay home, not to lead a quiet or predictable life, but to set out across the world, face the chaos of crisis, and make a name for herself.

Addario finds a way to travel with a purpose. She photographs the Afghan people before and after the Taliban reign, the civilian casualties and misunderstood insurgents of the Iraq War, as well as the burned villages and countless dead in Darfur. She exposes a culture of violence against women in the Congo and tells the riveting story of her headline-making kidnapping by pro-Qaddafi forces in the Libyan civil war.

Addario takes bravery for granted but she is not fearless. She uses her fear and it creates empathy; it is that feeling, that empathy, that is essential to her work. We see this clearly on display as she interviews rape victims in the Congo, or photographs a fallen soldier with whom she had been embedded in Iraq, or documents the tragic lives of starving Somali children. Lynsey takes us there and we begin to understand how getting to the hard truth trumps fear.

As a woman photojournalist determined to be taken as seriously as her male peers, Addario fights her way into a boys’ club of a profession. Rather than choose between her personal life and her career, Addario learns to strike a necessary balance. In the man who will become her husband, she finds at last a real love to complement her work, not take away from it, and as a new mother, she gains an all the more intensely personal understanding of the fragility of life.

Watching uprisings unfold and people fight to the death for their freedom, Addario understands she is documenting not only news but also the fate of society. It’s What I Do is more than just a snapshot of life on the front lines; it is witness to the human cost of war.

**J-LawForever** · 03-02-2015, 09:17 PM

Nice thread up.

And

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 12:18 AM

I'll second that.

mlkj13 · 03-03-2015, 06:00 AM

This should be an intense and compelling story.

With all the excitement over Spielberg, I'm guessing there's been no talk of a writer for the film adaption?

mlkj13 · 03-03-2015, 06:00 AM

This should be an intense and compelling story.

With all the excitement over Spielberg, I'm guessing there's been no talk of a writer for the film adaption?

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 06:33 AM

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I'm guessing there's been no talk of a writer for the film adaption?

Not so far.

Tony Kushner would be my guess.

Elif_ZV · 03-03-2015, 08:15 AM

That made me so excited!

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TPF1138 (View Post)

I'll second that.

Thanks! I just can't believe
we will be getting a movie starring Jen directed by MF'ing Steven Spielberg! I'm as giddy as a school girl.

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 12:03 PM

.... and shot by Janusz Kaminski.

Too awesome!

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TPF1138 (View Post)

.... and shot by Janusz Kaminski.

Too awesome!

But yep.

toinfinityandbeyonce · 05-24-2015, 09:25 AM

So, we don't actually know what she will film next year right?

She'll be done with filming both the Hunger Games and X-Men and her slate will be clear for basically anything that she chooses. That's exciting!

Leo-4-Life · 05-24-2015, 09:30 AM

Yeah, It's What I do will likely take a couple years. A script writer has been hired but he'll also be writing for Lionsgate's The Odyssey franchise. Also, in the near future Spielberg will be busy with other projects. I think it's very likely she will film The Glass Castle next year. Possibly The Dive with Francis Lawrence but that's uncertain. But she became attached to three new films that came out of nowhere within the last six months so I imagine it will be the same within the next six months.

TPF1138 · 05-24-2015, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo-4-Life (View Post)

Yeah, It's What I do will likely take a couple years. A script writer has been hired but he'll also be writing for Lionsgate's The Odyssey franchise. Also, in the near future Spielberg will be busy with other projects. I think it's very likely she will film The Glass Castle next year. Possibly The Dive with Francis Lawrence but that's uncertain. But she became attached to three new films that came out of nowhere within the last six months so I imagine it will be the same within the next six months.

This all scans.

Although The Dive might take a little longer to realize now that Francis is on board The Odyssey.

**J-LawForever** · 05-24-2015, 12:48 PM

The Dive will take a few years. Same with It's what I do.

I predict she will end up doing a movie that comes out of nowhere.

TPF1138 · 05-24-2015, 12:54 PM

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I predict she will end up doing a movie that comes out of nowhere.

That's a near certainty.

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