Towelhead
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil
Director: Alan Ball
Release Date: September 26th, 2008
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Synopsis: When Jasira’s mother sends her to Houston to live with her strict Lebanese father, she quickly learns that her new neighbors find her and her father a curiosity. Worse, her budding womanhood makes her traditional and hot-tempered father uncomfortable. Lonely in this new environment, Jasira seeks friendship and acceptance from her neighbors Mr. Vuoso, an Army reservist, and Melina, a meddling but caring expectant mother.
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Towelhead has been posted in the following categories - Aaron Eckhart, Alan Ball, Drama, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, September 08, Summer Bishil, Toni Collette.
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September 10th, 2008 at 7:25 am
What’s the meaning of towelhead? I heard some people criticed this title for being racist.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Moviemaker Alan Ball has defended his decision to show a bloody tampon in his new film Towelhead, insisting it was important to detail his teenage lead character’s first period on camera.
The American Beauty director has come under fire for the controversial scene but he insists he was right to show it.
He says, “I felt the bloody tampon was important because that’s a moment that every young girl has and that’s a moment that as a culture we want to keep hidden.
“We can make movies like There’s Something About Mary, using semen as hair gel, and it’s a huge hit - but to show a bloody tampon is considered shocking. I think that says a lot about our culture’s attitude towards women and towards female sexuality.
“I felt like, ‘What’s the big deal?’ I mean, we all have mothers and we’re all are here because of the way that female sexuality works. The story is about a young girl’s difficulties in navigating this terrain on her own.
“It’s a horrible experience when you have your first period and your father, who doesn’t even want to be reminded that you are a sexual person, takes you to the grocery store and tells you, ‘You can’t wear tampons because they’re only for married ladies.’
“These are the horrible messages about being ashamed of her body and ashamed of being a woman so I felt it was important to have the bloody tampon scene.”
September 11th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Find out what Alan Ball has to say about this controversial title by listening to a podcast with him, star Summer Bishil, and co-star Peter Macdissi.
http://www.zoom-in.com/sundance/podcasts/on_the_circuit
September 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Actor Aaron Eckhart felt awkward during his sex scenes in upcoming film Towelhead - because his co-star Summer Bishil found them funny.
The Dark Knight star plays a bigoted reserve soldier in the controversial movie, which tells the story of an Arab-American girl’s encounter with racism after her family moves to a Texas town.
She conducts an affair with her neighbour, played by Eckhart - but he hated filming their intense sex scenes because Bishil joked her way through them.
He tells MTV.com, “Those were difficult times for me. The way I did it was to really trust (director) Alan (Ball). It was in the words. I really trusted Summer, and I tried to get her to trust me, to build a relationship when we were doing physical scenes.
“We’d really rehearse them mechanically, and I’d say, “Ok, I’m going to put my hand here, I’m going to do this”. She was so good-humoured about the whole thing and well-adjusted - I think I found it more difficult.”