Annee Sociologique The Movie Part Deux

Because it is Friday, here are updates for our planned production of Annee Sociologique, the movie:

First, after Laura’s wonderful post, it is clear that we will have to cast “Malkovitch”:http://www.ameliakunhardt.com/images/portraits/portrait5.jpg as “Durkheim”:http://www.luventicus.org/articulos/03U011/durkheim.jpg.

As for Gabriel Tarde, I think we have two options — if we are going for farcical mwahahaha laughter, then “Sascha Baron Cohen”:http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss_070115_goldenglobeWin/ss_070115_goldenglobewin_11.widec.jpg is a must, but I must admit that I think for smoldering intensity you couldn’t do better than “Rufus Sewell”:http://anyeventuality.files.wordpress.com/2006/04/helenoftroy.jpg.

The other big issue, for me, is Marcel Mauss. We want the sauve cosmopolitan with a touch of childish innocence and major writer’s block. I personally think Jude Law would be great, but then again, I think Jude Law would be great reading the phone book. Mohawk has suggest the Fiennes brothers for Durkheim/Mauss but I think it would be hard to beat Malkovitch, frankly. Sascha Baron Cohen would also be great, but only if he was willing to sign up for a ‘serious’ role. My final choice would have to be ROBERT DOWNEY JUNIOR. Zomg have you SEEN the Iron Man teaser trailer? RDJ and Malkovitch ftw!!!

We also have votes to have Wolverine play Bougle and a vote for Daniel Craig, who I definitely think should get in there somewhere. I also like the idea of having a few ‘teaser’ cameos for the sequel like having Orlando Bloom play a young Louis Dumont.

The issue of directing has come up. I must admit that I think Tarantino deserves a pass, and although I’m sure Shekhar Kapur is interested I think the rest of the world finally shares my negative opinion of his work. I guess its too late to suggest Robert Altman? If so, could someone get Ang Lee on the phone?

Keep the ideas coming folks.

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Alex Golub is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His book Leviathans at The Gold Mine has been published by Duke University Press. You can contact him at rex@savageminds.org

6 thoughts on “Annee Sociologique The Movie Part Deux”

  1. I can take NO CREDIT for the Durkheim-Malkovich idea – that’s Laurie King-Irani, not Laura

    But Robert Altman is a great idea for a director.

    What about les femmes? There’s got to be a place for Cate Blanchett somewhere.

  2. well, if you want to phone directors, I actually know Oliver Stone personally and one of my best friends is his go-to continuity editor on all his films, except Alexander (she was glad to have nothing to do with that catastrophe!)

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  4. Sorry got my Laurie/Lauras confused.

    The women question is a hard one — as in, there were none in the AS afaik! We’d have to write something in…

  5. We could cast an intelligent and frustrated Cate Blanchett opposite John Malkovitch, and plumb the depths of Durkheim’s domestic life vis-a-vis his writings on the family. We could even stretch the story a bit and give him twin daughters (I think he had sons?) which would give us an opportunity to cast Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan – or, ouch, those limpid eyed Olsens…

    This is a nice distraction from worrying about HTS. Even though we’re complete geeks.

  6. Well, it’s not really a distraction from our discussions/debates about Human Terrain, as the proposed “Annee get your gun!” movie is set in the context of a world war….maybe a good bit of the script could examine how the greats of sociological thought viewed the coming war and the socio-economic, political, and ideological contexts of WWI?

    But yeah, putting those Olsen twins in the film would definitely make it a box office hit.

  7. “Annee get your gun?” Oh, Laurie, that’s baaaaad.

    I think most of the Olsen twins’ stuff went straight to video. But they made megabucks…

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