Punchbowl
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 | | 13 Mar 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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Daragh
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| | 14 Mar 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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UnaRocks
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| | 14 Mar 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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nerraw
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| | 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 | | | |
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Punchbowl
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| | 14 Mar 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
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PeterQuaife
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| | 15 Mar 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.....
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where the dew drops cry and the cats meow.... | |
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nerraw
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| | 15 Mar 2007 7:25 AM |
| | Indeed life is too short | | | |
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PARTON
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| | 15 Mar 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.... | | | |
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Peejay
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| | 16 Mar 2007 2:30 AM |
| It's Glen, playing Glen by not playing Glen
Is this a David Lynch film? | | | |
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Rev Jules
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| | 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
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Unicron
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| | 16 Mar 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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UnaRocks
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| | 16 Mar 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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giggles
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| | 20 Mar 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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