6.28.2007

grab the popcorn!

There are some great new films headed to Orlando, and I'm not talking about Transformers, although it may be a very good flick.

2 Days in Paris - Julie Delpy, who starred in two of my most favorite films (Before Sunrise and Before Sunset) was nominated for an Oscar along with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke for best original screenplay for the latter film. In 2 Days in Paris, Delpy serves as the writer, director and star.

Adam Goldberg plays Delpy's boyfriend in the film. Interesting fact: Goldberg has an uncredited role in Before Sunrise as "Man Sleeping on Train" and also appeared in Linklater's Waking Life, which featured a clip of Hawke and Delpy as their Before Sunrise characters. Confused? Just watch the trailer.

Starting tomorrow, a film that has a lot of buzz and a soundtrack that is good enough to atract you to the film, rather than the other way around.

Once - according to IMDB, the film is "a modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story."

Are you familiar with the Frames' "Falling Slowly"? It's a beautiful little ditty, and it's on the soundtrack. In fact, Frames' lead singer Glen Hansard stars in this Irish film as ... wait for it ... a musician. Actually, it sounds really cool. Fun facts, anyone?
* The two main characters actually wrote all of the songs in the film.
* Director John Carney used to play bass for The Frames.
* Hansard and lead actress Markéta Irglová, a Czech musician, fell in love during the filming of the movie.
* The film earned the World Cinema Audience Award for a dramatic film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Turn up the volume on your computer and watch the trailer.

Paris Je T'Aime - This one is already out in theaters, so you should probably hurry if you want to catch it. The film is made up of 18 different vignettes - each about the City of Love. There are beaucoup A-list actors, including Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood, Steve Buscemi and Juliette Binoche. The different stories were created by different directors, including Alexander Payne, Wes Craven, Gus Van Sant and the Coen Brothers.

Watch the trailer here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

this was just playing in cincy when i was there. in fact, it was playing at the esquire! (no reference to kristen there.. just a coincidence)

anyway, we'll definitely have to go and see this.

ahhhhhhh...