Here's the latest word on PTA's new film: It is said to be a 90 minute romantic comedy of sorts starring PTA's regular cavalry of actors and a few new ones too. These few new ones are in fact Adam Sandler, Sean Penn, and the incredible Emily Watson. I wait anxiously for its release.
BTW: The 5 Senses is a great film and the director, Jeremy Podeswa, is coming to lecture my class next month.
Just saw Dancer In The Dark and might I say it was like Alphaville-meets-The Lords Of Flatbush-meets-Mississippi Mermaid- meets-any Lubitsch film-meets-Laverne & Shirley-meets-Jonas Mekas' Prison-meets-Whale Music-meets-Singin In The Rain-meets-Sergei Eisenstein's Potemkin. I absolutley adored this film, it changed me in similar ways that Magnolia itself did. I highly reccommend it to anyone remotely interested in the more humane aspects of life. Bjork is an incomparable artist, there are few musicians let alone actors that swim on her level, she's like some tree sprite who sprinkles gold dust on children's faces in some icy fjord in the North Pole. She has the face of an Eskimo Pie. Someone should weld a magnificient crown for her.
Plus, I implore you all to see as many Hal Ashby films as possible: Start with Harold and Maude, then his best-Being There with Peter Sellars, Shampoo, The Last Detail, etc.