Walrus Pemmican and La Vie En Rose
I'm thinking about changing the name of my Walrus character. It's starting not to feel right to me any more. What if later on the guy falls in love with a beautiful hippie chick? Can you imagine his girl friend saying , "Oh Walrus, I love you!" I can't. It sounds silly.
Still, he should have a street name, not a real name. Something fitting for a guy who doesn't want it to get around that his real name is Chauncey. Who is trying to build a little romance and drama into his young life.
Anybody got any ideas?
On a completely different subject, Patrushka and I saw La Vie En Rose last night, a biopic about the life of French singer Edith Piaf. It's really quite an amazing movie, an onslaught of power and emotion that captures and reflects the star's truly melodramatic life, -- complex, innovative, yet totally appropriate film editing, a sound track that electrified my nervous system, and art direction - the film is played out in a succession of perfectly realized pictures of Paris in the twenties and thirties, New York in the forties, and Hollywood in the fifties - that's a sumptuous visual treat.
Marion Cotillard's performance as the Little Sparrow is astounding. I have really never seen anything on film to match her breadth and range - she portrays Edith from sixteen-year old street singer to a terminally weary middle-aged invalid dying of cancer. And she captures each phase of that unhappy life with such passion - it's like Piaf herself is alive again. If she doesn't win an Oscar for her performance, then there is no justice.
We walked out of the theater afterwards like we'd just seen Romeo and Juliet for the first time. I stopped to thank the manager of our little art house for bringing it to little Spokane - but I found my voice breaking. I was overwhelmed.
It will probably be good on DVD too - but seeing it on the big screen was -- wow! If La Vie En Rose playing anywhere near you, don't miss it.
Still, he should have a street name, not a real name. Something fitting for a guy who doesn't want it to get around that his real name is Chauncey. Who is trying to build a little romance and drama into his young life.
Anybody got any ideas?
On a completely different subject, Patrushka and I saw La Vie En Rose last night, a biopic about the life of French singer Edith Piaf. It's really quite an amazing movie, an onslaught of power and emotion that captures and reflects the star's truly melodramatic life, -- complex, innovative, yet totally appropriate film editing, a sound track that electrified my nervous system, and art direction - the film is played out in a succession of perfectly realized pictures of Paris in the twenties and thirties, New York in the forties, and Hollywood in the fifties - that's a sumptuous visual treat.Marion Cotillard's performance as the Little Sparrow is astounding. I have really never seen anything on film to match her breadth and range - she portrays Edith from sixteen-year old street singer to a terminally weary middle-aged invalid dying of cancer. And she captures each phase of that unhappy life with such passion - it's like Piaf herself is alive again. If she doesn't win an Oscar for her performance, then there is no justice.
We walked out of the theater afterwards like we'd just seen Romeo and Juliet for the first time. I stopped to thank the manager of our little art house for bringing it to little Spokane - but I found my voice breaking. I was overwhelmed.
It will probably be good on DVD too - but seeing it on the big screen was -- wow! If La Vie En Rose playing anywhere near you, don't miss it.
Labels: Movies, Walrus Pemmican
posted by Christopher Newton at 11:44 AM
6 Comments:
Maybe I should call Walrus 'Buddy Holly'. But Paulie's the guy with the heavy black-rimmed glasses. And Janet Planet doesn't quite work for my character. Maybe I'll try changing his name to 'Tupelo Honey'
I just looked at Amazon and they are saying the DVD will be available November 13 - so that is probably a different movie unless they have a pirated version. Meanwhile, you can see a preview at the official website here: La Vie En Rose
usCalled the video joint after reading the previous note and spoke to the manager. Clerk, 17 yr old, told me wrong. I'm on the wait list for mid November.
What about a name like Bodhi Pemmican? Gives him a smidgen of the Buddha nature while retaining the brooding cynic.
I thought his real name was, like, Eustace rather than Chauncey
How about calling Walrus "Wally"?
Or maybe his real name could be Wally the Ruse, but he prefers to be called Walrus.
Wally, huh? I kind of like that. Like Wally and The Beav. Wally and Paulie. Hmm.
A friend emailed me yesterday to suggest I call him Big Rig. Or maybe Biggie for short (that part's my own).
I don't know about all this. Personally, I like Walrus.
OK. Kirstie wins. Thanks everybody for your suggestions. But you must admit she had the best argument. Walrus it is.
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