Friday, August 05, 2005
Wow, this movie seems to have come out of nowhere. Well I guess not, apparently it just won the Grand Prix of the Jury at Cannes. (Did Cannes just happen recently?) But, still I'm suprised I haven't heard about it...I mean it's a project involving one of my favorite actors (Bill Murray) and one of my favorite directors (Jim Jarmusch -Coffee and Cigarettes notwithstanding- Dead Man and Ghost Dog are still pretty frikkin' sweet).
So, this film is getting some pretty good reviews. I think it's been a while since I've been really excited about a movie, so it's nice to have something to look forward to seeing.
That's not to say that I haven't been seeing any good movies of late. In fact my visual cortex has been stimulated by a number of excellent ones of late, on both big and small screen. In order to conserve space I will review each in exactly 10 words. No more, no less. (some of these I had seen before...just happened to catch them on TV and whatnot.)
A Very Long Engagement- Kinda slow, but pretty. It's no Amelie, but oh well.
Born Into Brothels- Of prostitutes and thier photograhy-loving children. Sad but hopeful.
The Jerk- "I was born a poor black child." Steve Martin= genius
Top Gun- When Goose died... saddest movie moment ever. Ok, not really.
The Saddest Music in the World- Could very well be the weirdest movie I've ever seen.
Well, what else have I been up to?
Oh! I saw the fireworks three time (all of them so far this year) from three different angles (English Bay, Locarno Beach, and Kits Beach). They weren't really that interesting from any angle. For what it's worth, I guess i liked China's the best.
Summer Tunes:
Otis Redding- Various
The Rentals- Return of the Rentals
Iron & Wine- The Creek Drank the Cradle
Getz/Gilberto- Getz/Gilberto
Autolux- Future Perfect
Yo La Tengo- Prisoners of Love
Various '80s mixes
posted by roger 12:34 AM
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