Little Shop of Sexy Jesus

Click here for my PopWatch post about the similarity between Hamlet 2's "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" and the title song from "Little Shop of Horrors."

Synecdoche sample

Here's a snippet from Charlie Kaufman's script for the brilliant "Synecdoche, New York." I can't get the movie out of my head, and I can't wait to see it again.

In this scene, Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is at an appointment with his therapist, Madeline (Hope Davis).

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Samsung Omnia's sweet packaging

It's Zen Time

I finally decided to join the rest of the world and buy a MP3 player.

I purchased the 16GB Creative Zen, which Amazon has on sale for a meager $138. My reasons for going with the Zen over an iPod are many, but I'm going to wait until I actually have the player in my hand before I start talking about it.

Hooray for Synecdoche

Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" is:

1. One of the most bizarre movies I have ever seen.
2. Essentially about everything.
3. An amazing display of female performances.
4. Occasionally maddening.
5. The best film I've seen so far this year.

New York, New York

Just sharing one of the photos from my trip last weekend:

Dark Knight PSA: UV Protection

Apparently there's a bunch of these...

Hans Zimmer

Quotes from my interview with composer Hans Zimmer are here.

Interviewing Charlie Kaufman

I'm doing a phone interview with Charlie Kaufman tomorrow, and I'm a bit worried.

How does one interview one of the most inventive writers in the history of film? Kaufman's brain contains more intelligence and wit than I will ever obtain, and so, what kind of questions does a lesser mind ask when interviewing one of its heroes?

Will Kaufman think I'm dumb? Will he be able to detect my young age and the resulting inexperience of life that comes with being young? Will he humor this beginning journalist's attempt to ask thoughtful and interesting questions?

To quote Maxine from Being John Malkovich, "we'll see..."

Manhattan

Here's the great opening of Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979).

Although, wouldn't it have been even better if Allen wasn't talking over the majority of it? That juxtaposition of Gershwin and New York is so innately powerful that it could have carried the entire sequence all by itself.

Rumors stick on Obama's faith

This troubles me. Click here for the CNN video report.

McCain ad

Really? This is an actual McCain ad? Are you kidding me?