Dear fellow Bettermostians and Tremblayans,
Here I am, still alive - it seems - though the devil of “never enough time” has hit me hard this year, forbidding me to visit these pages as I had hoped.
But these days mark an important moment for me and my BBM experience, as the 2006 Venice Film Festival is now approaching its conclusion, and it is bringing me back to almost one year ago – it was exactly the evening of Saturday, Sep. 17, 2005 – when I first heard about this movie and story while dining at some friends. Actually BBM had just won the Golden Lion, that day. So I felt it necessary to find some time today and share with you these few sentences.
Looking back, I’m just so glad that all the hype about BBM started here in Italy.
It’s been – and still is – a hectic year, but whenever I feel tired of running, or frustrated for things not working properly, the memory of that movie still helps me a lot, and I have rediscovered my long lost passion for cinema.
I must admit having become also sort of Gyllenhaalic, discovering a very promising young American actor as Jake is. This year at Venice it was Maggie though keeping up the family name with WTC, while delightful Anne Hathaway brought back some BBM cast on the Venetian Red Carpet with “Devil wears Prada”.
That’s it, my friends. Now I’m back on the run, but not before sending you all a very big hug – especially to EnnisLovesJack, FrontRanger, Pipedream, JudeW, Victoria, Impish, AussieChris and Kirkmusic -.
Ciao,
Luigi
