No this ain’t football talk. Apologies on the content drought from my end. Travelling, family, friends, bridezillas and all the drama they entail.
I notice tonight that Anne Thompson has beaten me to the Viggo Mortensen story I was looking forward to cranking out tomorrow. Oh well, it’s worth it just that SOMEONE is writing it. “Good” presenting itself in the festival landscape makes Mortensen a prime commodity if “The Road” and “Appaloosa” didn’t already sell you.
Speaking of which, Robert Parker’s novel is making for a nice and breezy (if somewhat cliched) in-flight read. I’ve pushed through well over 100 pages since Raleigh.
What’s most striking is the relationship between Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, the nuances, the wordless conversations, the ease of the chemistry. If Mortensen and Ed Harris can carry that much across on screen we’ll all be in for a treat.
But more on that when I finish the book.
Back in L.A. midnight-ish. Things should be back to normal next week. Thanks to John and Guy for keeping things moving around here.
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There can never be enough Viggo Mortensen. The great thing about him is that all three roles look so very different.
I just hope he continues to work with Cronenberg for the rest of their respective careers.
I’ve been sitting on this prediction for a while, but I may as well say it.
Viggo Mortensen will win Best Actor for The Road. I just feel it, somehow.
I have to agree. If The Road soars, it will be due to the acting. Reading the book, I thought the sparse dialogue between father and son the most succesful parts; McCarthy’s weird sparse prose littered with exorbitantly obscure nouns distracted me more than it drew me in. Though I liked it, I was not impressed with the novel, but think it can work much better cinematicaly.
[…] screenings that will take me away from the work at hand, I wanted to follow up last week’s brief comments on Robert Parker’s novel “Appaloosa,” which is being adapted for the screen by […]
[…] screenings that will take me away from the work at hand, I wanted to follow up last week’s brief comments on Robert Parker’s novel “Appaloosa,” which is being adapted for the screen by […]