They dont respond well to those who ask.
He continues, citing Walter Salles and hisIm Still Herestar Fernanda Torres.
And theDunefilms director Denis Villeneuve.
Adrien Brody (left) with Charles Finch at the Finch/Chanel pre-BAFTA dinnerBaz Bamigboye/Dealine.
How am I doing?
Consulting cards, he reads out Penelope Cruzs name.
Yes, Penelopes coming, he exclaims.
Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong fromThe Apprenticewill be there too.
There will be a lot of cool people coming, he says, tiring of me pushing for more.
What about Timothee Chalamet and the cast of James MangoldsA Complete Unknown?
AndWickedsCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande?
Finch pretends not to hear.
TheWickedstars were out Thursday night at a big private party hosted by producer Marc Platt at his house.
Cast, creatives and crew were there.
I hear it was a pretty swell affair.
Erivo and Grande are singing on the Oscar show, so they have to rehearse through much of Saturday.
Finch mentions a bunch of other names from the worlds of literature, commerce and art.
Saturday nights gonna be alright, thats for sure.
Finch and his Finch + Partners firm is always expanding.
He wants to purchase a newspaper in the UK but refuses to tell me which one.
He wants to publish screenplays through his Rabbits Foot imprint.
Hes keen on screenplays of films that were made and ones that werent.
I ask which filmmakers and screenwriters has he been meeting with.
Their agents will kill me if I tell you, he responds sharply.
Thats a hackneyed line, I respond.
Just tell me one name, I ask ever so politely .
Not going to happen, he says.
Were going back into the archives of some of the greatest work never actually made into movies.
On the flight over, I rewatched, for the umpteenth time,The GodfatherandThe Godfather Part II.
For me, these two movies never, ever date.
In all honesty, who remembersHarry and Tonto?
And who will remember half the movies nominated at Sundays Academy Awards?
