Just got back from seeing About A Boy. I’d read and loved the book when it first came out, and although I was worried the filmmakers were marketing it as a “chick flick,” I really enjoyed it. The soundtrack, by Badly Drawn Boy, is also really good. I can’t get the song “Something to Talk About” out of my head.
Category: Film
Cinema Paradiso Redux
I’ve just discovered that one of my favourite films is being re-released this summer. Giuseppe Tornatore’s unapologetically sentimental Cinema Paradiso (1988) has had its soundtrack remastered and the director has restored 51 minutes of footage. This one looks like it’s being prepared for a long-deserved special edition DVD. If you’re a cinema lover, do yourself a favour and see this on the big screen. (View the new trailer)
Royal Tenenbaums DVD
WOOOHOOOO!!!!!” (just two more months!)
The Sting
We watched The Sting (1973) last night. Because I am known for my penchant for scatalogical humour, my favourite line belonged to Paul Newman, arriving for a high-stakes poker game: “Sorry I’m late, guys. I was taking a crap.” Incidentally, I still think my t-shirt idea is a good one. Do you think I could set something like this up at CafePress?
Full Frontal and CQ
Great feature on Apple’s web site about Steven Soderbergh’s new movie Full Frontal, which was filmed and edited on consumer level equipment. Soderbergh continues to be a fascinating director and the film should be an interesting departure for him after his more commercial work lately. It’s nice, too, to see inside the machinery of filmmaking a bit.
In other film news, Roman Coppola’s debut CQ looks like a trip. Boy, those Coppolas!! It also features the inimitable Jason Schwartzman, hopefully atoning for Slackers. The trailer is available here.