Song Lyric of the Day:
You hit me once / I hit you back / You gave a kick / I gave a slap / You smashed a plate over my head / Then I set fire to our bed
Florence and the Machine / “A Kiss With a Fist (Is Better Than None)*”
12:48PM.
Left to right: producer Jason Reitman; writer Cody; actors Simmons, Brody, Seyfried, and Fox.
My first movie last night, An Education, turned out to be much better than I’d expected, thanks in large part to Nick Hornby‘s (I was a few feet away from NICK HORNBY! squee!) script, the direction, and the cast, including the scene-stealing Alfred Molina, who had the funniest line in the movie. The movie manages to be an affecting coming-of-age story without being a coming-of-age story, and was a lot funnier than I think any of us anticipated. The fact that it turns out Nick Hornby wrote the script was a wonderful surprise.
Left to right: writer Hornby; actors Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, and Alfred Molina.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go grab lunch on my way to see Cleanflix.
5PM
Finishing a sandwich before heading to my next movie, Hadewich. After that it’s on to The Trotsky and Daybreakers. My first movie today, the documentary Cleanflix, was wonderful. It was a really fascinating look at the “clean” movie movement, which arose out of a desire to service Utah’s overwhelmingly Mormon population, which is forbidden to watch R-rated movies. The filmmakers, Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi, took a subject that, in the wrong hands, may have come across as boring and preachy, but instead made it into an enlightening, entertaining, and funny movie. It’s the kind of documentary my Aunt Bea, a devout film lover, will devour.
And now I’m off to see Hadewich. Until I can post again, check out my pics I’ve posted so far. Captions and descriptions to come later, but there are enough recognizable faces in them that you’ll figure most of them out.
5:05PM
I almost forgot — I noticed a lot of people have stopped by to read what I wrote about Adam. Along with his friends and family, I’m thinking about him today, too. Much love to you.
*quite possibly my favorite song on the awesome Jennifer’s Body soundtrack
