I've always thought the director is mostly responsible for an actor's performance. In Pitt's case in 12 Monkeys, Gilliam could certainly have tempered Brad's performance.

huge, intense, gorgeous film

Anybody have any word on Frears' latest Chéri (2009)???
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179258/
Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, even Anita Pallenberg.
The dvd just turned up, but the film doesn't sound like my type.

So, here it is ~

The Secret Movie Project, Revealed.

(I'm in copy and paste mode right now, because I'm a little brain-dead from work.)

I’d like to invite you to my most recent movie project: Crossroads of Youth, a recently rediscovered Korean film which will show at this year’s New York Film Festival.

It's about a brother and sister from the countryside coming of age in The Big City — in this case, Seoul, Korea in the early 1930s. It's also a special event; virtually all films from this era were destroyed between World War II and the Korean War, which makes this the oldest existing Korean film. This copy was discovered in an attic in 2007, restored and rescored, and fit into a presentation with four musicians, two singers, and a pyonsa (narrator) — to present an evening at the movies, circa 1930s Seoul.

The screening will be at 11 am, Saturday, 3 October, 2009, at Alice Tully Hall. Family-friendly, and even includes a villain with a mustache!

Tickets are $20. They will go on sale to the general public starting Sunday, 13 September at 12 noon. There are also rush tickets and obstructed view tickets for $10 (but what fun is watching a pole for 90 minutes)?

Information on buying tickets are at the Film Society of Lincoln Center website, and are also outlined below. (if you're a member of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, it's in the packet that you should have just received.) More info on the film itself is at the Festival website, under Crossroads of Youth.

Hope youse guys can come!

FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Tickets can be purchased one of several ways:

Online: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/tickets.html
Best available seat location for reserved seating.
$1.50 handling charge per ticket for NYFF screenings and events.

In Person: Alice Tully Hall Box Office
All major credit cards accepted.
For more information please call 212 875 5050.

By Phone: CenterCharge, 212 721 6500
All major credit cards accepted
$2 handling charge per ticket.
Hours: Mon - Sun 9am - 9pm except Sun Sep 13 (Noon - 9pm).

So I can expect you back on the NCfOM board on October 4?

Thanks, folks!

Now for a couple of stress-filled weeks (it turns out I'm co-hosting a baby shower in DC the following weekend)...



Oh, NCfOM will never end... although it might be October 5th; I have the feeling there will be a large party the evening of October 3rd. %^D

I'd sort of like to dedicate this to Nancy, although it's probably too late to get that in the program.