Well, dear readers, I am very excited about the signing/reading tonight at Dutton’s Bookstore in Brentwood. I do hope I’ll see some of you or at least some of your LA friends. I’ll be off shortly to begin my second week on the new TV series – this week is going to be quite manic, because the piece I’ve been working on has been moved up, editing-wise, and we’re having to scramble to have something for the editors to cut tomorrow.
If you were errant and truant this weekend, do use the Unseemly Archive Button to catch up – we had tons of fun. On Saturday, I posted the Ask BK Day answers, plus we had a lovely party for Dear Reader Laura’s birthday. Sunday there were many fun things going on as well, so do check it out. Also, Donald has put up a brand spanking new radio show, so give a listen as his shows are the best Broadway radio currently being offered on the Internet, at least in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo).
Last night while others were watching the Emmy Awards, I was watching the new DVD of a film I’d somehow missed, entitled Vampire’s Kiss, starring Mr. Nicholas Cage. It’s always lovely to discover a little gem like this – something entirely quirky and original and really well done, especially given its low budget. Nicholas Cage gives one of the most off-the-wall surreal performances ever committed to film – it’s actually breathtaking to watch him take the chances he takes, which includes his over-the-top wretched phony accent (which he did on purpose). It moves along quite quickly and has some fairly hilarious moments. The supporting cast is very good and it has a great score by a Brit named Colin Towns. I really recommend this. The transfer is great, there’s a few minutes added back into the film which haven’t been seen since the film previewed, and it has a commentary track that’s a good deal of fun, by director Robert Bierman and Nicholas Cage.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? I spent the weekend writing away – fixed a few things I wasn’t satisfied with in the Kritzer sequel, which is getting quite far along. I actually thought I’d finished Part One about three weeks ago – but then I changed my mind where I wanted Part One to end and wrote an additional thirty-two pages. So, I’m now beginning Part Two, which I finally have a clear bead on. I also wrote quite a few pages of the Nudie Musical adaptation – including a new song that ends the first Harry and John scene. Plus I have started working in earnest on the film – which I have to turn in by November (pre-production is supposed to start end of November/early December). I’ll be revealing just what the film is very soon – and I think you will be pleased with the lovely idea behind it, dear readers.
Well, why don’t we all just click on the lovely Unseemly Button below so we can find out more things. I feel we need to find out more things and yet I don’t want to write more things in this section so the only thing left to do is to click on the Unseemly Button below to see if there are more things awaiting.
Why, just look at this – there are more things. One thing I found out over the weekend is that I am not the only one who writes a daily blog or log or whatever you call it. Others write daily blogs or logs whatever you call it, and they are very interesting to read – oh, yes, they are very interesting to read.
Have I mentioned that I had a lovely haircut? I look quite kempt now. Prior to the haircut I looked quite unkempt, but now I am kempt beyond repair.
Have I mentioned that Saturday night I attended a screening of The Five Pennies starring Mr. Danny Kaye and our very own Susan Gordon as his young daughter Dorothy? I did. I haven’t seen it in quite some time. It’s a lovely film (has anyone noticed how many times I’ve used the word “lovely” today – what is it, a lovely day today?), and Mr. Kaye is really wonderful in it – very funny and very touching, too. And I must tell you, dear readers, that Miss Susan Gordon was probably the cutest child actress who ever lived and worked in Hollywood USA. Not only that, in my estimation (IME, in Internet lingo) she should have been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance, which is wonderful. She and Danny are the whole movie (well, so is the great music). Susan grows up into Tuesday Weld in the film, and even that bit of casting is perfect – totally plausible. We do hope Paramount will get off its butt cheeks and put this out, along with Li’l Abner. We need them and it would be lovely to have them looking spiffy and sharp on DVD.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must feel twitchy and bitchy and manic, I must do the signing, I must, in short, vamoose. Today’s topic of discussion: An obvious one – let’s all discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Emmy Awards. I want to know it all (since I missed them) – everything – the dirt, the dish, the winners and the losers. Were they fair? Were they just? Were they delightful and delovely? Post away, my pretties. I’ll be checking in from work during the day, and I want to have lots of your excellent posts to read.