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Looks like Shia LaBeouf might be losing it

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Finding the Art in Shia LaBeouf's Antics

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Shia LaBeouf sure had a wacky weekend. While walking the red carpet for his new film Nymphomaniac, the actor wore a paper bag over his head with the words' "I am not famous anymore" scrawled across it in thick black writing. If that phrase doesn't sound familiar, it should, since LaBeouf has been repeating it non-stop on his twitter account since about mid January. The actor has long had a rash for questionable behavior, but things have escalated to even weirder heights ever since the actor was embroiled in a scandal after plagiarizing much of cartoonist Daniel Clowes work in his short film, HowardCantour.com. In a move that's possibly even weirder, when fielding questions about his role in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, and specifically, the films numerous and graphic sex scenes, LaBeouf sidestepped the question and instead uttered, "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea," a quote famously said by footballer Eric Cantona at the close of the French film Looking for Eric. Labeouf has said that his bouts of plagiarism have been "performance art," and these recent outbursts of strange behavior are no doubt a part of whatever message the actor is trying to send the world. We've decided to try and analyze Shia's recent behavior through the artistic lens, and see if we can make any sense of his recent actions.
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I've never particularly cared for Shia LaBeouf. His transformation from goofy kiddy show "Screech wannabe"...

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To "cocky Hollywood douchebag"...

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Has always been kind of hard to take seriously.

Now, it looks like the little turd might actually be going off of the deep end.

Between his constant mouthy rants against Hollywood, his decision to star in an "art" film that is literally hardcore pornography (the actors don't 'pretend' to have sex on camera, they actually do), and his recent public outbursts, he seems to be well on his way to the same kind of mental break down we've seen from the likes of Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Bynes, and Lindsay Lohan.

Is Hollywood culture really this damn toxic, or what? :lol:
 
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Goshin said:
Evidence indicates yes, it is exactly that toxic.
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True enough. :lol:

The only thing that makes me apprehensive about it at all is the fact that Joachim Phoenix seemed to lose his mind in much the same way a few years ago...

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And it all ultimately turned out to be a hoax for a movie he was filming.

I'm Still Here (2010)

"I Am Not Famous Anymore" does sound suspiciously like a movie title, after all, and Shia LaBeouf probably is enough of an arrogant ****head to think that something like this might actually be a good idea.
 
Sucks he turned out like this. Even Steven was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Holes was also one of my favorite movies.
 
I've had enough of Shia Lebeouf.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Is Hollywood culture really this damn toxic, or what? :lol:
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I liked Leno's description, "It's high school with money." Basically a popularity contest, to see who's the coolest and most aloof asshat.

It's probably difficult to get good scripts, without being either a monumental nut or really, decent person.

Look at that Harry Potter guy, Daniel Radcliffe that kept doing plays in the nude. That's fine if anyone wants to see you in the buff.
 
I caught a story a few weeks back. He was pissing and moaning about his 'artistic credibility' being impugned.

Credibility. lulz Oh yeah. I bet Nicholson's ****ting himself.

It seemed like this nonentity was in every ****ing movie being released at one point. **** actor.
 
More "performance art" from Mr. LaBeouf. :roll:

Shia LaBeouf Is Currently Doing Some Kind of Super Artsy Thing in Los Angeles

As you've probably heard by now, Shia LaBeouf—actor, director, and mirror to our tortured souls—is doing a piece of performance art in Los Angeles.

The exhibition/performance/whatever is called #IAMSORRY and is being held at 7354 Beverly Boulevard until Sunday.

I headed down to check it out.

I arrived expecting a huge line, but there was none—just one other guy and a security guard. The guard told me that I was the 75th person to see the exhibit, and that I had to go in alone, "because we don't want anyone else to ruin your experience."

After about five minutes of waiting, the security guard gave me the once-over with a metal detector and allowed me inside.

I ended up in a room with a bunch of objects laid out on a table. I managed to sneak a photo.

There was a ukulele, a bottle of Jack Daniels, a bowl containing print-outs of mean tweets about Shia, a bowl of Hershey's Kisses, a bottle of Brut cologne, a copy of The Death-Ray by Daniel Clowes, an Optimus Prime action figure, some pliers, and a whip.

A woman told me to choose an object. I picked up the bowl of mean tweets about Shia.

Bowl in hand, the woman led me through a curtain and into a small room.

Shia was sitting at a small wooden table in the center of the space. He was wearing a suit and the "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" bag that he had on his head in Berlin.

The woman left, and it was just me and Shia. I didn't sneak a photo of him, out of respect for his art (just kidding: I chickened out).

I sat down opposite him. As far as I could tell, I wasn't being filmed, and nobody was listening in.

After sitting there for a few seconds as Shia stared at me in silence, I said, "So you're not gonna talk, huh?" He didn't respond.

I looked at his hands; I looked at his eyes. I felt a little bit embarrassed, both for Shia and myself.

I took one of the tweets out of the bowl and read it. It said something about Shia's being an "insufferable twat."

I looked back into his eyes and noticed that the bag was soggy underneath the eyeholes. Without thinking about it, I asked, "Is the mask like that because you've been crying?" Shia said nothing. I internally scolded myself for indulging him.

I decided just to sit and stare into his eyes and wait until they told me my time was up. After doing this for a couple of boring, awkward minutes, I realized that maybe I didn't have a time limit. I decided to show myself out.

Right before I got up to leave, I pulled one of the mean tweets out of the bowl and read it aloud to him. It said, "The apotheosis of trying too hard," which was fitting.

As I left the room, I thanked him. Shia nodded at me.

I let myself out through another curtain, and then a security guy led me outside through a back door.

When I got out, I saw that the line had grown to about ten people.

As I walked back to my car, I tried to figure out why Shia was doing this. Is he trolling? Is he genuinely trying to make some kind of statement about celebrity or something? Is he reverse-engineering the whole thing to make himself look less stupid over the whole plagiarism thing? Or is he just doing it so that people like me will write about him? After a few seconds of letting these thoughts swirl around my head, I remembered that, mostly, I just don't care.
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It's his Val Kilmer period.
 
He sounds like someone who want to be an "artiste" but doesn't have the brains to pull it off.
 
sangha said:
He sounds like someone who want to be an "artiste" but doesn't have the brains to pull it off.
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Or the skill. Or the empathy. Or the presence.

Rasputin's more animated than this guy.
 
I've always liked him as an actor. He looks like he's aged rapidly so he's probably on drugs.
 
Man, it's like those Disney channel kids are all cursed.

Maybe he's not nuts, but crazy like a fox. Look at all the attention it's getting him. Besides, Hollywood loves crazy people.
 
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