Gosford Park is lovely on all levels, but it is enhanced even more so by the featurettes. It choked me up that Altman hired folks who had actually been in service as butlers and housemaids during the period of the film to consult on things like table settings and house intrigues/manners.
They were treated with such respect and obviously enjoyed sharing their stories...and a style of living that, for better or worse, is long since gone.
I highly recommend buying the dvd!
His fervent attention to detail and 'reality' were the things I loved best about Altman's work.
I highly recommend buying the dvd!
It's on my Christmas list! I've wanted it since it came out.
I just added about a dozen Shirley Temple movies to my wish list.
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Hey, Corwood! This makes me think of the Office finale.
Which one? Dawn in the BBC one?
The DH is out tonight, so I am going to watch Gosford Park in Altman's honor. I own quite few Altman films , but GP is the one calling to me today.
Sweet. I love that movie, too, and wished I owned a copy. I was just thinking about consoling myself with McCabe or The Long Goodbye. I think Thieves Like Us may be the only other Altman I have around the house, and I just rewatched it a few weeks back.
I second Beej's comment that the extras are really worthwhile on the DVD. It's definitely worth owning.
Which one? Dawn in the BBC one?
Oh, no, I mean David's response to
being severanced
in the second season finale.
Oh, indeed. But then he starts talking about Dolly Parton to make everyone feel better.
Curse of the Golden Flower is MADE OF SO MUCH FUCKING AWESOME that there is no more awesome left. All your awesome are belong to this movie.
Ignore the Variety review, for they were clearly smoking the bad crack when they watched this film.
E's description after we saw it last night: "If Tennessee Williams had written Hamlet and set it in 10th century China, with ninjas*."
Chow Yun Fat = AWESOME. Gong Li = AWESOME. Cinematography = AWESOME. Hundreds of spider ninjas dropping out of the sky and attacking people with awesome curvy knives and bits of string = AWESOME.
I spent the last half of this movie with my jaw on the floor, it was that good.
(*Or whatever the Chinese equivalent would be. They're dressed in all black, they're stealthy, and they're really really good at killing, so I'm calling them ninjas.)
Hundreds of spider ninjas dropping out of the sky and attacking people with awesome curvy knives and bits of string
Did they kill people with paper clips and pocket lint too? Are these the Ninjas of the Intricate Order of the Not-So-Benevolent MacGyver?
I spent the last half of this movie with my jaw on the floor, it was that good.
Don't hold back - tell us how you really feel.
Seriously, though, did you like it better than PAN'S LABYRINTH?
