No 211 - Moulin Rouge! Director - Baz Luhrmann I remember very vividly when I first saw this film. I was in sixth form when it came out, and was a student of 'Theatre Studies', so there was naturally a lot of talk about this overtly theatrical piece. However, I was not convinced that I would enjoy it, it looked overtly soppy, a chicks film. Finally I was convinced to go and see it (Tom Done, who was in the year above and who was utterly terrifying, though who is now a good friend, won me over by stating the line I have used as a title. Surely a film MUST be good if it features unconscious Argentinians and cross dressing dwarfs!). So one evening I went to the Regent cinema in Wantage ( now shut down ) with my best friends Hanna and Richard . The film completely blew me away, and is the only film that has managed to firmly grab my attention in the first second, as the curtains open and the conductor arrives to play the 20th Century Fox theme. It uses the production company's
June 29, 2010. Went to see When You're Strange (Tom DiCillo, 2009) with Lord Darlington. On February 20, 2008, I blogged about my admiration for Tom DiCillo. But this was when he was filming FICTION. I don't know what came over him. This Doors documentary is perfectly bland. Sure, you get to see and hear the Lizard King, wearing his leather pants and big belt (which is always a treat, obviously, and beats seeing Val Kilmer doing him), but apart from that, nothing special at all. It's just a documentary, without even as much unseen footage as one was given to understand.
