Joaquin Phoenix on playing Cash

Patricia Jungwirth

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Jan 19, 2006, 8:25:41 PM1/19/06

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Interesting interview/article in the Guardian. I wonder if Joaquin has seen
the scene with Cash from 'Eat The Document'? A very wasted-looking Johnny
and Dylan, on piano, duetting on "I Still Miss Someone" - a scene both
harrowing and endearing.

excerpt:

Phoenix cites a scene in Walk the Line in which he sings Johnny Cash's
version of Bob Dylan's It Ain't Me, Babe. "I remember hating that song. It
made me think of Sonny and Cher," he says. "For that reason I couldn't see
how to do it. But [Walk the Line's musical director] T-Bone Burnett told me
that Bob Dylan wrote this song about his fans. 'Go away from my window,
leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want babe, I'm not the
one you need.' Suddenly it had a meaning to me, and I could see how it had
meaning for John, and I sang it in a whole different way. Maybe you
wouldn't have noticed the difference, but I certainly knew how different I
felt when I was singing it."

http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1690382,00.html

"Phoenix is still vegan. He refused to wear leather sandals for Gladiator"
- and apparently his Johnny Cash boots for Walk The Line were from
Veganwares, the Melbourne vegan shoeshop on Smith Street
http://www.veganwares.com/

Dusk2Dawn

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Jan 19, 2006, 9:57:33 PM1/19/06

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The movie was a 2.5 star on a 5 scale. It didn't have a clue. It could
have been a fictional character from an anonomous mid-50's rocker. It
failed completely in capturing any spirit of Johnny Cash.

Barbara

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Jan 19, 2006, 10:50:34 PM1/19/06

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"Patricia Jungwirth" <tric...@aardvark.net.au> wrote in message
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[Walk the Line's musical director] T-Bone Burnett told me
> that Bob Dylan wrote this song about his fans. 'Go away from my window,
> leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want babe, I'm not the
> one you need.'

Is this true?

Kelly Randall

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Jan 20, 2006, 2:58:52 PM1/20/06

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I'd suggest that you shouldn't let anyone tell you what a Dylan song means.

Having said that: I like to think he's talking to his Draft Board.

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Dusk2Dawn

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Jan 20, 2006, 3:56:16 PM1/20/06

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Kelly Randall wrote:

> I'd suggest that you shouldn't let anyone tell you what a Dylan song means.
>
> Having said that: I like to think he's talking to his Draft Board.
>
>

I thought he was talking about the Blue bird of happiness.
>

frinjdwelr

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Jan 21, 2006, 1:14:11 AM1/21/06

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"Barbara" <barba...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Sure, sometimes, if a bit less direct than "What Was it You Wanted."
There've been stretches of shows where the more enthusiastic the crowd was,
the more likely he was to do Ain't Me in the encores. I've seen him aim it
directly at people down front.
I also got a chuckle from the shows where his opening greeting to his
audiences was "So Long Good Luck and Goodbye" followed by "4th St." - good
to see you too Bob-
Or when he'd finish a show with an -I'm done now go home - type version of
"Maggie's Farm."