movies

[docellis]

I really, really, really love that movie.

[Radbird]

I just saw The Last Waltz on the big screen. I'd seen 24 Scorsese movies before that... and The Last Waltz wasn't one of them. It was a really cool experience.

Van Morrison had to be drunk or high or both, right?

Stage fright, maybe? From his wiki page.

By 1972, after being a performer for nearly ten years, Morrison began experiencing stage fright when performing for audiences of thousands, as opposed to the hundreds as he had experienced in his early career. He became anxious on stage and would have difficulty establishing eye contact with the audience. He once said in an interview about performing on stage, "I dig singing the songs but there are times when it's pretty agonizing for me to be out there." After a brief break from music, he started appearing in clubs, regaining his ability to perform live, albeit with smaller audiences.[32]

On Thanksgiving Day 1976, Morrison performed at the farewell concert for The Band. Morrison's first live performance in several years, he considered skipping his appearance until the last minute, even refusing to go on stage when they announced his name. His manager, Harvey Goldsmith, said he "literally kicked him out there."[193] Morrison was on good terms with The Band as near-neighbours in Woodstock, and they had the shared experience of stage-fright. At the concert, he performed two songs. His first was a rendition of the classic Irish song Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral.[194] His second song was "Caravan", from his 1970 album Moondance. Greil Marcus, in attendance at the concert, wrote: "Van Morrison turned the show around...singing to the rafters and ...burning holes in the floor. It was a triumph, and as the song ended Van began to kick his leg into the air out of sheer exuberance and he kicked his way right offstage like a Rockette. The crowd had given him a fine welcome and they cheered wildly when he left."[195] The filmed concert served as the basis for Martin Scorsese's 1978 film, The Last Waltz.[196]

[Radbird]

I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

Wow, I had no idea what those were. What a phenomenal idea. Can't believe there isn't something like this out here.

[JL21]

Stage fright, maybe? From his wiki page.

That's plausible enough. He really burned the house down (as did Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, and... well... everyone else). I could've sworn he was drunk or high.

I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

Wow, I had no idea what those were. What a phenomenal idea. Can't believe there isn't something like this out here.

They gained a lot of notoriety last year when they released this pre-movie "turn off your phone" message, which makes movie nerds like me smile (NSFW, language):

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[redbirdjazzz]

Stage fright, maybe? From his wiki page.

That's plausible enough. He really burned the house down (as did Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, and... well... everyone else). I could've sworn he was drunk or high.

I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

Wow, I had no idea what those were. What a phenomenal idea. Can't believe there isn't something like this out here.

They gained a lot of notoriety last year when they released this pre-movie "turn off your phone" message, which makes movie nerds like me smile (NSFW, language):

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was high. If I remember correctly, Robertson had to pay $100,000 to get the very visible lump of coke in Neil Young's nose rotoscoped out of the final film; he said it was the most expensive cocaine he ever bought. If I had a time machine, The Last Waltz is the first place I'd go.

[JL21]

Ha! I noticed that and my dumb naive ass assumed it was a booger.

[cpebbles]

Finally had a chance to watch Street Fight. I've been wanting to learn a little more about Cory Booker since this speech. The documentary itself was not very good, but Booker is definitely an inspiring politician and it's pretty amazing to see an old-fashioned political machine in action.

[MrSaigon]

Willem Defoe on stilts.


Might go see John Carter next weekend. Directed by one of the Pixar guys. Michael Chabon helped out on the script. May or may not be good. Mostly I'll see it because I haven't seen a movie at the theater since Super 8. Interesting piece in my new Wired about it.

[docellis]

My bf gets angry everytime he sees the John Carter commercials. Comic book geek (hates the Kevin Smith show) says, bitterly, nobody even knows who John Carter is!

Such a dork. That would be like me loving Ozzie Smith since I was a little kid and seeing a "Major Motion Picture" about him and getting angry over it.

[MrSaigon]

My bf gets angry everytime he sees the John Carter commercials. Comic book geek (hates the Kevin Smith show) says, bitterly, nobody even knows who John Carter is!

Such a dork. That would be like me loving Ozzie Smith since I was a little kid and seeing a "Major Motion Picture" about him and getting angry over it.

Do you get Wired? He might appreciate the article.