I watched some old Howard Hughes newsreel footage today, and am now even more impressed with Leo's performance in The Aviator. His physicality was absolutely dead-on.
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Jessica - Feb 04, 2005 7:33:39 am PST #8775 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 7:49:41 am PST #8776 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I watched some old Howard Hughes newsreel footage today, and am now even more impressed with Leo's performance in The Aviator. His physicality was absolutely dead-on.
Leo was damn good in GILBERT GRAPE and THIS BOY'S LIFE, so it's nice to hear he seems to be recovering from his close encounters of the iceburg kind. I heard good things about CATCH ME IF YOU CAN both in terms of him and Speilberg. I should probably check that out at some point.
Jessica - Feb 04, 2005 7:53:18 am PST #8777 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Catch Me If You Can was a lot of fun. Definitely worth a rental.
JohnSweden - Feb 04, 2005 7:57:49 am PST #8778 of 10001
I can't even.
I saw Catch Me if You Can and was entertained. I can't abide Leo and I was kind of tired of Tom Hanks (even though I usually enjoy him), but I still found the movie enjoyable. I liked the period caper feel of it.
Speaking of Tom Hanks, I'm told that the original script for Saving Private Ryan is significantly different and much more meaningful and entertaining than the theatrical release. Can anyone confirm that, and if so, have any ideas about how to get one's hands on a copy?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 7:59:26 am PST #8779 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Catch Me If You Can was a lot of fun.
Cool. I also heard that John Williams redeemed himself for a lot of his past transgressions on that one. Plus it sounded like they gave both Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken something to do besides their usual schticks.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 8:05:36 am PST #8780 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I also heard that John Williams redeemed himself for a lot of his past transgressions on that one.
I'll note that John Williams started his career doing very crime-jazz Mancini-type scores. So I think it was a return for him to mid-sixties style jaunty pop-jazz instrumentals.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 8:10:40 am PST #8781 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'll note that John Williams started his career doing very crime-jazz Mancini-type scores.
Heh, yeah. MST3K did a film called DADDY-O that had Johnny Williams doing the soundtrack. With the "immortal" Dick Contino in the lead.
Jessica - Feb 04, 2005 8:11:23 am PST #8782 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 8:16:23 am PST #8783 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
Huh. Well that certainly sounds like John Williams' m.o.
Just as a side-discussion, do you object to soundtracks calling attention to themselves in general, or is it a case specific thing?
With me it's definitely case specific, because certain movies I adore (the mid-period works of Dario Argento for instance) that have what could almost be called "foreground" scores.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 8:22:19 am PST #8784 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
MST3K did a film called DADDY-O that had Johnny Williams doing the soundtrack. With the "immortal" Dick Contino in the lead.
Man, this movie just keeps popping up. It was just mentioned on the Lost in the Grooves blog, and James Ellroy wrote a novella based around the making of this movie, "Dick Contino's Blues." Ellroy even tracked Contino down and became friends with him.