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Last Post 3/20/2007 6:27 AM by  giggles
Once - Glen Hansard
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Punchbowl
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3/13/2007 5:42 AM
    Was at the Premiere of Glen Hansards 'new' movie 'Once' last night. I have to say I found it one of the most enjoyable and charming movies I've seen. For those who don;t know much about it, Glen plays a down at heel busker who strikes up a friendship with an immigrant girl who sells flowers on Grafton St. What unfolds then is a touching and often funny tale of two people, two cities and a load of music.

    I was surprised, but I guess I shouldn't of been, at the amount of Frames music used in the film and indeed the amount of music in general. It really played out like a musical, albeit an urban musical. The scene where his band (made up of a Lizzy tribute act) crack into 'When your Minds made up' in the studio they've hired, is unbelievable and then when it's reprised on Dollymount Strand...

    All in all, a really good Irish indie, but with a universal appeal unlike most others... Anyone else see it?
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    3/14/2007 6:15 AM
    havent seen it yet, but heard it was good alright.

    Have heard no bad things about it, and that aint bad!
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    3/14/2007 9:57 AM
    was at the premier too - really loved the film. Some mind find it a bit of a love in of Hansard's music, but the studio scene with 'When Your Mind's Made Up' is absolutely spine-tingling
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    3/14/2007 10:11 AM
    I refuse to believe that anything Hansard does could be described as spine tingling.

    I have an inate, irrational dislike for Hansard and could never sit down and watch him pretend to be a s**t annoying musician
    Punchbowl
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    3/14/2007 10:15 AM
    It's quite easy to forget that it's Glen, that the songs are real and that they can't really act. It plays out like a movie, like fiction. Then you can seperate the 'real' Glen from the movie and enjoy it as a story..


    It's Glen, playing Glen by not playing Glen

    PeterQuaife
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    3/15/2007 6:26 AM
    Posted By nerraw on 14 Mar 2007 10:11 AM
    I refuse to believe that anything Hansard does could be described as spine tingling.

    I have an inate, irrational dislike for Hansard and could never sit down and watch him pretend to be a s**t annoying musician




    surely life's too short.....
    nerraw
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    3/15/2007 7:25 AM
    Indeed life is too short
    PARTON
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    3/15/2007 11:51 AM
    Is the film starring the slovakian girl he did the album with last year?

    supposed to be a good flick....

    Not a fan of the frames but a good film is a good film....
    Peejay
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    3/16/2007 2:30 AM
    It's Glen, playing Glen by not playing Glen


    Is this a David Lynch film?
    Rev Jules
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    3/16/2007 4:14 AM
    Posted By Peejay on 16 Mar 2007 2:30 AM
    It's Glen, playing Glen by not playing Glen


    Is this a David Lynch film?




    If it was a david lynch film it would be kyle mclaughlan playing glen as a sinister midget who talks backwards with an elvis accent dressed as a rabbit who has an oxygen mask and wears a snake skin leather jacket as a symbol of his individuality and belief in a personal freedom and may or may not be from another planet or the fbi
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    3/16/2007 4:34 AM
    Posted By Rev Jules on 16 Mar 2007 4:14 AM
    Posted By Peejay on 16 Mar 2007 2:30 AM
    It's Glen, playing Glen by not playing Glen


    Is this a David Lynch film?




    If it was a david lynch film it would be kyle mclaughlan playing glen as a sinister midget who talks backwards with an elvis accent dressed as a rabbit who has an oxygen mask and wears a snake skin leather jacket as a symbol of his individuality and belief in a personal freedom and may or may not be from another planet or the fbi




    With more f**king.
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    3/16/2007 1:53 PM
    here's a When Your Mind's Made Up mp3: http://cc.usu.edu/%7Ejothomas/06WhenYourMindsMadeUp.mp3
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    3/20/2007 6:27 AM
    Looking forward to seeing it alright. He (Glen Hansard) is one of Irelamd's great all rounders.
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