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August 19, 2008
Overheard while waiting in line at the bank...
A blind man said to a very old woman: "You must be built like a gunslinger."
Yen is in town to finalize deliverables for Ciao, which until Warner's surprise announcement the other day was going to be released head to head against the new Harry Potter movie. Anyway, I sat in yesterday as notes were taken for a pan-and-scan session that's occurring at this very moment. The very act of wondering why, in this day and age, we need a pan-and-scan of the film bores me to tears. Someone wake me up when we're back in the 21st Century and films are mastered for really big screens and embeddable windows and nothing much in between. And that, then, would be my cue to breathlessly segue into last week's still-current news that thanks to Matt and the folks at Cinetic, Whit Stillman's timeless Metropolitan can be viewed right now, right here, on the whim of your own choosing!
Posted by David Lowery at August 19, 2008 1:36 PM
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What will the pan-and-scan version be used for? Alternate DVD? TV deal? In-flight? Or do they want it just in case they need it down the road?
Posted by: Aaron at August 19, 2008 3:32 PM
Presumably it's for broadcast, although I suppose it's not out of the question that it could wind up as an in-flight movie on a gay-friendly airline...
Posted by: David Lowery at August 19, 2008 3:49 PM
That might be the best thing I've ever heard a man say to a woman... Yep, it is.
Posted by: rudak at August 19, 2008 7:15 PM
When I was 21, living with Bill in my very first apartment, I'd while the hours away listening/dancing to Bill's napster library. Fiona Apple's version of Across the Universe came on. I was never much of a fan of her work before, but when I heard this I went nuts. I hadn't ever heard the original and wasn't aware it was a cover. I immediately made the bold claim that Fiona was the best songwriter in the world and this may be my favorite song. Later that evening some friends came by and broke the news that she didn't write it. Bummer. Its still a great cover, one of the best maybe.
Posted by: toby at August 21, 2008 4:39 PM