I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL THE REVIEWS...KEEP WRITING TO ME.
SOME OF THE PARTS OF INTERVIEWS THAT ARE HERE IS IT TRUE... THEY REALLY SAID EVERY WORD OF THIS.
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"I like doing things that intimidate me". When he said that, later, in an interview, he wasn't talk about what happened between Jennifer and him. But somehow, what they did was bold.
She came to the studio, entered the dressing room and sat down in front of the mirror. She saw his reflection when he walked behind her and moved closer. Putting his hands on her shoulders, he finally spoke: "Did you regret?"
She turned to him, a little surprised. "No!". And then hesitated. "Why? Do you?".
"No, but I was up all night thinking about what I did with you."
"What is about those thought? They were good or not so good?".
He noticed a malicious smile on her face.
"Good thoughts. With you I have only good thoughts."
He knelt beside her. "But I am concerned. Morally and legally, I could not have done what I did."
"It was me who started it. Did we can skip the guilt and just stick with the part of the 'let's enjoy what we have?"
He smiled. She knew how to convince even an experienced man like him. He took one of her hands and kissed. She is so mature for her age.
What could be a strange situation turned into a relationship better than it was. Now, when they look each other they smile with complicity; the chemistry is obvious for anyone who observe the scene; it's easy to tell that they have something special.
Sometimes, between one scene and another, they escape from the curious eyes and leave, *walking side by side* to a cafe near there. He asks for tea, she asks for hot chocolate. They usually drink in silence. Words are unnecessary. They are comfortable that way.
And when they come back to shoot, sometimes it is not a performance. David has liberty to do of his way. he has creative input into the presentation of Jareth… (and did it so well).
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave" (This was intentional. David was certainly no stranger to all the sexuality going on there).
David Bowie's vision for his character and his understanding of the story is noticed by many people. And wasn't a secret that his "vision" was differed from Jim Henson's.
They are shooting a behind-the-scenes documentary, and Bowie, sitting in a chair, the makeup still glowing in his eyebrows, seems comfortable to say:
"Jim gave me complete free hand, allowed me to say what I wanted". (If anybody knew how much of him - and Jennifer - are there…)
He wasn't talk only about the script, he is be referring to the song lyrics – indeed. (The songs…this is another chapter).
Henson is there, at the backstage, listening while he talks. You could tell his face of surprised when he heard Bowie talk about his character. He describes Jareth as "a big kid", who is "fed up" and "would rather be down in Soho".
Bowie continue to say of Jareth: "What has happened is that the goblins, without his command, have just gone off and taken another baby brother from another girl, and he's got to sort out the whole situation".
Henson is full of attention. "This is supposed to be about a young girl coming to adolescence and putting her childhood behind her and growing to face the world". He thinks.
One wonders how much of himself Bowie put into the role..! In the end, he decided Bowie's ideas are valid. The idea of the goblin king as all-powerful and sexually fascinating is very appealing to (female?) viewers, and it's easy to forget that he can also be described as childish, playful, petulant, and ultimately weak. Indeed, this is what the rough-draft version of Jareth is like.
David came to join Henson when the camera went off.
"I'm thinking about the song to the last scene".
"I can't wait to hear it".
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