What a difference a word makes
Cate Blanchett won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival yesterday for her role in I'm Not There. She wasn't able to attend the awards but sent an acceptance speech read by costar Heath Ledger.
"I'm sorry I can't stand here throwing my arms around Todd, weeping just like a woman."
It's a deliciously worded response - she's both quoting a Dylan song and wittily acknowledging that she is indeed a woman, even though she won for playing a man.

Being on google alert for this project, I've read this story repeated in articles and blogs and for a few of those retreads Cate hasn't really been quoted correctly. It's one thing when a blog from Croatia loses the meaning in translation, saying "I am sorry I cannot be on stage and hug Todd, cry in public and just behave like a woman", it's another when newspapers from Australia miss the Dylan pun by leaving off the 'just' in this Cate "weeps like a woman" over award headline.


Todd Haynes won the Special Jury prize as well.