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Thu 17 Apr, 2003 10:32 pm
I highly recommend Christopher Guest's latest effort, a take-off on the Great Folk Scare. Those who recall that era and have seen any of his earlier films ("Spinal Tap", "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show") will have some idea of what to expect. Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara as Mitch & Mickey are priceless, and the rest of the cast is terrific, as well. The film opened this week around the country...
h-m-m-m . . .just free-associating here . . .
If you do a very negative review and tell us to stay away from a movie, is that a poisoned tip D'Art?
I'm a big fan of Guest's. I can't wait to see the movie.
jjorge--Could be! But most of my tips are of the postive persuasion...
Speaking of reviews, though, I've read some interesting ones of "A Mighty Wind". The NY Times reviewer liked it, but some of the reviewers for alternative weeklies have been somewhat dismissive. It's not that they don't like the film, they just question its relevance.
Hey, if I need relevance I'll go to my man Jerry Bruckheimer! Or James Cameron! Yeah, relevant heavyweights!
This one's on my go see list. Have watched Spinal Tap many times and Best in Show was a delight. Missed Waiting fof Guffman, plan to get the video.
Patiodog--since you live in Seattle, you may appreciate this--both the Weekly and the Stranger were somewhat snippy about the film. The latter's Sean Nelson considers the folk music revival of the late '50s and early '60s a "parochial target" for satire. Whatever...
Nextone--I think you'll enjoy this one.
And did I mention that Parker Posey has a role? Need I say more?
A Mighty Wind
I laughed my ass off at the songs. Especially Never Did No Wanderin'
oooh i can hardly wait to see this
the reviews in the non-mainstream papers here have been beyond excellent - but what can ya say - we love eugene levy and catherine o'hara 'round here.
I guess it's not playing on the cape yet.... sigh....
Thanks, Swimpy, for posting that link to the movie's site!
There's a one-page interview with Eugene Levy today in the NY Times Magazine. He says, among other things, that he was in a folk group in high school named The Tri-Tones ("we were like the Kingston Trio") and a group called Tuesday's Children ("we played coffeehouses"). Too much!
This movie came up over dessert. Two had seen it already and loved it.
Looks like basically the same cast as "Best in Show" and I am planning on seeing it ASAP.
Hey, D'Artagnan,
It is on my list of must sees. Am still catching up on Oscar winners.
Saw Bowling for Columbine and Talk to Her yesterday: a local theatre has $4 matinees before 6 pm.
Bowling could be taught in college expository writing classes.
Talk to Her is provocative and I recommend it.
Just a reminder to all of you who said they want to see "A Mighty Wind": It must be playing EVERYWHERE by now.
Now go see it! That's an order--and you'll thank me for it afterward...
Saw it this evening. Very funny movie. Would place it as third favorite after Spinal Tap and Best in Show. So many laughs and all character driven and unexpected. Eugene Levy, who gets a left and a right foot in this one, is painfully funny and really very touching as Mitch.
Have loved folkmusic going back to Burl Ives, The Weavers, Odetta, Bob Dylan in all his metamorphoses, A Mighty Wind brought back lots of memories through a sweetly askew lens.
Agreed, nextone, re Eugene Levy's portrayal of Mitch. Although I've been a fan of his since his SCTV days, in movies he tends to play one-dimensional, nerdy characters. But his Mitch was more than that--and as you say, rather touching.
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