I watched Gosford Park this morning. Oh my god, the awesome! Then Stephen Fry showed up and it got awesomer!
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
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Daisy Jane - Feb 10, 2010 5:22:14 am PST #6706 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Amy - Feb 10, 2010 5:39:27 am PST #6707 of 30000
Because books.
Oooh, Daisy, had you never seen that? It's one of my all-time favorites. The whole thing is just dripping with atmosphere and attitude and ennui and delicious dialogue.
Daisy Jane - Feb 10, 2010 5:41:22 am PST #6708 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I hadn't! Now I have an unbelievable girlcrush on Kelly McDonald.
Amy - Feb 10, 2010 5:47:05 am PST #6709 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, she's fantastic in that role.
That movie is also good for incredible house porn.
Daisy Jane - Feb 10, 2010 5:48:54 am PST #6710 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hell, they're all amazing. I didn't even hate Ryan Phillipe
Polter-Cow - Feb 10, 2010 5:56:13 am PST #6711 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He has a date with a hot glass of milk.
Now I have an unbelievable girlcrush on Kelly McDonald.
She's so adorable in that movie.
Sue - Feb 10, 2010 5:56:58 am PST #6712 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I love that movie.
Fiona - Feb 10, 2010 6:35:55 am PST #6713 of 30000
One of these days I'm going to watch Gosford Park and La Règle du Jeu on consecutive nights and do a seven-decade country-house compare and contrast. It's an exercise I've often thought about doing with my students.
What I love most about Gosford Park is Ryan Philippe's terrible Scottish accent... which turns out is supposed to be a terrible Scottish accent. Also Claudie Blakley's put-upon thirties wife.
Hayden - Feb 10, 2010 8:17:56 am PST #6714 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Lots of love for that movie from me, too. One of the highest points of Altman's pretty great late period. And a double feature of Gosford Park and The Rules of The Game sounds fucking delightful, Fiona.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 10, 2010 1:08:55 pm PST #6715 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Kudos to whoever at TwoP wrote the copy for their Valentine's Day: Who's Slumming, Who's Not? feature. This line completely cracked me up:
It's as intrinsically Julia Roberts as unhinging one's jaw and laughing like Patrick Bateman in all movie trailers.