December 7, 2005
I'm running out of time. A combination of cofee and beautiful ice cold gray weather is keeping me awake. Everything outside is frozen, including the rain that's falling. If this inclemency continues into next week, we're going to have some mighty unpleasant night shoots - but at least we'll be able to see the actors' breath on camera.
I gave the actors a CD of songs, about five of which were very thematically similar to the film. The rest was tonally appropriate filler, but I didn't tell them what was what. The tracklisting includes:
- Special Ways - The Theater Fire
- I Know - Fiona Apple
- Something Vague - Bright Eyes
- Take Off Your Cool - Andre 3000
- Maybe Someday - The Cure
- Trouble - Elliot Smith (covering Cat Stevens)
- Death To Birth - Michael Pitt
- Grace - Ennio Morricone
- Take It With Me - Tom Waits
- Molly - Michael Nyman
- Rake - Townes Van Zandt
- Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan
Last night, I was flipping through some old tablature collections and came across the chords and lyrics for Peter, Paul & Mary's Puff The Magic Dragon. My dad used to play for me on the guitar when I was little, and I also had a well-loved storybook adaptation of the animated film, but somehow I'd forgotten all about it in the year between then and now. It's such a sad song! I felt somewhat amiss the rest of the evening, after playing it through a few times. It's so beautifully written, too; that B-minor makes my heart hurt. If I had a recording of it, I'd have included it on that mix CD in a heartbeat.
Another enduringly lovely song I remember from back then is Ernie's I Don't Want To Live On The Moon. A recording of which I do happen to have...
Posted by David Lowery at December 7, 2005 3:34 PM
Comments
I remember that same Puff album. It has a orange cover right?
Posted by: Evan Mather at December 8, 2005 11:20 PM
It sure does.
Posted by: Ghostboy at December 9, 2005 2:05 AM