What exactly has Stevie said about the "Rhiannon Project"?? [Archive]

johnny4406

06-23-2005, 12:34 PM

strandinthewind

06-23-2005, 12:38 PM

What exactly has Stevie said this "Rhiannon Project" would be all about? :woohoo:

Is she just getting involved with doing a soundtrack for someone else's film
or is she going to be a part of this film?

Will she pull out those "Rhiannon songs" ... Like 3 Birds of Rhiannon, Forest of Black Roses... etc
???

:lol: I have so many questions

She said years ago that the songs were already written but that she backed out of the project because she could not get a good screenplay and the Hollywood people gave her the creeps. So, I think that is all that is needed - at least it was then.

amber

06-23-2005, 12:39 PM

She said years ago that the songs were already written but that she backed out of the project because she could not get a good screenplay and the Hollywood people gave her the creeps. So, I think that is all that is needed - at least it was then.
Um...I was thinking when I just read about it that it has to be animated, right? I mean, really....gosh, I hope so. A la The Last Unicorn.... :D

johnny4406

06-23-2005, 12:41 PM

This sounds like an amazing project......... :angel:

Nixxxed

06-23-2005, 01:06 PM

She said years ago that the songs were already written but that she backed out of the project because she could not get a good screenplay and the Hollywood people gave her the creeps. So, I think that is all that is needed - at least it was then.
I also heard once that she was thinking about making it a stage musical.

But I've never seen a definitive (or even realistic) list of which songs were specifically for the project, other than Forest, 3 Birds/Maker, and of course Rhiannon.

Anyone have any idea on that?

dissention

06-23-2005, 01:12 PM

But I've never seen a definitive (or even realistic) list of which songs were specifically for the project, other than Forest, 3 Birds/Maker, and of course Rhiannon.

Anyone have any idea on that?

Blue Water and Forsaken Love, too.

dudden22

06-23-2005, 01:14 PM

Um...I was thinking when I just read about it that it has to be animated, right? I mean, really....gosh, I hope so. A la The Last Unicorn.... :D

How about claymation Unicorns.

thepoetinmyhear

06-23-2005, 01:30 PM

Wow, can you imagine Stevie and Rankin/Bass (the animators of Last Unicorn) teaming up? That would be amazing! Animated Rhiannon would rule.

dissention

06-23-2005, 01:34 PM

Wow, can you imagine Stevie and Rankin/Bass (the animators of Last Unicorn) teaming up? That would be amazing! Animated Rhiannon would rule.

If it's going to be animated, she needs to get in touch with Hayao Miyazaki or just can the whole idea.

JazmenFlowers

06-23-2005, 01:42 PM

I also heard once that she was thinking about making it a stage musical.

But I've never seen a definitive (or even realistic) list of which songs were specifically for the project, other than Forest, 3 Birds/Maker, and of course Rhiannon.

Anyone have any idea on that?

love your sig...I've been listening to Tori's The Beekeeper a lot lately. Loving her recent live at AOL sessions.

thepoetinmyhear

06-23-2005, 02:00 PM

If it's going to be animated, she needs to get in touch with Hayao Miyazaki or just can the whole idea.

Wow, I couldn't disagree with you more. If that happens the spirit of rhiannon will turn out to be some stupid elemental figure as a twist ending. Wow, I have hated everything that man has done from Princess Monoke to Spirited Away to Howl's Moving Castle. Yuck! What he does is usually interesting but not very entertaining and not usually a good story.

dissention

06-23-2005, 02:10 PM

Wow, I couldn't disagree with you more. If that happens the spirit of rhiannon will turn out to be some stupid elemental figure as a twist ending. Wow, I have hated everything that man has done from Princess Monoke to Spirited Away to Howl's Moving Castle. Yuck! What he does is usually interesting but not very entertaining and not usually a good story.

I saw Moving Castle the other night and thought it was superb. Storywise it wasn't nearly as good as Spirited Away, but I still liked it. Considering that Rankin and Bass haven't done anything in nearly twenty years, Miyazaki is the best I can come up with for the job and I think the results would be outstanding.

Johnny Stew

06-23-2005, 02:22 PM

What's wrong with Hanna-Barbera? :shrug: ;)

Thinking about it, "Rhiannon" would definitely work best as an animated project. Not "kiddie-fare," of course... but I think the realm of animation would allow more room for creativity.
Something stylish... with both fantastical qualities and dark elements. My only hope is that they'd stay as far away from anything resembling animé (or at least to what I've been exposed to of it), as humanly possible.

Of course, I doubt it would ever be a huge hit movie, but I don't think that's really Stevie's intention. From past interviews, I think she just wants to get the story out there in a bigger way.

dissention

06-23-2005, 02:25 PM

What's wrong with Hanna-Barbera? :shrug: ;)

Ann-Margrock could play Rhiannon. :]

diamondsnake

06-23-2005, 02:28 PM

I don't want Rhiannon to be the next Finding Nemo! This whole cartoon idea just sounds disturbing.

Johnny Stew

06-23-2005, 02:38 PM

Ann-Margrock could play Rhiannon. :]Ann-Margrock was hot, but I was thinking more along the lines of Samantha Stephenstone!

amber

06-23-2005, 02:47 PM

I don't want Rhiannon to be the next Finding Nemo! This whole cartoon idea just sounds disturbing.
It won't be like that, it will be cool like last Unicorn and Miyazaki's work. It will be mystical and strange and rad. MMkay? :)

Sugar

06-23-2005, 04:07 PM

I saw Moving Castle the other night and thought it was superb. Storywise it wasn't nearly as good as Spirited Away, but I still liked it. Considering that Rankin and Bass haven't done anything in nearly twenty years, Miyazaki is the best I can come up with for the job and I think the results would be outstanding.

I like Ralph Bakshi, but I don't think he's done anything in a while either. Was Cool World the last thing he did? But he's probably a little too "earthy" for Stevie.

David

06-23-2005, 04:26 PM

I like Ralph Bashki, but I don't think he's done anything in a while either. Was Cool World the last thing he did? But he's probably a little too "earthy" for Stevie.I think they ought to do it like "Dodgeball." That monkey-wrench-in-the-face scene kills me every time.

Another option is for Stevie to turn it over to Christopher Guest. We can have Jennifer Coolidge as Rhiannon, Eugene Levy as Pwyll, Catherine O'Hara as Epona, Bob Balaban as Pryderi, Parker Posey with a hair bob as Teyrnon & Fred Willard as Manawyddan.

amber

06-23-2005, 04:30 PM

I think they ought to do it like "Dodgeball." That monkey-wrench-in-the-face scene kills me every time.

Another option is for Stevie to turn it over to Christopher Guest. We can have Jennifer Coolidge as Rhiannon, Eugene Levy as Pwyll, Catherine O'Hara as Epona, Bob Balaban as Pryderi, Parker Posey with a hair bob as Teyrnon & Fred Willard as Manawyddan.
:eek: :eek: :eek:

That would be so wrong, and sooooooooo funny.

chiliD

06-23-2005, 04:39 PM

Another option is for Stevie to turn it over to Christopher Guest. We can have Jennifer Coolidge as Rhiannon, Eugene Levy as Pwyll, Catherine O'Hara as Epona, Bob Balaban as Pryderi, Parker Posey with a hair bob as Teyrnon & Fred Willard as Manawyddan.

And, Harry Shearer as John McVie. :thumbsup: :laugh:

estranged4life

06-23-2005, 05:38 PM

If it's going to be animated, she needs to get in touch with Hayao Miyazaki or just can the whole idea.

I agree with that 1000%!!!

Or at least get Gerald Scarfe to do it ala the animation used in "Pink Floyd's The Wall" :nod:

SapphireSister

06-23-2005, 05:47 PM

I don't want Rhiannon to be the next Finding Nemo! This whole cartoon idea just sounds disturbing.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Nixxxed

06-23-2005, 06:34 PM

I don't want Rhiannon to be the next Finding Nemo! This whole cartoon idea just sounds disturbing.
:laugh:

How would the 3 birds be characterized? Like the Nemo seagulls?

"Mine? Mine, Mine, Mine, MINE!!!"

Nixxxed

06-23-2005, 06:43 PM

love your sig...I've been listening to Tori's The Beekeeper a lot lately. Loving her recent live at AOL sessions.
Thank you. Yours rocks as well! :xoxo:

I heard briefly about the Tori AOL Sessions, but haven't heard them yet since I don't have AOL any more. Off to check Diagnosed Sounds & Turbid Blue for boots... heh heh heh.

I love love love The Beekeper. It has grown roots and entwined itself permanently into my CD player. And the songs clump together in my head, similar to how they are arranged in the booklet "gardens". A month ago, "Sweet the Sting", "Cars and Guitars," and "Hoochie Woman" were on heavy psycho-rotation. Then it was "Ireland" and "Jamaica Inn" and "Ribbons Undone" for 10 days or so. Now it's "Barons of Suburbia," "General Joy," and a "Marys of the Sea"/"The Beekeeper" medley. And THAT's only half the album. Check back in with me at Xmastime... :rolleyes: :laugh:

blinker12

06-24-2005, 12:37 AM

blinker12

06-24-2005, 12:43 AM

And by the way, didn't Stevie mention the Rhiannon project in another recent article? I don't know if she necessarily talked about it as a movie, but she definitely said something about making a Rhiannon album.

tynan88

06-24-2005, 01:00 AM

It was mentioned in an article that was done just before vegas...can't remember which one though.

johnny4406

06-24-2005, 01:07 AM

Thank you. Yours rocks as well! :xoxo:

I heard briefly about the Tori AOL Sessions, but haven't heard them yet since I don't have AOL any more. Off to check Diagnosed Sounds & Turbid Blue for boots... heh heh heh.

I love love love The Beekeper. It has grown roots and entwined itself permanently into my CD player. And the songs clump together in my head, similar to how they are arranged in the booklet "gardens". A month ago, "Sweet the Sting", "Cars and Guitars," and "Hoochie Woman" were on heavy psycho-rotation. Then it was "Ireland" and "Jamaica Inn" and "Ribbons Undone" for 10 days or so. Now it's "Barons of Suburbia," "General Joy," and a "Marys of the Sea"/"The Beekeeper" medley. And THAT's only half the album. Check back in with me at Xmastime... :rolleyes: :laugh:

This has got to be one of the best albums of the year, and of her Career. It is amazing! I like "Original Sinsuality" the most... no one else seems to. Its my fav. I also like "Sleeps With Butterflies"..but mainly because of the lyrics....and how I apply them to what im going through right now.

Im going to the Tori show by myself! Anyone from South Florida? :o

BombaySapphire3

06-24-2005, 04:09 AM

diamondsnake

06-24-2005, 04:31 AM

Not sure if this project will ever really come to it's fruition .Back in 1978 Stevie herself was going to star in it and play Rhiannon and there were plenty of rumors flying around about her becoming an actress .John Carpenter had offered her the female lead as the DJ in the lighthouse in the horror flick "The Fog' prompting him to call this character Stevie after she turned him down.The quote about her not liking movie people turned up in the 1982 Playboy 20 questions when she was again asked about acting in films.She also talked about making her execrable little ditty "Goldfish and Ladybug 'into an animated film which thankfully never saw the light of day,
I can't see Stevie being an actress. Maybe, if this movie actually happens, there could be a cameo or something. Or Stevie could play the Queen! Maybe it could be a musical. I don't know but I think Stevie may be able to hook up with someone and write a script that is loosely based on Rhiannon...

cliffdweller

06-24-2005, 09:35 AM

John Carpenter had offered her the female lead as the DJ in the lighthouse in the horror flick "The Fog' prompting him to call this character Stevie after she turned him down.

:shocked: Are you serious?!?!?! Was this the role that eventually went to Jamie Lee Curtis?

dissention

06-24-2005, 09:42 AM

Not sure if this project will ever really come to it's fruition .Back in 1978 Stevie herself was going to star in it and play Rhiannon and there were plenty of rumors flying around about her becoming an actress .John Carpenter had offered her the female lead as the DJ in the lighthouse in the horror flick "The Fog' prompting him to call this character Stevie after she turned him down.The quote about her not liking movie people turned up in the 1982 Playboy 20 questions when she was again asked about acting in films.She also talked about making her execrable little ditty "Goldfish and Ladybug 'into an animated film which thankfully never saw the light of day,

Wow, I can't imagine anyone but Barbeau in that movie. :laugh:

Didn't she say around the time Gypsy was filmed that she would never want to be an actress because she wouldn't take direction easily?

dissention

06-24-2005, 09:43 AM

:shocked: Are you serious?!?!?! Was this the role that eventually went to Jamie Lee Curtis?

Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's wife at the time with the enormous breasts that could take an eye out.

chiliD

06-24-2005, 09:51 AM

Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's wife at the time with the enormous breasts that could take an eye out.

Also, BEST known as Maude's daughter.

dissention

06-24-2005, 09:55 AM

Also, BEST known as Maude's daughter.

Gawd, I want Maude on DVD so badly that I can taste it. :laugh:

cliffdweller

06-24-2005, 09:58 AM

Gawd, I want Maude on DVD so badly that I can taste it. :laugh:

Me too!! Bea Arthur is a genius! :blob2:

cliffdweller

06-24-2005, 10:00 AM

Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's wife at the time with the enormous breasts that could take an eye out.

Ah...well, she has Stevie beat in that category! I really can't imagine Stevie as an actress and especially in a John Carpenter film.

gldstwmn

06-24-2005, 10:04 AM

I also heard once that she was thinking about making it a stage musical.

But I've never seen a definitive (or even realistic) list of which songs were specifically for the project, other than Forest, 3 Birds/Maker, and of course Rhiannon.

Anyone have any idea on that?

She has referred to Sorcerer as one of the Rhiannon songs. I don't know if that includes the musical, though.

strandinthewind

06-24-2005, 10:05 AM

Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's wife at the time with the enormous breasts that could take an eye out.

I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

gldstwmn

06-24-2005, 10:06 AM

What's wrong with Hanna-Barbera? :shrug: ;)

I think at least one of them is dead. :o

dissention

06-24-2005, 10:12 AM

Me too!! Bea Arthur is a genius! :blob2:

That one episode where she goes to see a shrink and performs that monologue for 22 minutes straight without stopping proved what a rare, brilliant woman she is. I couldn't believe what I was watching when I saw it for the first time! It was even more brilliant than the episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman where Martin Mull stared into the camera for 15 minutes straight. :laugh:

vermicious knid

06-24-2005, 11:16 AM

BombaySapphire3, where did you learn that interesting information? I recently rented The Fog, but I did not watch the commentary; maybe the director said it there. I don't know how Stevie would have been as an actress, but her voice would have been perfect for where the character is talking all sexy into the microphone.

David

06-24-2005, 11:28 AM

Not sure if this project will ever really come to it's fruition .Back in 1978 Stevie herself was going to star in it and play Rhiannon and there were plenty of rumors flying around about her becoming an actress .John Carpenter had offered her the female lead as the DJ in the lighthouse in the horror flick "The Fog' prompting him to call this character Stevie after she turned him down.Had no idea -- how wild is that! I know at one brief point in the late 1970s, there was talk of Nicholas Roeg directing a "Rhiannon" movie. Someone even wrote a screenplay that Stevie allegedly read, & she thought it was too much "X" & too little "Y." She told the press that getting a screenplay for a proposed "Rhiannon" movie would have to balance between spaciness & corniness, & couldn't be either one.

If "Rhiannon" ever turns into anything (& it's been almost 30 years since the project was proposed), maybe just an album with some Stevie art.