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"A Single Man" (beware spoilers)
SFEnnisSF:
I'll be seeing this hopefully this week. :)
southendmd:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on January 03, 2010, 08:43:06 pm ---I'll be seeing this hopefully this week. :)
--- End quote ---
You're gonna love it, Eric.
I spend a morning looking at various interviews on youtube with the actors and filmmakers. The best are from a NYC press conference in December. They are under by a member named "mattrett". I had never heard Tom Ford speak before, and he surprised me--he's quite charming and sure of himself in a good way. Colin Firth is ridiculously articulate and deserves all good things for his portrayal.
southendmd:
BTW, the aria heard in the film is "Ebben, ne andro lontana" from La Wally by Catalani. Film buffs might recognize it as the featured aria sung by Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez in the 1981 French film Diva, a personal favorite. In this case, it is sung by the soprano Miriam Gauci. I found a youtube of her:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bioceu36XOY[/youtube]
I believe the soundtrack will be released on Tuesday.
southendmd:
While I'm at it, here's one of the songs in the scene between Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, the wondrous Etta James singing "Stormy Weather", from the At Last album.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgdJjvWIlJg[/youtube]
southendmd:
When Julianne changes the record, it's Booker T & the MGs with "Green Onions". Dancing ensues!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg[/youtube]
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