Incidentially: watched a film called Pieces of April yesterday. Good. Solid. Lots of strong character work and handheld cinematography which impressed me. Patricia Clarkson was particularly good. It's about Thanksgiving, and families, and the ending is very American (I would have ended it at utter disappointment rather than continuing on to the conclusion), but otherwise it was a good, solid movie. Katie Holmes gets on the nerves a bit - can she only play one character - but otherwise it was a fine, fine movie.
Also watched Rushmore last night because the Fellini film fell through. I love this movie more and more every time I see it. I immediately wanted to write, and I did - although it didn't click properly. I need to work on a solid idea for a story to get some follow through happening.
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"But .... This is my baseball diamond ... "
I still think you should write the sequel to Empire Records.
By the way - did you know that the guy who plays Rex Manning also plays the quiz show host in Quiz Show?
Posted by Joy | July 20, 2004 6:38 PM
Posted on July 20, 2004 18:38
Really? I knew he was the male lead in Grease 2, but I didn't know about Quiz Show.
I really should write that sequel.
Posted by ben | July 21, 2004 11:37 AM
Posted on July 21, 2004 11:37
Katie performances are easy to like, but I agree with the playing one character. I got an idea for a story, who knows if it'll work out though.
Posted by matt | July 21, 2004 7:59 PM
Posted on July 21, 2004 19:59
She's got a limited range of facial and vocal expression. What's the story?
Posted by ben | July 22, 2004 12:51 PM
Posted on July 22, 2004 12:51