Dear devotees wenham-fans and guests of Wenhamania.
In these last hours of the great and terrible year our friendly team sincerely wish you patience, strength, perseverance and energy to achieve your goals, new horizons of personal success and new achievements for a mysterious, goodhearted, talented, charming, red-haired man, for the sake of which we're all gathered here!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, DEAR FRIENDS!
Wenhamania swears to leave in the past year all her problems - a heap of professional troubles, broken computers, terrible weather and sad mood.
But we'll take with us the best memories and hopes, five suitcases of news and herring under a fur coat.
We we'll lay the festive table with all this luxuries traditionally in the first week of the coming year!
Wenhamania's diagnosis: post-traumatic workaholism on a background of progressive chronic Wenham-mania.
Designer's itching, fifty new pages and long-awaited opening of English-language section of Publications - such are the consequences of the relentless Australian impulse multiplied by David's powerful creative activity. Only a cold autumn rain, which drummed lightly over the keyboard of the main computer of Wenhamania, could perhaps slow down this crazy process. And, alas, this time, it's not a joke and not a metaphor. This is Russia and here it happens. )))
THE SHARP TURNING, OR A SYNDROME OF "THE FRUSTRATED DIRECTOR IN THE ACTOR'S BODY"
Long before that, the film-makers boldly dubbed it as "unique cinema event."
And contrary to the law of contradiction the critics and audiences did not even think to object and nodded in unison.
Everything is true, they say, each word.
The Event.
For Cinema.
Absolutely Unique.
David had missed this premiere, but he had a valid reason: in these hours at the other bank of the Yarra his long-suffering John Proctor had to pay a farewell bow to the audience, which every day for months with a sinking heart hoped that he would change his mind and would not tear to shreds his confession of witchcraft.
The confession was torn in the fifty-first time, and John went to his glorious immortality not leaving any hope to the viewer, at the same time David went to meet his first directorial success. That, you agree, looks pretty symbolic in a certain sense )))
David made up for lost time on the next day in the company of co-directors and the author of "The Turning" - Tim Winton, sharing joys and hopes of his new, now recognized status, with the grateful festival audience.
The directors' team meets with the audience after the premiere "The Turning" at the Melbourne International Film Festival, August 4, 2013.
A few weeks later David drew a substantial part of this friendly team on the West Coast of Australia, in a welcoming Busselton, at the festival CinefestOz - 2013, acclaiming brave directorial experience.
Looking at the inspired, full of enthusiasm face of her favourite actor, Wenhamania finally resigned to the idea that the directing is here to stay seriously and for a long time.
Meanwhile the favourite actor himself traditionally declined all responsibility for his film.
"Winton has the ability to strip anything extraneous from his characters and stories. His unique skill allows him in each instance to simply and directly locate the kernel of truth."
“If he had said no, I don't know what I would have done. Weaving has become a stronger actor, if that's possible. You can see the stories on his face. And he has a dignity to him – and certainly Bob (the character of Hugo in "Commission") has that. Bob is a man with a history who has found himself.”
Hugo Weaving and David Wenham on the set of "Commission" (David's segment of "The Turning")
As for the director's inspiration, Peter Bogdanovich and his "The Last Picture Show" (1971) was responsible for it:
“…so affecting and beautiful and moving and thought-provoking in its simplicity. Everything that was extraneous was stripped away. And that's what I tried to do with my little film."
Yeah... listening to David, it seems he had nothing to do with it.
Thank God, we have his colleagues and critics.
David on the set.
"He was completely chilled about the camera, he was on top of everything, but he was more concerned what he had to say to us. He was incredibly well prepared and made it all seem so effortless when I know it wasn't" , - Hugo Weaving commented on David’s work and added traditionally: "We laughed a lot. It was good, we had fun, we sat around campfires."
“Actor David Wenham directed Hugo Weaving in Commission, and the result is so good in every way… Laconic, damaged Australian masculinity done to perfection, - Lee Bemrose wrote in his thorough review. ("In turn for “The Turning").
“The highlights come from David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska”, - Tom Clift agreed (“Tim Winton's The Turning”)
“David Wenham uses his experience to elicit fine performances from Hugo Weaving and Josh McConville in Commission, the most memorable of the Vic Lang stories,” - Mark Naglazas reasoned (Aussie cast shine in The Turning)
And contented Tim Winton admitted: "It was so crazy brave, so odd, that I was attracted right from the start."
He became so enthusiastic that even personally went with David in outback, to search for the set of "Commission".
Tim Winton (author) and David Wenham during a creative meeting with the audience August 4, 2013.
In short, David again couldn't get away from the well-deserved praise.
And Wenhamania with sigh of relief felt triumph of the world harmony again.
Limited release of "The Turning" is on the big screens in Australia from September 26. Release of new pages of Wenhamania, with the "turning" Gallery and Publications, is right here and now)))
THE MAN AND THE LAW, OR INOCULATION OF HUMANISM
“I’m someone who is passionately opposed to the Death Penalty so it was a story I was proud to be involved in.”
David makes such statements not often. It's well worth it. And Australian audiences have felt it with all their hearts, when at the turn of July and August the premiere of SBS mini-series "Better Man" had happened.
Unfortunately, the audience wasn't big enough to make wide resonance, but the ripples in the water went far, and controversial issue began to play with new colors, and emotions overflowed and ran along the river-beds of streams of social networks.
“I can’t stop crying =( “
“#betterman is easily the most powerful drama of the year! #sbs”
“#betterman Australian TV at its finest. Thanks #Sbs “
“Omg #better man makes you think about the death penalty it hurts all the people left behind”
“My eyeballs hurt. Headache. Such a moving story. It had to be told. #bettermansbs”
At least three buckets of tears in the general stream belong to Wenhamania, which managed to join the viewing. When she calmed down a little and hanged her wet handkerchiefs on the clothesline, she began doing her favorite thing - collecting reviews and formulating her own thoughts.
Despite the relative modesty and lack of buzz, "Better Man" definitely is one of the best David's projects, and the authenticity and integrity of the cast is comparable only with "Answered by fire", which is the cult for Wenhamania
We send rays of respect and admiration for the young Remy Hii (Van Nguyen) and Hien Nguyen (real mother of filmmaker Khoa Do, who played Van's mother), who conquered our hearts with their realistic and deep acting.
And about David (who, unfortunately, appears only in the second part of the film) we prefer to speak with quotations of Australian viewers, under each of which we are ready to put our bold Russian signatures.
@andylinners
David Wenham You're fantastic, but this is the best I've seen you in years #Outstanding #BetterManSBS
@DanVoss : #DavidWenham fantastic as always in #BetterMan on @SBS Love him!
@FleurLeRin: David Wenham is amazing #Betterman
@bigdaddyjulianj: Watching Better Man, about young Melb Viet hanged 4 smuggling.Show is ok but really picks up once David Wenham comes into it. What a talent!
And here is one small but significant addition from Wenhamania:
@wenhamania: I hope Julian McMahon also will be canonized eventually. As well as his patient and sympathetic wife Bernadette.
If you've missed the movie on TV - do not miss the release of the film on DVD.
And Wenhamania opens Gallery and Publication pages of the film, in expectation of nominations' placers.
TRIUMPHAL HOPES OF A SMALL TAIL AND A BIG LAKE, OR EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC RECOGNITION
The most successful short film of David, a cartoon about tailed girl "A Cautionary Tail" - quietly and safely reached the top of Mount Olympus of Australian cinema. Now it is nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Short Animation.
Everything is unique and enlightening in this story - and its plot and the epic history of its making. This is eloquent illustration of the fact, that the real creativity begins from a big heart and not from the pursuit of funding.
If fifteen minutes of absolute talent earned one nomination, the seven episode of resonant mini-series worth no less than eight.
High-sounding project of Jane Campion, “Top of the Lake”, had acquired 93% approval rating on a reputable cinema critics' website Rotten Tomatoes and eight Emmy nominations at once.
Alas, to the surprise of the public, none of these nominations became an award at the ceremony of television Oscar. Perhaps, it's just because none of them had direct relation to David, despite the fact that the number of enthusiastic responses to his work in the film grows exponentially.
Recent release of the film on British TV and release DVD triggered another surge of rightful public bewilderment:
@ChrisFalconUSA: David Wenham of "Top of the Lake" is beautiful to look at and watch. Someone give that guy a movie of his own.
@katesang: great actor - #topofthelake v dark and he is *excellent* in it. More David Wenham please!
Ashley Thomson: If you’d like a copy of this cheerful, upbeat rom-com (haaa), email allan@bmamag.com and tell him why David Wenham is the most underrated Australian actor – possibly ever.
This is exactly what Wenhamania thinks constantly about. However there is one fundamental difference.
In the opinion of the European and American audience, this underestimation comes from the fact that David only once in every seven years appears in something like "300: Rise of an Empire" and to be said not as strategist Themistocles.
By Wenhamania's thinking, David is underrated because the European and American audience just have not seen his best films.
And as David's mother said: "It's just different".
“I would be remiss not to mention David Wenham, who played Al. As an actor, when you’re doing a scene that you both know is primarily one character’s scene, it takes a great actor to actually sit there and listen to you and not get bored. He was aware of the headspace that I needed to be in, and he just sat there and listened. He was like a therapist and was totally there every single time that we did it. I really needed him to be there for me, and he was amazing.”
"Her performance is outstanding (and) I rate (her) as one of the best actresses I've ever worked with."
If in the World's film industry there was Award for the Most Gallant Actor, David would have been the annual winner indeed.
ACCESS CODE, OR PRODUCTION FEVER
The David's enthusiasm for directing pretty scared fans of his acting talent. But they can breathe a sigh of relief at least now ... David is still thinking about new roles. Anyway.
David only had time to say - "Now I'd like to do something funny," catching his breath after the series of grim and tragic projects of recent years... and he immediately found himself on the set of the political thriller. Such is the irony of fate.
However, reading a stingy press release of a new mini-series, “CODE” his fans realised clearly why David just could not miss it.
Biggest Australian broadcaster ABC has announced the most ambitious project in its history.
Not to mention such a sweet little thing like the shooting in David's native Sydney! (Well, and of course, in Canberra and in the "capital of the Australian Outback» Broken Hill, but after all, it isn’t big distance for Aussie!)
Press release traditionally keeps silence about the role, which the filmmakers have prepared for the universal Wenham in the story about "two very different brothers who stumble across information about a new technology - information that people in the highest political echelons will reduce to dust to keep secret".
However, some intuitive signs point to the fact that this time David will be "producer of dust”. The inexorable logic of alternation and symptomatic lack of information are on the side of this hypothesis.
In addition, witnesses claim that the shooting of scenes with David took place right at the epicenter of Australian political life - in Canberra. Holy of Holies of the Australian state system - the Federal Parliament has provided for this shooting its sacred walls and ... its sacred roof.
Hmmm ...We'd like to believe that David did not have to fall off it at least)))
DAVID FOR THE MASSES! OR BILATERAL INFLAMMATION OF SOCIABILITY
Premieres, nominations, shooting ...
Such active David's creative life is true feast for the souls of his fans. Yet the real celebration happens on those wonderful days when the humble hero with light steps leaves the screen or the pages of the glossy magazines in order to meet the grateful and excited audience: relaxed manners, the complete lack of pretentiousness, deep respect for the audience and a passionate love for his job. That gives real meaning to fans life.
The audience is melting from delight, admiration and amazement:
@jessica_flat3: #davidwenham amazing actor inspiring speaker @BigScreenSNZ
@xyzimon: Wenham is giving 110% to this session. Impressive #BigScreenNZ
“ He was a down-to-earth guy, and well-dressed, really well-dressed. Then his sexiness was amplified by the fact that the questions he really lit up on were the weird ones, not your usual bucket of PR pigsfeed most celebrities thrive on.”
(from here)
The actor's master-class and meeting with the audience in the company of his colleague from "Top of the Lake" New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm.
And this is - 21-25 August. Sunny days on the caressing coast of Western Australia. Hospitable Busselton, adoring the faithful Patron of its gathering strength CinefestOz Film Festival.
More than forty distinguished guests from the film industry world, including this year’s Australian Screen Legend, Jack Thompson ( "Australia") and director Rachel Ward.
Screenings, premieres, lunches and meetings with the audience. Great company, great wine and great conversation.
Sea, Sun and David.
Residents of the northern hemisphere know exactly how paradise looks like, especially when endless cold rain patters against the windows.
But miracles do happen! A piece of the Australian spring comes in the midst of the European autumn.
David's participation in the convention RingCon – 2013 is officially confirmed by the organizers. European fans of David were not scared by the high price of his session, and Wenham-Tickets have been sold like hotcakes.
It means that on October 18 David is going to be in Germany to give his warmth, sincerity and charm ...
Bonn ... Moscow ...
Only three hours of flight ...
Um..m..m.. It's temptation.
It's almost haiku))))
PIANO, SPACE FLIGHTS AND THE STANISLAVKY METHOD, OR A RECIPE OF FAN'S HAPPINESS.
This recipe is very simple and modest - three-quarters of the creative success of our favorite actor and a quarter of his sensitive attention. Plus - one photo of David on Red Square. But it is already very close to nirvana.
However if Wenhamania had learned something, it's not to be afraid to dream.
And the words "David Wenham talks about his Russian fan club" spread through Twitter with many-voiced echo, forcing some tender hearts jumping like balls around computers. (All tweets are here )
After that David's mention The Stanislavsky Method in Busselton already looks like a frank greeting to the other end of the world. (To be honest, Wenhamania suspected for long time that David always was a consistent admirer of ideas of Russian theater classic, but she just modestly waited in the wings).
P.S. Dear guests and residents of Wenhamania! Do not go far away from your computer. The grand news update is already browning in the oven of Wenhamania! We promise it will be delicious!
“I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth!
How funny it'll seem to come out among the people
that walk with their heads downward!
The Antipathies, I think” –
(she was rather glad there WAS no one listening,
this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) –
“But I shall have to ask them
what the name of the country is, you know.
Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?”
Alice's adventures in wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
FIRST DREAM: ‘VICE VERSA’ COUNTRY, OR ARE YOU OK, LADIES?!
“Are you OK, Ladies?”
An anxious policeman intently stared across the road at the intersection of Hughes and Victoria Streets
“Yes! Yes! We’re O'K!!!! Thank you!” – the answer was wafting in between bursts of feverish laughter.
That was a good and attentive policeman. He understood that even if it IS ‘O'K’, but it looks obviously ‘not very’. The only question was - in which direction was this 'not very' going?
“Are you sure?”- he kept asking persistently, and a new portion of laugh was coming back in reply.
It's hard to surprise anybody on the streets of Sydney, especially with smiles or extravagant appearance. But these two weird ladies, frantically clutching maps and cameras in their hands, had such faces ... such faces ... as if they had just fallen through the Earth and unexpectedly found themselves on the other side of it.
Yes, and where! In the most fabulous place, they could only dream of.
However, that's how it was.
These were the first steps of Russian Wenhamania on the Land of Promise ... sorry, of Australia.
Multi-coloured birds laughed ironically around.
High winter skies shone crystal clarity.
The air was spreading the aroma of eucalyptus trees, sea, coffee and chocolate biscuits.
Traffic lights sang cheerfully.
Streams of Puccini's sounds flowed along the quays and fell into the mystical croon of didgeridoo.
Giant rubber plants propped up clouds by their glossy foliage and widely spread huge trunks with clawed paws, in wavy folds of which shadows were hiding.
By six o'clock in the evening the silvery boat of the Moon floated across the sky, and the constellation of the Australian flag was waving on her deck proudly.
The country had opened its arms to the travelers from all four sides and firmly pressed them to its relaxed and fun beating heart. With quiet, cute streets with carved balconies and picturesque courtyards, blue bays filled with sails, a lively, but not fussy rhythm of squares, highways, boulevards and arcades, penetrating beauty of its landscapes, plush ingenuousness of its animals. And with hearty warmth of its people.
Are you from Russia? Wow!
It’s incredible!
It’s so far away!
I had one Russian mate. Very tall and handsome guy!
How will it be in Russian ‘thank you’?
How do you like Sidney?
If you do like Sidney, you will fall in love with Melbourne!
Oh! You are from Russia! Which city?
I knew it!
Are you O'K, Ladies????!!!!
No! We’re not O'K! Not O'K! How it could be O'K at all, if all around was...David!
We felt his 'relaxed magnetism', exquisite manners and democratic character, his attention and tender care, his charm and seductiveness, his love for people and for life with all its huge and small pleasures, in every breath of the city.
Sorry, David! In your absence, your faithful Wenhamania had enjoyed your big and comfortable home without your permission.
In complete prostration she wandered along the golden beaches of Manly.
Steep hills of Potts Point.
Talking tiles of Darlinghurst Road.
Deserted paths of Rushcutters Bay.
She sat on each bench on the Boulevard near fountain Thistle, where in a little cafe on the corner you can taste home-made wine and the most delicious pizza in the city.
She felt like home too.
Russia is so far away!
Nothing of the kind!
It’s so close! It's much closer than New York or London!
Are you OK, Ladies????!!!!
SECOND DREAM: MELBOURNE, SOUTHBANK, SUMNER OR “DID YOU COME TO SEE ‘THE CRUCIBLE’? WELCOME!”
The most severe test for Wenhamania was not a 30-hour air journey through the half of the world before she had reached the cherished glass doors of the Sumner Theatre in Melbourne.
The real 'Crucible' was - to stay on your feet at the sight of the posters and do not look crazy holding a pile of theatrical printing products.
Wenhamania tried very hard to look quite normal. The nice Australians tried very hard not to give a sign, that they can see how she tries.
How Wenhamania coped with this task can be judged by the earth-shattering question which, in the end, rang above her ear: "ARE YOU WENHAMANIA FROM RUSSIA?"
Oh, my God! Was it really SO obvious?
A huge bouquet attached with a letter in Gulliver's envelope and cute Cheburashka, tied with a ribbon.
There isn't such a tradition in Australia, unlike Russia, to give flowers to the actor on the stage.
"It's O'K", Wenhamania was thinking. "It's for better! The bouquet can be sent via the box office employees. For then I will not fall into a faint, as if I found myself face to face with David!"
And yet Demon of the secret desires tugged the tips of strained nerves.
Wenhamania closed her eyes in horror so as not to change her mind, and had sent an email to MTC. And then she threw a few coins in the donation box and rubbed shining pig's snout in front of the Sydney Hospital for good luck.
MTC kept silent.
The pig maliciously laughed.
"It’s O'K” - Wenhamania kept thinking. - "It's for better. For then I will not feel like a fool, not knowing what to say and to do with myself. After all, I have tickets for whole THREE performances. Isn't it happiness?"
Luckily, the good-natured people of Melbourne, who hadn't got tickets for "The Crucible", didn't hold a grudge against Wenhamania's greed.
That's ‘very Russian thing' - to watch the show three times in a row. That is very Wenhamanish.
One time definitely would not be enough. After all, the first time was hardly sufficient for Wenhamania to recover from the excitement and delight.
David 'Proctor' Wenham reigned on stage in all his brutal rustic appearance, scattering around the sparks of his male and actor's charisma.
By the way, sparks were falling from the downstage directly on the head of poor Wenhamania, who'd forgotten for three hours who she was and where she was, and who were all these people sitting around, and who were those Salem's witches, everybody yelled about. The only real thing, which could help her, was extinguisher or even a fire hydrant
Only the next night the contours of the powerful performance came out from the fog of fan's feelings distinctly:
its laconic style and clear outline,
its really catchy energy and throbbing idea,
its magnificent acting and emotional strata,
its precise choreography and mesmerizing music,
its chilling flashes and searing pauses.
Then Wenhamania decided to write a review. And may be one more.
You even may have a look at these attempts: here and here.
Clarity slowly descended into the brain. And the heart came into its usual rhythm, and only a heavy feeling of forthcoming parting with someone, who was very close, drilled a very deep hole in it.
The very last night in the happy Land of Oz.
The third but last show.
The last glance at David from a distance of several tens of meters. (Thank to the Chinese and their children's toy binoculars!)
Wenhamania was going along familiar road to the theater with hanging head. And she did not notice that fairies already flitted above her bowed head.
A sudden gust of wind brought the delicate scent of magic: a handsome young man unexpectedly opened the glass door of the Samner Theatre in front of surprised Wenhamania.
“Did you come to see ‘The Crucible’? Welcome!”
Wenhamania stepped across the threshold, and crystal curtain had divided the life into 'before' and 'after'.
“Are you Wenhamania from Russia? David learned about you. He’s amazed! You've done such a long way… You are such dedicated fans… that’s your last night in Melbourne… right here, next to this door, in ten minutes after show… you should wait…and David will come out to meet you.”
Cute, affable and astute MTC's Casting Coordinator, Matthew Bebbington anxiously peered at the petrified faces of Wenhamania.
"You must be very excited", whether he was asking or worried or maybe hinting.
“Yes, yes, of course! Thank you,” - Wenhamania repeated with horror and glee at one time, barely holding the balance on padded feet, and felt as jelly-like body was just about to spill on the floor like colorful bubbling puddle.
“It's O'K,” -Wenhamania repeated to herself. –“It's nothing. David only will come out in the lobby for a couple of minutes and will sign our flyers. And I'll stand, leaning against the wall. I'm not going to fall down, as it seems to me..."
Poor, poor, poor Wenhamania!
THE THIRD DREAM: YOU’RE AMAZING, OR SCARLET SAILS ON THE AUSTRALIAN WAY
"When the soul cherishes the seed of an ardent plant - a miracle, make this miracle come true for it if you can. This person's soul will change and yours will, too", Alexander Green wrote in “Scarlet Sails” - a handbook of all Russian romantics.
We find it hard to imagine that David had ever read "Scarlet Sails".
But he also knows that a miracle - it's not necessarily two kilometers of scarlet silk.
“There are miracles of no less magnitude: a smile, merriment, forgiveness and ... the right word spoken opportunely. If one possesses this - one possesses all.”
This One possesses the Heart of Wenhamania for sure!)) More precisely, the hearts of all its residents.
No, David, it's not us, who are amazing. It's YOU!
It is your generous soul measured off the main treasures of Wenhamania:
Two weeks of the beauty and hospitality of your country...
Nine hours of the powerful energy of your performances...
And twenty minutes of warm-hearted communication with you on the other side of the stage door...
So forgive us for our stupid stupefaction and numbness.
In fact, at the time we wanted to say:
- that, JULIA BLAKE is one of the most endearing and charming lady, we had a chance to meet in our life. She is an amazing actress and a very warm person. And her knitted dolls are masterpiece and contain an amazing amount of detail, and we still can't believe that we'd seen them with our own eyes,
- that GREG STONE is actually considered the second favorite of Wenhamania since "SeaChange" and "The Bank". We all admire his personal charm and dramatic talent. And we would be happy for any opportunity to see you both together in the next project,
- that PAUL ENGLISH was unanimously voted by Wenhamania as the best Jack Gibson of all time and peoples, and his disappearance from the second season of "SeaChange" was the second biggest loss of the series (after... you know...),
- that JOHN MCTERNAN touched us to tears by his rustic and lovable old man Giles,
- that GRANT CARTWRIGHT charmed us with his complex and emotional Reverend Hale (not to mention his human sensitivity),
AND
- that we are eternally grateful to YOU for those unforgettable bursts of emotions that have covered us with head
for your penetrating talent,
for your disarming charm,
for your endearing and tender attentiveness,
for your inimitable gallantry ...
(At this point, even little dulled sense of humor will not save Wenhamania, lost in the jungle of her own feelings)))))
All that remains is just swallow back our sighs and hope that it will soon pass.
In and of itself.
Well, at least a little bit...)
And now! (Do you hear the drum-roll and trumpets?!!!)
David's gifts for Wenhamania! The most honorable of her fans' museum exhibits!
David's photo in his theatrical dressing room in half an hour after the show.
Posters with autographs for the members of the Wenhamania's delegation
His personal theatrical cup with his portrait…
Wenhamania vows to treat with reverence to this relic, and to drink tea from it only three times a year at the most important holidays:
on September 21st – David’s Birthday
on March 21st – Wenhamania’s Birthday
on July 15th – The Big Day of "The Crucible"
In the end, this cup will forever remain our 'Little Glass Slipper'- the most important proof that everything that happened was not a dream.
Wenhamania is sitting in blissfully thoughtful prostration and smelling daisy dreamily... - Are we going to cook a jam?
Wenhamania jumps up with fright and looks around. - Huh? What?
- I'm saying, are we going to cook a jam or not? Here are so many syrup that will be enough for 10 years... to drink tea, and not only on holidays.
- Who are you???
- I'm Lady Autumn.
- Huh? August is still ahead!!! Where are the others?
- Yeah, August... Not in vain Little Spring Fairy was leaving with you - it's time for her to go to another hemisphere. Gremlin went to play pranks - he's got an idiosyncrasy to the romance (although, maybe, we can fix it). Domovoi is cleaning up a pantry. Shishiga and July's Mavka are helping Goddess of Summer with the harvest. And the time has come for us too, sweetheart Wenhamania, - is there any news?
- Ah, yeeees!!!
AND THE BIT ABOUT REALITY
Okay, while Wenhamania is hardly returning to the usual rhythm of life, the rest of the international wenhamania-community enjoys the Fireworks of Premieres and Announcements.
A powerful start of admittedly one of the most exciting dramas of this year on Australian television screens - "Better Man."
Rousing welcome for the premiere of a unique project "The Turning" at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
It is almost impossible to believe that the hero of all these big news now, perhaps, rolls to work by his small scooter towards the whimsical glass blocks of the Sammner Theater.
Gray cap, black jacket, modest glasses...
The people of Melbourne, do not miss this amazing show!
Wenhamania's mood: icy wind fanning the fire .... and turbulent flows of life-giving rains .....
Bang! Bang!
Well it's happened.
The most anticipated event in Wenhamania's world boils in the crucible of troubled times.
Bum-bum-bum-BANG! GREMLIN:This isn't me! No, it's not me! Get away from me! A-ah-ah!
Tydyts-tydyts-tydyts!
On June 22 "The Crucible" has stepped on stage of Melbourne Theatre Company to present to an audience a new version of the story of how jealousy and hatred, hiding their real faces behind the masks of holiness and justice, can kill the body and the soul of a man.
Dynts! Thud! WENHAMANIA: What's up?! Come on, stop immediately!
Shishiga is waving her pail, Domovoi is shaking his broom, Goddess of Summer and Little Spring Fairy are targeting their wands, July's Mavka is flexing her fingers ...
... And sobbing Gremlin is curling up in a ball in the corner ...
ALL TOGETHER: It's his fault!
GREMLIN: It's not mine ... it's true - not mine! I was on the forum ... and was playing in someone's laptop, and that's all! In the local laptop! I did not go to Australia!
WENHAMANIA: Well, what are you really doing?! We should figure that out first of all! So, stop the panic!
Wenhamania gives Gremlin a candy and pats his on the head. DOMOVOI: (putting aside his broom): Well, well!
WENHAMANIA: And then news is first of all! You may know everything, but our guests don't ...
Long before this day the action stirred the cultural life of Melbourne and the surrounding area. Neither extra seats nor standing room tickets were able to satisfy the thirst of viewers. The season was sold out before it started.
The creators made no secret of their key motifs. Message of three hundred years-old powerful story resonates in our trouble times, even in the happiest country.
GODDESS OF SUMMER and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY (putting down their wands): Or maybe it's really .... just politics....the human beings... (they frown)
David Wenham told and told us about it, despite the playful sparks in his eyes.
And, perhaps, it would be just weird, if the first act of this fantastic drama did not start with the heart-rending howl:
"I saw Sam Strong with the Devil!"
"I saw David Wenham with the Devil!"
Floodgates broke under pressure and David's fan, accustomed to the delights of critics, frozen in horror, reading about his favorite, something totally unexpected and new:
Oh, even then you would find a grain of reason, with some training, of course.
But steel needle pierces through poor poppet:
"David Wenham, playing Proctor, is a joke.... Wenham's performance is pathetic, lazy and blank." ( Byron Bache, Crikey)
What kind of demons did Sam Strong free, that they make such a big fire??
But the flows of praises powerfully struck nailing the flame to the ground.
GODDESS OF SUMMER and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Rains!!! Heavy rains!!!
@rachhen: David Wenham in The Crucible. Say no more... #mtc
@Catty_Jones: Oh wow! Drop what you are doing, Melbournites and book tickets to The Crucible. Incredible night of theatre. David Wenham outstanding.
@katiemelb: Meanwhile, at @MelbTheatreCo's THE CRUCIBLE, David Wenham is fiiiiiiiiiine as John Proctor.
@mariekehardy: Last night I dreamed that David Wenham and I were lovers. Woke up to buy tickets to The Crucible and IT'S SOLD OUT. Damn you, Melbourne.
@katiemelb: All I can say about @MelbTheatreCo's THE CRUCIBLE is that you must beg, borrow or steal to get a ticket. Sell your 1st-born if you have to.
GREMLIN:At least someone said something interesting ...)))
@boganjustice: An Arresting production of one of the most powerful plays ever written. David Wenham was incredible. @MelbTheatreCo
@no1foofan1: @MelbTheatreCo superb offering with #TheCrucible - powerful performance by Wenham and Hegh; the stark set design & lighting a standout too.
@lensville: @MelbTheatreCo knock it out of the park with #TheCrucible w/ David Wenham. Kudos to all esp dir. Sam Strong. Must see theatre at its best.
@epicurean3006: I see lots of plays but #TheCrucible @MelbTheatreCo moved me tonight. Very powerful and a perfect cast. David Wenham is a great John Proctor
@g_cart: Hugely successful opening night for @MelbTheatreCo Crucible last night. Very proud of this very awesome production! Great to be working with such an incredible team. (Grant Cartwright - Rev. Hale)
And of course, this is fantastic:
@KathViner: Well I was gripped by The Crucible by the MCT and not only because of #wenhamania
There are thickest torrential streams ...
Sandi Sieger (Beat.com):"A great many people will be drawn to see The Crucible simply to catch a glimpse of David Wenham on stage as the main protagonist John Proctor, and his performance is well worth admission price alone....His performance is wonderful."
Cameron Woodhead (The Age): "David Wenham's John Proctor is the big drawcard and he delivers - earthy and taciturn and tormented by guilt, he strides across the part, particularly memorable in scenes opposite Anita Hegh, who gives an aching, statuesque performance as his wife."
Deborah Stone (artshub.com): "David Wenham carries the key role of John Proctor with strength and characteristic charisma."
Kate Herbert (Herald Sun): "Wenham is a potent stage presence as Proctor, the hero with a fatal flaw, portraying this rustic, ordinary man with initial restraint that turns to passionate action and tirades against injustice and irrationality."
Danu Poyner (Australian Stage): "David Wenham's performance as John Proctor, the guilt-ridden eye of the storm, is comparatively understated. He is the play's moral centre, which he wears heavily, and has the best lines, which he delivers with well-timed pathos and the occasional comic flourish where appropriate. But it is in his silences where he does the most acting. The uneasy scene in the Proctors' house in Act Two and his prickly exchanges with Hale are among the best moments of the whole evening, and the tension which we feel mounting there reaches its peak in Act Three."
The fire hisses ferociously and hides in the smoking embers.
And Wenhamania looks to the sky with hope. To the South....
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY:The weather will be great, do not worry!
What incredible happiness to know that our little guard have a chance to join this historic battle.
Bags are packed, the course is charted, sails are set ...
DOMOVOI: I've baked buns with a good mood for you. Take them on the road.
Don't give up, David!
And we do not care that the hope to get your autograph has disappeared along with the hope to get a reply letter from MTC.
JULY'S MAVKA: ... Actually you just need to believe that miracles are still possible... ))
We'll be back carrying in our luggage something much more .....
And the main trailer for Wenhamania's season.
Our story about the amazing journey to Australia.... Such a distant and such a close country...
WENHAMANIA: And if you'll quarrel and fight ...
Shishiga, Domovoi, Gremlin, Little Spring Fairy, Goddess of Summer and July's Mavka: We will not quarrel!
So what? Just three vials of valerian, two weeks of insomnia and redecorating of all 790 pages of our site.... Big deal!
But nothing compares to the cultural shock, that Wenhamania has experienced, looking at the man who has a title "Wish" on his forehead ...
Add to that a scattering of awards, announcements and premieres, the hypnotic stare of Al Parker, the bitter tears of Julian McMahon and an unexpected reappearance of one-eyed Spartan Dilios as a control shot ...
GREMLIN: In the Eye! LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Get out of here!
Hmmm ... It looks like this valerian was too strong drink for us ....
TEARS, SWEAT, HUGO BOSS AND BIG TORTE
Well, we did it! In early April, we received the keys for a new apartment and moved to a new host service - under the new roof.
Parting with the old home was painful and bitter, especially because it almost coincided with Wenhamania's Birthday: we was preparing to celebrate our Fifth Anniversary in the gentle walls of Narod.
Liquidation of consequences of the moving became its peak phase. Recover of lost pages, restoration of damaged codes, and the taming of the new control panel - whatever you say - it's fascinating and sometimes even instructive job, especially against the background of the raging spring.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Thanks for your kind words! Did it help? But now I'm going away ...
In these troubled days we were only supported by optimism and love to someone who you know. But they worked flawlessly, so that by the end of the month, all the walls were plastered, the pictures were hanged, furniture was placed in the rooms, the floor was washed and even samovar has boiled.
DOMOVOI: And the buns are ready! LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: And the guests have assembled!
According to an old Russian tradition first we run into our new house a cat. Red cat. And please, no analogies! Everyone knows that the red cats bring good luck. And the good luck - it's something that will be very useful for Wenhamania right now!
WENHAMANIA: The buns? That's good. And what sort of the guests are coming now? And what happened to Gremlin? After all, he was here a couple moments ago. DOMOVOI: He's escaped to the forum - now he gads about over there. LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Meet the Goddess of Summer, she is my aunt. WENHAMANIA:Hello, I'm glad to see you. GODDESS OF SUMMER: Me too, they say it's very interesting here. I hope you won't mind if a few others come? WENHAMANIA: And would my objection have a value? Well, I just hope that Gremlin won't come back.
And now, please, welcome to our table, dear guests!
A stunning and very pleasing fact, despite the apparent bewilderment with which David with his eclectic and non-glamour taste has found himself in the midst of a magazine photo shoot.
Only Wenham-fans were not surprised. Oh, they know that the secret is simple. ))) Because David is capable of turning shorts, flip-flops and a balaclava in a stylish outfit, just putting them on himself. And we say nothing about armor and leather pants ...
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY and GODDESS OF SUMMER: Oooohhhh...
Well, almost nothing ....
OUR MOST SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID ON THIS STYLISH AWARD!!!
FLOWERS, STARS, LOVE AND CHOCOLATE GLAZE
The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association with floral -astronomical acronym ASTRA loves David Wenham.
We can say that ASTRA loves David Wenham very much.
And does it have a choice at all - to love or not to love David Wenham? If in the last few years every season of Australian pay TV cann't do without David Wenham.
2011 was a triumph for Andrew Fraser, the fallen star of courtrooms and maximum security prison ("Killing Time", the distressful protege of Australian channel TV1).
In 2012, the appearance of charismatic detective Bennett O'Mara in the romantic and confectionery produce of UKTV "Dripping in Chocolate" marked the path of David's creative movement along the detective chain - from criminal defender to the criminal hunter.
Louise Lombard and David Wenham in "Dripping in Chocolate"
At the upcoming ceremony ASTRA Awards -2013 the chocolate thriller will fight for the coveted piece of crystal in the category "Most Outstanding Drama" with "The Walking Dead,""Justified" and the favorite of the season - "Tangle".
Yes, "Tangle" in this case is indeed huge. The third season of Australia TV channel Showcase has a claim on two thirds of the pedestal in categorie "Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male."
But no matter what the jury will decide. No matter how Dan Wyllie and Lincoln Younes are handsome and good. They have no chance for Wenhamania if number one on the list of nominees is David Wenham.
OUR WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID ON A DESERVED CHOCOLATE NOMINATION!!!
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY and GODDESS OF SUMMER: Too much calories .. But it is hard to give up ...And what about beach season? WENHAMANIA: At first - Australia's beaches are already closed, and then these calories are spiritual! Actually, on this occasion we can allow ourselves something stronger ...
SHOCK, DELIGHT, АРТ HOUSE AND A BOTTLE OF "TWO PADDOCKS"
Eeeeer .... "David's creative movement along the detective chain" ..... proved to be very fancy.
It's how we select the words to talk about "Top of the Lake", which finally splashed out all its secrets.
Well, if you could say it, given that by the end of the film the numbers of questions and answers didn't coincide critically.
But what do you want from art house film and Madame Campion?
Seven hours of intellectual stress, but heartbreaking question, "Who killed Laura Palmer .....?" "Who's the father of Tui Mitcham's baby? " ... is still on the agenda.
However, at a certain point it became even less significant when compared with the much more powerful twists of plot.
And at the finish line - the crackling of the spears in numerous forums and blogs, and the wails of the shocked audience.
- Oh, no!
- Oh, yes!
- Not again!
- This is really cool!
- What a horrible thing!! Disappointment!
- It's really gets to me! ....
There is no other character of David which intrigues his fans in such an extraordinary degree as blurred Detective Sergeant Al Parker.
Fire and ice.
Steel and silk.
Pathos and cunning.
Sincerity and hypocrisy.
Mediocrity and charisma.
Crime and punishment.
How does he manage to cram it all in one image?!
GODDESS OF SUMMER: Yes, I guess "Dripping in Chocolate" is just dietetic soup in comparison with it (for those who understand).
At first, he distracted the attention of the public, talking about the epic landscape of New Zealand, amazing cinematic look of Jane Campion, love story component and the forces of good and evil.
But after all, he's modestly became silent.
Of course, what could we say here? Here it is necessary to shout!
The abundant rain called "Critics’ Choice Television Awards - 2013" poured down on "Top of the Lake":
- nomination for "Best movie or miniseries";
- nomination for "Best Actress in a movie or miniseries" (Elisabeth Moss) and
- whole placer of nominations for "Best Supporting Actor in a movie or miniseries" for all leading men of Laketop : Peter Mullan (Matt Mitcham), Thomas M. Wright (Johnno), and, of course,David Wenham (Al Parker)!
The situation is just as fantastic as it's funny.
Actually, it's a credit to the jury.
First, because they get to the core of Jane Campion's feminist message: there is no and can’t be the main male character in the film about an uncompromising triumph of women over male chauvinism.
Second, because they generously praised her fine flair in the matters of casting: the judges were clearly dazzled by the abundance of talents on one square inch of the screen!
But Wenhamania isn't dazzled!
Wenhamania feels dizzy like after a couple of glasses of pinot noir wine from Sam Neill's vineyards, which David, as it turns out, advertised during his work and during rest.
David, Madeleine Sami (Zena), Sam Neill and "Two Paddocks" on Sam's property, New Zealand, 2012, during the filming of "Top of the Lake"
David, Elisabeth Moss and "Two Paddocks" in "Top of the Lake"
GODDESS OF SUMMER: After all, his hairdo in this show looks as if ... WENHAMANIA: As if Madame Campion did it?))) GODDESS OF SUMMER: Yeah ...
OUR WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID ON A DESERVED LAKE NOMINATION!!!
DUMBBELLS, BARBELLS, FIVE ALMOND AND A BOWL OF RICOTTA CHEESE
GODDESS OF SUMMER: Yes, yes, yes! We need a diet and it's urgent!
The fans of the brutal fantasy can breathe easy after so many years of impatient waiting. The fact of the returning of David Wenham on the fields of ancient Greek battles is officially confirmed by the creators of "300: Rise of an Empire."
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Ahhhh .... Finally! Now we have a reason to see this masterpiece....
There is no other news to which David’s fans were so well prepared by common sense and the persistent rumors.
And there is no other news, which reached David Wenham's fans so long.
Indeed, it was difficult, even impossible to imagine the epic sequel with the cult brand title without the participation of the sole surviving member of the heroic team.
However, the filmmakers pretty pinched fan's nerves.
At first, they were protracting long before announcing their decision to shoot a new film.
Then even longer they were going to film it.
Then they were shooting it agonizingly slow.
Then they carefully indoctrinated the public that the title of the new film could have a completely different meaning, for example - "300 triremes of strategist Themistocles."
And just a couple of months before the scheduled premiere, this thought overgrown with guesses has won, and Wenhamania relieved to find in the archives of its four-years-old innocent joke.
Dilios to Gorgo: What can I say, madam? When your husband sent me to you, he clearly didn’t mean a sequel.
When this news was presented, fans of David could only scratch tops of their heads incredulously, wondering over the question: "What a microscopic amount of time between filming, rehearsals and festivals of last year, was David able to dedicate to a harsh diet of Mark Twight in order to take the form of the Greek God of War one more time? "
Apparently, the fans decided, David still didn't swim in the waters of the Eurotas and didn't swallow "Spartan black soup" again. One-eyed Sword and Word Master conjured with his voice, describing the exploits of the other characters, sipping his favorite coffee at the microphone.
"300" without the epic narrative of Dilios - this is what you want, but not "300"!
However, the story, as it turned out, just rose to a new level. In its next amazing bend the filmmakers announced the postponement of the premiere almost... for a year
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: The premiere postponed to March?? So, I just have time to go back!! Oh, what a nice surprise. Thank you! Thank you!
It was, perhaps, a unique case in the history of Wenhamania when its residents were not upset and even became happy because of postponement!
Our chances to get at least a couple of new pics with a blond muscular orator rose by seven months! It's ample time ....
And that's not all! Obviously David has decided to countenance that part of his loyal fanbase which consistently outputs his fantasy heroes to the first ranking positions of all polls.
Should be, if you add up all the exclamation marks from comments of fans of sad knight of Gondor we'll get the fourth volume of "The Lord of the Rings."
Let's add a little bit for another chapter of "The Silmarillion".
DAVID "FARAMIR" WENHAM GOES TO RINGCON-2013 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Something like that))))))
LONG FILMS, SHORT FILMS, DREAMS AND BRAND TEA FROM MTC
GODDESS OF SUMMER: Tеа again ? And, I suppose, with the buns ... WENHAMANIA: It's cold out there, in Australia, I already said it - the beach season is closed.
Wenhamania have become accustomed to the delightful habit of David suddenly, with a magician's sleight to discover the small projects, which he adds to his filmography.
Therefore, no one, in fact, was surprised when the next premiere with his participation was included in the program of St Kilda Film Festival (Melbourne) on May 24.
Though, probably, of course, there was a little bit of surprise. But only a little bit.
"No Budget" - the title of a five-minute comedy declares.
Synopsis argues also that it does not have a script, story, ideas, and even the crew, which is represented by the Australian talent Christopher Stollery who managed to combine all the functions of filmmakers, from the Producer to the Director of Photograph, in one person.
But it's got star cast including David Wenham and Hugo Weaving in supporting roles.
And the right to participate in one of the most prestigious film festivals of Oz, alongside with another very successful mini-project of David - animated film "A Cautionary Tail."
It is clear that these events are lost in the shade of more high-profile premieres.
GODDESS OF SUMMER: Really? I should use my magic to help things go right.
David himself, all his loyal fans and close friends with the excitement are getting ready for the world premiere of "The Turning" - a screen version of story collection by Tim Winton, in which David presents his directorial debut - one of 17 short stories titled "Commission" with Hugo Weaving and Sidney actor Josh McConville in the lead roles.
Work on the episode of David and Hugo took place in Western Australia. And, as Wenhamania found out, guys have successfully combined the creativity and public benefit activities and make their contribution to the common cause of Saving Australia's wildlife.
First David's behind the scenes pic.
David Wenham and Hugo Weaving with AWC scientists at Mt Gibson.
One of the next stops of the project will be CinefestOz 2013, a film festival in the seaside town of Busselton (Western Australia), which David visits every August as a patron.
It seems, David gets a taste of directorial ambitions, to the secret dismay of fans of his acting talents.
Now, he'll unlikely quieted. In a recent interview on the occasion of the premiere of "The Turning",he admitted that he had already written two scripts and was going to bring to the film one of them later this year!
However, in the near future we are provided with fan's favorite treat.
The splitting trailer of upcoming "Better Man" shook the foundations of Wenhamania, prompting flows of bitter tears and stormy debates on the merits.
David Wenham as lawyer Julian McMahon in the mini-series "Better Man."
But even this seems trifling in comparison with the unrest through which Wenhamania is going at this stage.
A couple of weeks ago the rehearsals "The Crucible" have started in Melbourne.
According to the official twitter account of MTC, the event was marked by very auspicious sign - director Sam Strong "just managed to list the entire cast in order of appearance without a single mistake!"
A little bit more and Wenhamania will easily cope with this task.
In any case, we know exactly who will be on stage at number 10 in this fantastic list.
The last few days the media are storming the audience with massed promo attack.
And MTC twitter makes us happy with heartbreaking pics from the rehearsal room.
This photo with a parade of tea thermoses for members of the team of "The Crucible" is undoubtedly the most popular.
But David sends an invitation to the show to his Japanese fans and does not suspect about a modest Russian delegation, which having overcome all the fears and difficulties and having taken a firm decision to exchange the hottest month in Russia for the coldest month in Australia, already packs warm jackets into suitcases.)))
GODDESS OF SUMMER: I'll go with you!! WENHAMANIA: But what about a ticket and visa? GODDESS OF SUMMER: I'll go like unseen spirit. There won't be overload of your luggage, I guarantee. And I promise you won't be cold. So, stop complaining: "It's cold in Australia, it's cold in Australia!"
Even employees of the Australian Embassy in Russia, learning the story of Wenhamania, felt sympathy for daring adventure. They've granted the visas as soon as they got the request: the name of David opens the door to the heart of any Australian!
DOMOVOI: Hee-hee-hee ... You'd think I'm the only Domovoi in the world! I just asked my relative (great-aunt's second cousin's nephew), who lives in embassy, to help ...
And finally, if this miracle come to pass, and one day the delegates from Wenhamania find themself in the stalls of Melbourne Theatre Company, with the programs in their trembling hands, is there a chance that these programs will be decorated with the coveted sweeping flourish: "Best wishes to Wenhamania. David Wenham"....
DOMOVOI: I tell you - my kinsmen live everywhere, even in the theatre!
Well, life is full of surprises. And the main thing in it - to be able to dream. ))))
Wenhamania's mood:.... eeer ... uuuh ... uuum .. hmm ... Something like that
The next hibernation of Wenhamania has finished with this emotional note.
DOMOVOI: It is high time, mistress!
SO, HAPPY NEW SPRING, DEAR WENHAM-FANS!
2013 is parading across the expanses of our country in all the splendor of its magic: the giant meteorites fall on Russia, Wenhamania gets notice of change of service, and "Killing Time" is aired on Russian TV.
GREMLIN: This is our way! Great!
These are the normal signs of the time ..... )))
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: But still the spring has come!
SIGN ONE: "TWO MOVES EQUAL ONE FIRE, SO ONE MOVE MEANS....", or "THERE YOU HAVE IT, GRANNY, YURI'S DAY!"
Every day our admin checks e-mail, hoping to get some feedback from visitors. Until now, everything was relatively quiet and peaceful over there. Well, there we have long-awaited letter:
"Good day!
You own the site, which is available on Narod.ru, we inform you of the upcoming service changes. In March, Yandex will give your web hosting service to uCoz .... Your web site address will remain the same, the content will be saved. There will be only small changes in some elements of the site due to technical differences of the platforms. However, you will have new opportunities for the development of your resource. "
Probably it would be too pathetic to say that Wenhamania suffered a shock comparable with the spectacle of bolide in the sky in Chelyabinsk,. But nothing else come into the stunned mind of admin.
All the long, sleepless nights, which were spent in the painstaking work at the pages of our favorite site, run before our eyes in an instant.
Et tu, Yandex? ...... It's too cruel.
Farewell, erstwhile simplicity and freedom of Narod. Welcome, severe and tricky uCoz.
And so Saint Damien and Glenn Owen Dodds, please, help to Wenhamania with serenity, humility and meekness to survive "small change" and "new opportunities" that await us in the coming weeks .
DOMOVOI: Oh, movement! Do not forget me! You have to throw bast shoe over the furnace!!
GREMLIN: Oh, I'm going to have fun! DOMOVOI: Shoo! Get out!
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Oh, don't swear, please don't disturb the harmony and beauty of the world!
WENHAMANIA: Who are you? You, you ... where are you from?
DOMOVOI, GREMLIN and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY (simultaneously): Don't worry, we'll help you!
Well, yes, moral support of all the faithful Wenham-fans - visitors and residents of our site - is the same matter.
We cross our fingers and try not to lose heart.
In the end, it's only half fire.
Hmmm ... although, to be honest, "half fire" sounds no more comforting than "fire."
SIGN TWO: "WHAT WAS PROMISED MUST BE AWAITED FOR THREE YEARS, IT MEANS THAT THE UNPROMISED THING....", or "TIME FOR WORK, HOUR FOR FUN" (Russian proverbs)
Wenhamania has sad history of relations with the Russian film distribution. It happens they forget each other for years.
And if Leo's Regulus not wandered in the Ophiuchus Constellation from time to time, probably, it would have escalated into amnesia.
t's difficult to say what is happening to Ophiuchus now, but for the first time since "Pope Joan" (2010) David speaks in Russian on small screens of his Russian fans.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: What a beautiful spring surprise!
Russian Wenham-fans were covered with bruises, infinitely pinching themselves with wonder and awe: February 11, Russian pay channel Sony Turbo aired the first episodes of "Killing Time."
Australian epic TV- drama about the controversial lawyer is released in Russia unconventionally fast - only two years after its premiere in the native land, but traditionally under another title.
However, this time it's much more successful renaming than the previous experiments.
(If you remember the sad story of "Johnny D," which in fact is "Public Enemies" and "Joan - the women on the pope throne," which is known around the world as "Pope Joan")
GREMLIN: Yeah, my cousins tried their best, really!
Can’t say Russians don't like to kill time. But, apparently, the translators have judged that such a title can startle the audience.
"Zero Hour" - it sounds good, does not contradict the main idea of the film and if Wenhamania had a sufficient degree of arrogance, we would have decided that the translators took this biting figure of speech directly from our synopsis.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: And why not?
But instead this the modest Wenhamania just collects the reviews of the Russian-speaking audience, which range from "interesting", through the "cool" and "excellent" up to the "bomb."
Bought by the status of "season 1", viewers are keenly interested in the continuation of the banquet, that is, "season 2." And there is nothing impossible in this impossible desire.
Popularity of the TV-series keeps up the momentum.
Mindy Allen and Andrew Fraser at the Killing Time premiere. Photo: Shaney Balcombe
Now all his enthusiasm is focused on the story of Bradley Murdoch, convicted for the murder of British tourist in the Australian Outback.
Even filmmakers are quick to put an end to this dark matter ("Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback"), but not Andrew Fraser, who is on the threshold of new lawyers' exploits.
And right now he is writing a new book and working on a new documentary.
Anticipation of the sequel ...
SIGN THREE: "THE LAKE IS DRESSED IN THE MIST AND THIS IS A GOOD SIGN!" (from Russian song), or "IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES THAT WATER FLOWS UPHILL" (Russian proverb) ...
Jane Campion has made history as the first and, so far, the only female scriptwriter who won an Oscar.
Now her list of uniqueness is increased by another record:"Top of the Lake" is the first mini-series which was screened at the film festival…
Bold experiment took place on 20 January at the Sundance Film Festival (USA) and was brilliantly repeated on February 10 at the other end of the world - at the Berlin Film Festival.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Despite my natural optimism .. . oh, I don’t even know these words! Not optimistic ...
GREMLIN: Maybe I should tell these words?
Contrary to the suspense, the audience not only survived the six-hour marathon of the show, but, according to eyewitnesses, they somehow magically even added a number to the end.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY and GREMLIN (simultaneously): Oh, really?
In general chorus, we especially appreciate the opinions of our compatriot, a highly respected expert in the matter, which regarded the film as the brightest spot of the Berlinale:
"I almost forgot about the competition, when six hours with bated breath watched the new TV-series of Oscar-winning Jane Campion "Top Of The Lake"... Entangled detective story ... immediately grabs you. And so much talent splashes from each frame, shot in typical for Campion deliberately chilly directorial style, that you don't have time to recover, " no one else but the head of TV- channel "1 +1 " says.
Something tells us that in the coming months the relations of Wenhamania and domestic film distribution will grow simply hot.)))
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Yes, yes, yes! Spring is the same!
The fighting spirit of Wenham-fans is perfectly illustrated by the driving rhythms of young Georgi Kay, the talented singer-composer, who responsible for the film soundtrack and one of the support roles.
So we got our little fan happiness:
3) some cute touches to the portrait: in addition to the duties of the local detective, our hero plays the role of one of the sides of the main love triangle;
Thomas M. Wright (Johnno), Elisabeth Moss (Robin Griffin) and David Wenham (Al Parker)
a) ABC was a little wrong when withdrew its investments from the project;
b) magnificent landscapes of New Zealand is one of the main characters in the film;
c) Elisabeth Moss is a great actress and the most photogenic lady.
d) Jane Campion is a great director and the most funny lady.
Don't ... you don't have to shout with joy: "We knew that he would say that!"
DOMOVOI, GREMLIN and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY (in chorus): We knew that he would say that!
It's not too much for the loyal fans who learnt their favorite thoroughly.)))
SIGN FOUR: "IF A MAN DOES NOT LOSE THE ABILITY TO WAIT HAPPINESS - HE'S HAPPY" (Ivan Bunin), or "ENJOYING THE FLOWERS, DON'T FORGET THAT THE BERRIES WILL BE NEXT" (Russian proverb)
Theatrical director Sam Strong is in high spirits: his new show "Other Desert Cities" has started on the stage of MTC (Melbourne Theatre Company).
Sam is happy: it is a year of dreams coming true. The final of this project means only the beginning of a new one, even more loud and desirable.
Wenhamania is happy: Sam's next project is directly related to our site
DOMOVOI: Well, well?
"To be able to direct The Crucible, probably one of my favourite plays, with David Wenham in it, at MTC is an artistic and directorial dream come true," Sam says.
"As if David Wenham wasn't enough, check out the rest of @MelbTheatreCo's cast for THE CRUCIBLE. Can. Not. Wait. " Keith Gow gasps in his Twitter.
"If you don't buy a ticket to this show immediately, even extra rows and standing room tickets won't help you," box office, which was opened on March 5, says categorically, because the tickets are disappearing at the speed of sound.
GREMLIN: (darkly) Hee-hee ...
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY : Ah, well - shoo! Don't bother me! So ... One! Two! Three! (waves her magic wand) Wenhamania, how are you? Did you get? Hopefully you have got the good seats!
WENHAMANIA : (either laughing, or crying) Yeah! I can not believe!
GREMLIN: (more darkly) OK ... Now you must get only one small thing - a passport and a visa, plane tickets and hotel reservation... Early to rejoice!
DOMOVOI and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Oh, you are awful, hurtful, eared sourpuss! Well, shoo! (They are beating Gremlin alternately with the broom and the wand)
Anticipation of ... the flight ...
Meanwhile, Australia's broadcaster SBS is quietly preparing a consolation prize for those who does not expect to spend a memorable winter July evening in an easy chair of MTC, enjoying the talent of David through the glass of the theater binoculars.
In February SBS Director of Television and Online Content Tony Iffland told about the impression from the shooting of "Better Man", a upcoming mini-series, where David's played one of the main part.
The sad and enlightening film about the stumbled Australian, who was executed in Singapore, (or rather, the cast of the film) is still a mystery to the all-knowing IMDb.
But this fact does not prevent the film from being in post-production, preparing for the premiere in the second half of the year and, according to experts, to be great and dramatic specimen of the genre.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: In the second half of the year? Okay, my sister-Autumn will come then ... it's ... too sad story to me ...
"The feeling amongst cast and crew for the magnitude of the story excited but also weighed heavily on them", Iffland said. "They were effusive actually. They really loved the story and how it was shaping up. ... especially emotional for all participants, was scenes of Nguyen’s final hours... They could really feel the tension building towards that. I think it will be a pretty powerful story.... We need to do a good job with this one."
At these words some sections of the public begin to yell "Hurrah" enthusiastically and toss their caps in the air.
Fanbase ... we need very little for our happiness...
SIGN FIVE: "WOULD BE THE HEAD, AND THE TAIL WILL BE ALSO" (Russian proverb), or "SMALL PROJECT - GREAT EXPECTIONS" (Wenhamania).
The adult idea is even deeper if it is formulated by children's language. Fabulous metaphor touches consciousness on the most intimate level.
DOMOVOI: It's right, right! It’s right about a tail and about a fairy tale!
The animated film, voiced by luminaries of Australian cinema - David Wenham, Cate Blanchett and Barry Otto, resonantly boomed in the national media media landscape.
It's one of the favorites of Flickerfest - an Australian, Academy Award-accredited short film festival, and now film is screened around Australia with the Flickerfest tour.
"Mischievous charm"? Yes, it's exactly about David!))))
SIGN SIX: " ONLY MEDIOCRITY ENJOYES GLORY, GENIUSES AVOIDS IT," or "GROWING RUMORS INCREASE YOUR WEIGHT." (just aphorisms)
Yet in some ways, David's hopeless.
Fifteen years of popularity, but he still does not know how to be a star.
For example, he signs autographs in such a way. And the majestic forehead of the man, who courageously fight back from the crowd of hunters for his signature, as if is adorned with sage maxim: "Fame is the penalty for talent."
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Hmmm ... Yes, here is a little bit of glamor ...
Invisible, unrecognizable and mysterious man ... Neither his own website nor twitter account.
No concessions to fans - they must suffer from uncertainty. Maybe it cool down them faster.
But they don't cool down. They flare up even more.
They pine away, lost in the questiones, but continue their uneasy fan's job.
What's up with the new ABC documentary project "Making Couples Happy", which tells how science is helping to save the collapsing family? Did David narrate the film or just a promo?
DOMOVOI: Family and house? This is just my way! Well, well, I want this show! Where is my magic?
GREMLIN: Hee-hee ...
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Oh! Handsome men ... I use my magic either, okay!
GREMLIN: Hee-hee ...
Why David did not appear at the Byron Bay Film Festival, where he was expected on March 2, as one of the guests of honor at the presentation of the film "Show Me the Magic", about the life of the famous Hollywood filmmaker - Australian Don McAlpine?
GREMLIN: Hee-hee ...
No answers.
Fame - it's when each of your pic becomes an event.
David Wenham and Justin Collins in production of "Southern Steel", Playhouse, Newcastle, 1992.
In the studio of Stephen Hart, who is working on the sculpture of David Wenham.
Or like that ...
Sketch card for sale on Ebay.
Be courage, David. Even this won't help you.
This is the stable, fan's anticipation ...
WENHAMANIA: Well, the news ended. Now the next - who are you? And what's going on in general on my news page?
DOMOVOI (briskly): Well, the page is good. All pieces of news are posted in right order.
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY : (enthusiastically) And it looks so beautiful!
GREMLIN (slyly): Well, it was delayed a bit.... But nothing bad happened.
WENHAMANIA: Where is my dear and familiar Shishiga? What did you do to her? And how long are you going to stay here? We need to know what to prepare for...
DOMOVOI: Well, Shishiga went to visit to relatives. And I'm here all the time, in fact. I gave my voice, because of the moving so that you have not forgotten me...
LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: Spring requires updates and miracles!
GREMLIN: Life without obstacles is not interesting! So can I make my pranks here, okay? Slightly!
WENHAMANIA: (resignedly)Anyone else will come?
DOMOVOI, GREMLIN and LITTLE SPRING FAIRY: (simultaneously): You'll see!))
Russian winter holidays have one unique feature - only they are able to wake our peacefully dormant love for work.
SHISHIGA (in whisper): Hush-a-bye, hush-a-bye….
At first, the whole country can’t wait for their coming, and then the whole country enjoys their ending.
Small Russian battle between common sense and love for celebrations always ends the same - warm greetings from the liver, the empty wallet and moral scruples.
Wenhamania is not an exception, so we and all our compatriots finally enjoy the opportunity to rest from the holidays!
SHISHIGA (indignantly): Oh, well, you are just workaholics, aren't you?! Did you forget the last attack of your diligence? What are you going to do if Daisy will be in time trouble once again?
Well, at least we should have a break.
DEAR WENHAM-FANS AND GUESTS OF WENHAMANIA!!!
OUR SMALL AND FRIENDLY TEAM SENDS YOU HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS WITH PAST CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS DAY, THE NEW NEW YEAR DAY, ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS DAY, THE UPCOMING RUSSIAN OLD NEW YEAR DAY AND THE BAPTISM OF JESUS DAY!!!!
(Well, have we forgotten something?)
SHISHIGA (briskly): OK, there is also Chinese New Year. A New Year Day according solar calendar... How many holidays do you want?
HAVE A FAIRY TALE LIKE MOOD, HAPPY ACHIEVEMENTS AND DAILY CONTACT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS!
AND, OF COURSE, "MAY THERE ALWAYS BE SUN" OF WENHAMANIA
SHISHIGA (cheeky): Don't mention the lazy clouds, please!
2012 brought us a lot of surprises and expanded the horizons of Wenhamania.
Together with David we celebrated many wonderful events of his life and opened the big and small secrets of his past, present and future.
And this is our little hit parade 2012!
A PREMIERE OF YEAR nomination: undoubtedly the Award goes to the charming neo-noir criminal drama "Dripping in Chocolate," which didn't bring a handful of prizes, but poured the sea of positive emotions around Wenhamania.
SHISHIGA (licking): Yes, it was a very high-calorie year ...
AN AWARD OF YEAR nomination: the leader in this category is the deserved ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male, which David had got for his stunning character - Andrew Fraser in the TV - series "Killing Time."
SHISHIGA (sponging eyes with a handkerchief): So it's not only our hearts are pierced...
A REGALIA OF YEAR nomination: the championship is won by David's very own tile in the Walk of Fame in Busselton (Western Australia), which was opened by the official patron of Cinefestoz film festival in August.
SHISHIGA (indignantly): Why so little? Do you save the expendables?
A DREAM OF YEAR nomination: our sympathies were shared by two projects - "The Turning", which embodied the long-standing wish of David to try his directing abilities and the documentaries TV mini-series about the ballet - "Once Upon a Dream" symbolizing the hope of Eliza Jane and Millie Wenham to see, finally, their Dad on the screen .
SHISHIGA: Stop it! I'm already melting!
A CULTURE SHOCK OF YEAR nomination: all competitors were beaten by the first episode of the new season of Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" voiced by David. A symphony of terrifying and deadly beauty of wildlife.
SHISHIGA: Sugar lips ... honey voice ...
A FIREWORKS OF YEAR nomination: the statement of The Melbourne Theatre Company about the return of David on its stage in one of the most anticipated Australian theatrical premieres of 2013 - "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller broke all records.
SHISHIGA: Yeah ... they just wow us on the spot ...
The Race for Tickets to this resonant show will begin on March 5. Well, the theater fans, welcome to the low start. It will be a great marathon.)))
SHISHIGA: Wait, I still don’t come into myself!!
A PUZZLE OF YEAR nomination: an undisputed favorite is a foggy Jane Campion's mini-series "Top of the Lake."
Perhaps it can be called the most unique event in the history of Wenhamania because in spite of such an abundance of advertising information and interviews, just a few days before the official premiere of the film at the Sundance Film Festival (USA), Wenham-fans have not managed to find out the name of David's character.
Possible, the filmmakers consider this vital secret as a sort of mascot for the project?
SHISHIGA: Okay, and why do you hang on to this name? Do you still hope that they called him Julian Assange or Alexander Nevsky?
Well, we agree to wait more time.
If only it would be good for business.
After all, in the end, sooner or later, all the secrets come out.
And now we have the great argument - ta-daaa!
The very first David Wenham's stills from "Top of the Lake"!
The long-waited gift was found under the Christmas tree ... )))
David! What does this harsh looks mean?
Are you a bad guy or a good one?
Or are you a bad good guy?
Or good bad guy?
The answer is lost in the murky waters of Moke Lake.
Betting is still accepted, dear Wenham-fans!)))
SHISHIGA: Well, does anybody else think that his hairdo is pretty villainous? I feel the lack of a mustache!
.... Well, BREAKTHROUGH OF YEAR nomination: it's a prize for Wenhamania's registered accounts in the international social networks through which we've stepped outside of our modest project and number of our guests has increased three-fold. (It's true!)
SHISHIGA: Oh, how pity that Zmey Gorynych is only interested in princesses. You could get three visitors at one. Though... no.... he will not come here. You know, our nice Daisy scared all dragons. At every trifle he immediately grabs his longbow...
Wenhamania is in anticipation of placer of the premieres and the shootings.
Anyway, one of our last year's wishes came true - we wanted many, many, many movies with David!!
Our Christmas Garland has never looked so chic as it is today!
In a fit of enthusiasm, as you surely have noticed, we've even remodeled and decorated our News page, providing it with the necessary buttons for newbies who come here in search of the latest information on David.
SHISHIGA (curiously): And what will happen if I press all the buttons at once?
WENHAMANIA (indignantly): Look, Shishiga, all your relatives are in the winter sleep! So, go to your marsh and stop to comment my news page!
SHISHIGA: Oh no... You can consider that I'm a bathhouse spirit. And every December 31 all Russians go to the bathhouse ... ))) After this I won't sleep anyway. By the way, it's Christmas time on the calendar. And you wished a fairy tale at the beginning of the update, didn't you?
WENHAMANIA: Oh ...
May all our dreams and wishes come true, despite the superstitious terror which wakes up from time to time in highly sensitive persons when they look at the calendar.
SHISHIGA: And what's up with this year? It's pretty normal one! 13!!!
ONCE AGAIN HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, PEOPLE OF WENHAMANIA!
And, of course, here is our gala video inspired by dance interest of our hero so clearly manifested itself in the past year.
SHISHIGA: Coooool!!! Everybody dance!!! I need to call all my cousins to this party. It will be fun!
WENHAMANIA: Oh, no!!!
P.S.: Shishiga is the character of Russian folklore. It's a relative of the mermaids, magical and very giggly spirit. Laughs and tickles.
It's strange start of 2013 on Wenhamania, isn't it?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID! 
At the upcoming ceremony ASTRA Awards -2013 the chocolate thriller will fight for the coveted piece of crystal in the category "Most Outstanding Drama" with "The Walking Dead,""Justified" and the favorite of the season - "Tangle".
It's how we select the words to talk about 
Apparently, the fans decided, David still didn't swim in the waters of the Eurotas and didn't swallow "Spartan black soup" again. One-eyed Sword and Word Master conjured with his voice, describing the exploits of the other characters, sipping his favorite coffee at the microphone.
Probably it would be too pathetic to say that Wenhamania suffered a shock comparable with the spectacle of bolide in the sky in Chelyabinsk,. But nothing else come into the stunned mind of admin.
DOMOVOI: Oh, movement! Do not forget me! You have to throw bast shoe over the furnace!!
WENHAMANIA: Who are you? You, you ... where are you from?
t's difficult to say what is happening to Ophiuchus now, but for the first time since 
Now her list of uniqueness is increased by another record:
"Everyone has a tail", Erica Harrison, the author of the poem about a small tailed girl, embodied in a touching animated film 
We believe that the number of actors who wanted to participate in this project was impressive, but the filmmakers have got their "wish list."
At first, the whole country can’t wait for their coming, and then the whole country enjoys their ending.
A REGALIA OF YEAR nomination: the championship is won by David's very own tile in the Walk of Fame in Busselton (Western Australia), which was opened by the official patron of Cinefestoz film festival in August.
A DREAM OF YEAR nomination: our sympathies were shared by two projects - 
A CULTURE SHOCK OF YEAR nomination: all competitors were beaten by the first episode of the new season of Discovery Channel's 
A FIREWORKS OF YEAR nomination: the statement of The Melbourne Theatre Company about the return of David on its stage in one of the most anticipated Australian theatrical premieres of 2013 - 
