Comments on: FilmCouch #42 http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6231 Karina Longworth Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:19:26 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6231 Thanks, Christina. I'm actually dying to see Desert Bayou, but I missed it when it was in New York two weeks ago. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see it soon. Thanks, Christina. I’m actually dying to see Desert Bayou, but I missed it when it was in New York two weeks ago. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to see it soon.

]]> By: Christina http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6227 Christina Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:08:58 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6227 Thought you guys might also be interested in Desert Bayou (http://www.desertbayoumovie.com, opening in LA on October 26th, at the Laemmle Sunset 5, with director Alex LeMay doing Q&A sessions after the film at 7:30pm on the 26th and 27th. The Village Voice review says it is "...a poignant indictment of a social disaster that began long before New Orleans' poor, black, and elderly citizens were abandoned to die." Thought you guys might also be interested in Desert Bayou (http://www.desertbayoumovie.com, opening in LA on October 26th, at the Laemmle Sunset 5, with director Alex LeMay doing Q&A sessions after the film at 7:30pm on the 26th and 27th.

The Village Voice review says it is “…a poignant indictment of a social disaster that began long before New Orleans’ poor, black, and elderly citizens were abandoned to die.”

]]> By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6185 Karina Longworth Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:19:11 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/19/filmcouch-42/#comment-6185 Until you guys mentioned Oceans 11, it had somehow completely slipped my mind that Casey Affleck has played second fiddle criminal Brad Pitt three times before (although I seem to remember the full gang was minimized in Ocean's 12. All I remember from that one is Catherine Zeta Jones marching off a plane, and that horrible bit with Bruce Willis). Anyhow, as both the Oceans films and Jesse are so clearly about the heirarchy of criminals and the attractions of celebrity, it would be interesting to compare and contrast the two, especially in regard to Casey and Brad. Until you guys mentioned Oceans 11, it had somehow completely slipped my mind that Casey Affleck has played second fiddle criminal Brad Pitt three times before (although I seem to remember the full gang was minimized in Ocean’s 12. All I remember from that one is Catherine Zeta Jones marching off a plane, and that horrible bit with Bruce Willis). Anyhow, as both the Oceans films and Jesse are so clearly about the heirarchy of criminals and the attractions of celebrity, it would be interesting to compare and contrast the two, especially in regard to Casey and Brad.

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