Kudos To You, Sir
In addition to the previously-mentioned Spirit Award nominations, Starting Out In the Evening has continued to gather several other year-end accolades. Frank Langella was named Best Actor by The Boston Society of Film Critics and Best Actor runner-up by The Los Angeles Film Critics Association. New York Magazine's David Edelstein also said Langella gave the performance of the year. And the film was mentioned on year-end best lists by Roger Ebert, The New York Times' A.O. Scott and Stephen Holden, as well as the A.P.'s Dave Germain. The filmmakers have also just launched a beautiful new site for the film at www.startingoutfilm.com. Be sure to check out the site and one of the most acclaimed films of 2007, only in theaters.
posted by Roadside Attractions @ 10:19 AM
1 Comments:
This was an interesting "quiet" film that examines the inner lives of writers. It's interesting to me that the novelist "lets the characters do what they want" and writes less autobiographically as he gets older, and finds that life is not just about oneself. It might be interesting to see it at the same time as "Savages."
I wonder why the film referred to "The Battle of Algiers" and "The Girls from Rochefort" Is that just what happened to be playing at that Manhattan art movie theater that day? (I used to live "between the Villages" in the 70s.)
It's also interesting that "Lost City" (one of the author's novels) is an important film from Magnolia about the fall of Havana to Castro.
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