#val documentary

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Happy birthday to Kelly Mcgillis 🎂❤️

Val and Kelly worked together in top gun 1986 and at first sight 1999

Kelly and Val were in Juilliard together and acted in Broadway as well.

(Source : Yahoo movies)

(My gifs) (Source : Val documentary 2021)

Val as Orestes in 1981

#kelly mcgillis #val kilmer #top gun #tom iceman kazansky #iceman #charlotte charlie blackwood #Charlie #tom cruise #icemav #at first sight 1999 #virgil adamson #Jenny Adamson #Witness #Juilliard #Broadway #barry tubb #Wolfman #Birthday #Val documentary #Val 2021

[valmare]

**serious post read at your own discretion**

disclaimer–religious triggers, personal opinions

I'm not usually one for celebrity documentaries.

But, a mutual recommended Val Kilmer's documentary, since he's one of my favorite actors and has been since I was a kid and watched Batman Forever, so I decided to give it a go.

It amazes me that the cream of the crop (read: Michael Jackson, Elvis, Whitney Houston, etc.) always seem to rise out of some of the most tragic childhood and life experiences. Michael Jackson came out of domestic abuse and body dysmorphia. Elvis, the loss of his twin and poverty. Whitney, drugs and alcohol.

For Val– the loss of a brother, his parents' divorce, emotional abuse, and later a divorce himself resulting in separation of his children. He's arguably one of Hollywood's most prolific, real method actors, someone who embodies each and every character with heart and soul. He believes in real storytelling, not the modern knock-off we see in shallow blockbusters today.

He's one of the good ones. From Doc Holliday to Batman to the infamous Iceman, I'd argue that nobody is quite as talented as Val. A fact I've overlooked for a good few years now.

All throughout his career Hollywood and "the business" has labeled him difficult and eccentric because of his dedication to storytelling and authenticity, of keeping true to the theme. Because every movie has a theme, a message it communicates, since film is a medium of communication. He documents an experience in Australia, where a film was completely gutted for the sake of a production schedule, which left him baffled and broken.

And his journey with tracheostomy and throat cancer and the inability to speak. Wow. He really bares his soul and the reality of what fame being stripped away is really like. I cried quite a bit over this documentary, because even robbed of the one thing you absolutely need as an actor –your voice–Val is still 100% committed to the field. To the experience of storytelling. He adapted and threw himself into art, a studio, and documentation of his experiences and what it means to be a storyteller. He's passionate and raw, not swept up in fame.

Hollywood cost him everything. He even says he lost himself for awhile, that Hollywood is like stepping into hell. He's right. Fame will take until there's nothing you can give, and Val is one of the few to transcend actually caring.

Who knows how much of this is *actually* true, since Hollywood is infamous for smoke and mirrors and deception (if you know anything about the dark underworld of the industry) but I'll take it at face value.

Regardless of the question of honest truth, this was a refreshing look into acting. While I think it still ignores, or chooses to hide, the ugly and spiritual side of what it takes to make it in Hollywood, I can't think of a better or more raw approach to explaining the journey of fame and the art of visual storytelling. I always knew Kilmer was good–and there's a reason why. Art is in his soul, just as music was in Michael and Elvis'.

Hollywood took Val Kilmer and ran with him, and left him high and dry and hollow at the end. But, he's choosing to rise out of those ashes. I can commend him for that.

Yet another testament to how we don't know the full story of our peers' lives until we come up close and personal to it. God can make anything out of any backstory–a prostitute to anoint Him for burial, a hotheaded fisherman to become the rock of which He built His church, a shepherd to be the greatest king of Israel.

Despite Val not serving the same God or understanding the same Jesus Christ that I do, his life is a picture of just exactly what the world can offer you. Nothing. There is freedom in forsaking the standards of society and pursuing what God has destined for you, unabashedly. I can only pray Val Kilmer, and the host of others like him, can come to knowledge of who he is in Christ, and experience the passionate love of Christ's salvation.

10/10 documentary, and I hardly EVER give full marks. Worth your watch.

See Yas, From a former film reviewer

#val kilmer #movie recs #val documentary #fangirl #christianity #in all seriousness #my thoughts #val kilmer is officially my first stan

[goblinpuppy35]

David Thewlis

Val (Documentary) - 2021

Part 1/2

(Archival footage from 1995 during filming of 'The Island of Dr Moreau'. Documenting what a horrible time filming was)

#david thewlis #gif #90s #film #90s nostalgia #analog #documentary #val kilmer #remus #lupin #remus lupin #young remus lupin #the island of dr moreau #vintage

[wastelandhell]

#she just clowns on him constantly #his whole thing with her is she reminds him of his estranged sister #her whole thing with him is she wants to observe him like an insect in a nature documentary #my art #val #scribe haylen #im blorboing haylen now i will make her into a main character through raw willpower #fallout

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Acariño Galaico (José Val del Omar, 1961)

#films watched in 2022 #Acariño Galaico #José Val del Omar #siete #1961 #tríptico elemental de españa #tríptico elemental de españa: acariño galaico #black and white #short film #trilogy #acarino galaico #de barro #of clay #Galician Caress #Jose val del omar #art #sculpture #experimental film #experimental cinema #documentary #spain #religion #hands #fruit #fruits #grape #grapes

[valkilmerr]

#val kilmer #I'm​ completely normal about this old man (lying) #I'm even more in love with him now #after watching his documentary

[nixnbob]

If anyone's looking for something to watch, I'd recommend 'Val' (about Val Kilmer). Some absolutely gorgeous behind the scenes fun with him and Rick Rossovich and the Top Gun 1986 boys. Really lovely documentary 💕

Him losing most of his voice reminded me of when the stroke took my grandpa's voice. That scene in Top Gun: Maverick hits me right in the feels each time I watch it 😭😭😭

Also, nice to see a wee bit of home being talked about from his time in the Slab Boys.

Hooooo boy the Island of Dr Moreau is. Just wow. That sounds like it was absolute hell for everyone. I'd read a lot about it, but seeing that footage 😬😬😬

#val #val kilmer #top gun 1986 #tom iceman kazansky #rick rossovich #the home movies had my in tears #so sad and funny and beautiful and moving #also #the island of dr moreau has a really good documentary from Richard Stanley's perspective #that film sounds like it was hell to shoot #nixnbob thoughts

[donotdestroy]

VAL | Official Trailer | Prime Video    

#VAL #Val Kilmer #film #documentary #movie #life #cancer #a24

[bobbie-robron]

Oh, you naughty girl!

ED documentary, 16-Oct-2022

#ed documentary #pollard and Val #Chris and Charlie’s reunion #20221016 #this is all I’m posting from the documentary

[aamirmitchell]

oh my fucking god. it just occurred to me that barely anyone saw them do what do you know about love because (for some reason) they did most of the number backstage! barely anyone say them to that shit! oh my fucking god are you kidding me??????

#Val said use the space and they literally used primarily the backstage #the rest of the camp didn’t see the tea #smh #well #I guess America will when that documentary comes out #hsmtmts #lael watches hsmtmts3 #gina porter #ricky bowen #rina

[jp-hunsecker]

An intimate, honest, urgent, bittersweet, optimistic, hopeful documentary.

#val #val kilmer #documentary #movie review

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Forget running Tom .. here's some running Val 🏃🏼

#val kilmer #Running Val #Real genius #Chris knight #the island of dr. moreau #Montgomery #top secret! #Nick rivers #val documentary #the man who broke 1000 chains #robert elliot burns #The ghost and the darkness #Col John Patterson #Those long legs #So fast #my gifs #Val gifs

[valmare]

When you’re the

Tiger Beat

generation

#Val documentary #Val Kilmer #movie posters #film nerd #he’s beautiful #film #movies film cinema #cannes film festival #film posters #tiger beat #tiger beat girl #not over my celebrity poster phase apparently #it’s my new favorite thing #he’s so pretty #he's so 🥵🥵🥵 #like 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

[goblinpuppy35]

David Thewlis

Val (Documentary) - 2021

Part 2/2

(Archival footage from 1995 during filming of 'The Island of Dr Moreau'. Documenting what a horrible time filming was)

#david thewlis #gif #90s #film #90s nostalgia #analog #documentary #val kilmer #remus #lupin #remus lupin #young remus lupin #the island of dr moreau #vintage

[randomrichards]

TOP GUN:

Cocky young pilot

Proves himself to the Navy

Pure 80s action

#top gun #random richards #poem #haiku #haiku poem #poets on tumblr #haiku poetry #haiku form #poetic #documentary #haiku on tumblr #pete maverick mitchell #tom cruise #tim robbins #kelly mcgillis #ice man #val kilmer #anthony edwards #tom skerritt #john stockwell #barry tubb #meg ryan #rick rossovich #whip hubley #james tolkan #tony scott #jim cash #jack epps jr. #Ehud Yonay #take my breath away

[moviescramble]

Val - Review

Val – Review

From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, you could barely escape the cinematic draw of Val Kilmer. From Top Gun to Batman Forever to Heat, Kilmer (and his ever-changing hairstyles) were everywhere. So, what happened to one of the box office’s most lucrative draws? Why hasn’t his career emulated the trajectory of his Top Gun co-star, Cruise? Have choice, reputation or personal issues played their…

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#A24 #actor #Amazon Prime #Batman Forever #Cannes Film Festival #Documentary #Top Gun #Val Kilmer