Holy Crap!
"The Adventures of Pete & Pete" has hit dvd! As I have no employment at all, the timing couldn't be better. The problem: Chapelle Show season II's also coming out... Lord, don't make me choose!
Watching "Singles" today I found the best cameo appearance ever. Remember the making-out couple on Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick's first date? The man panting and smooching with an almost serene expression is none other than Paul Giametti. Note how, even then, his performance went unacknowledged by the Academy Awards in 1992. (Though I guess at that time he was more of an extra than a cameo.)
It's sad how I've begun to identify with the characters from that movie. Bridget Fonda: "Remember how old 23 seemed when you were little?... I think time's running out to do something bizarre. Somewhere around 25, 'bizarre' becomes 'immature.' " Though I'm not yet 23 (thank God), I can imagine what she's talking about. I hear you, Bridget. Or Debbie and her earrings? *Totally* me. Though, Kyra Sedgwick's still a stretch (it's either her marriage to Kevin Bacon or involvement in the movie "Phenomenon"). Even Eric Stoltz's mime screams out, "U of MN alumna unemployed in Minneapolis!"
With all respect to Cameron Crowe's bravura, it's hard for me to stomach the film's happy ending. The Seattle Tourism Department probably slipped him a cool $100 to take out that climactic Mount St. Helens catastrophe scene. Back to the movie...
Watching "Singles" today I found the best cameo appearance ever. Remember the making-out couple on Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick's first date? The man panting and smooching with an almost serene expression is none other than Paul Giametti. Note how, even then, his performance went unacknowledged by the Academy Awards in 1992. (Though I guess at that time he was more of an extra than a cameo.)
It's sad how I've begun to identify with the characters from that movie. Bridget Fonda: "Remember how old 23 seemed when you were little?... I think time's running out to do something bizarre. Somewhere around 25, 'bizarre' becomes 'immature.' " Though I'm not yet 23 (thank God), I can imagine what she's talking about. I hear you, Bridget. Or Debbie and her earrings? *Totally* me. Though, Kyra Sedgwick's still a stretch (it's either her marriage to Kevin Bacon or involvement in the movie "Phenomenon"). Even Eric Stoltz's mime screams out, "U of MN alumna unemployed in Minneapolis!"
With all respect to Cameron Crowe's bravura, it's hard for me to stomach the film's happy ending. The Seattle Tourism Department probably slipped him a cool $100 to take out that climactic Mount St. Helens catastrophe scene. Back to the movie...
posted by Edie @ 9:53 PM
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