That’s the US excursion over. Currently sitting in JFK at 7am with 2 hours sleep on the clock – the plan is to try and stay awake til hometime at 9pm this evening (tricky). Hopefully the GBA charge will suffice and I can get a few more hours of Final Fantasy IV in.
The second part of the business trip involved being locked in a ‘conference centre’ for four days and subjected to a barrage of technical and personal development sessions. Some good stuff.
Go and see Grindhouse. There is hilarity, and more shameless foot-worshipping from Quentin Tarantino. I first heard of QT’s fondness for the female foot in EMPIRE magazine; a quick look back over his films makes it pretty inarguable. Actually I have an interesting bit of evidence for the prosecution (via Caitlin, who will add more anecdote in the comments, thank you).
So a couple of years ago she had a job waitressing in one of the larger gentlemen’s clubs in Austin. One night the manager gets a call, and shortly afterward QT shows up with his girlfriend. Assigned to serving (and drinking with) them for the evening, Caitlin notices that our boy has his girlfriend’s feet in his lap the whole time, rubbing away on them like his life depended on it. You must find the defendant guilty, your honour.
05-May-07 at 2:01 pm | Permalink
> Grindhouse
The UK release has been postponed and it’s unlikely the movies will be shown together over here due to the fact that it ‘flopped’ in the US. What is likely that Death Proof will get its own release but there is uncertainty about Planet Terror.
GOSSIP!
Actually, I’m not that bothered about Planet Terror as I’m not sure Robert Rodriguez is much of a film-maker anymore. I can’t believe I wasted almost two hours of my life watching Once Upon A Time In Mexico, a movie I had such high hopes for but which turned out to be one of the worst films I have ever seen. I’ve been a fan of his right from the start and Rebel Without A Crew is one of my all-time favourite books on film but he has clearly lost his way of late.
> QT
You sound like an Empire fanboy writing that. It does have a good ring to it I guess. I can’t imagine they’ll start referring to Nazi-hating Steven Spielberg as SS anytime soon though.
05-May-07 at 6:47 pm | Permalink
Shame they’re not releasing both as a double bill over here. I’d have liked that. Hmmm.
QT/Foot worship. Quelle interesting popbitchness. What is it about foots, do you think? Other than them incidentally being attached to the ends of legs, which are quite nice.. Foot worshipers unite! Get on your soap boxes. Wax lyrical.
05-May-07 at 6:54 pm | Permalink
Larger gentlemen’s clubs > I wonder if they have clubs for skinny gentlemen in america. I wonder if their doors are narrower so that the slightly more portly skinny gentemen have to suck in their portruding tummies and man breasts in order to gain entry and masquerade as being bony fide.
Sorry.
07-May-07 at 4:53 pm | Permalink
> SS
That’s a LOL
10-May-07 at 10:48 pm | Permalink
It’s true. QT really, I mean REALLY likes the feet. And strippers. And he really really really likes getting lap dances and rubbing feet at the same time! Its quit impressive actually. He is crazy and very amusing.
Larger gentleman’s clubs> Everything is bigger in Texas!
11-May-07 at 11:20 am | Permalink
> QT
I’m not surprised he’s a bit of an animal these days, this is the guy who had no luck with the ladies till he made Reservoir Dogs at about 30 years old. It’s a well known fact that he wrote the character Alabama from True Romance as his “dream girlfriend” because up until that point he’d, “been out on a lot of dates but never had a proper girlfriend.”
What is probably sadder than that though is the fact that I have quoted that verbatim from an Omnibus Special that was shown around the time of Pulp Fiction’s release. If only my brain was capable of holding such vast amounts of useful information.
I’ll get my coat…
14-May-07 at 4:22 pm | Permalink
I love Robby Rodriguez (he’s my fourth favourite X-Statix character), and think ‘Planet Terror’ sounds and looks unstoppably awesome. I think my film-watching sensibilities are skewed, though – I love ‘Once Upon a time in Mexico’ (Iglesias!), and think ‘Kill Bill’ is Tarantino’s best film.
The fact Grindhouse is getting one hell of a raw deal in Europe makes me angry, then sad, then angry again.
Grrr. Boo hoo. Grrr.
Like that.
Feet are boring until giving context by awesome shoes, incidentally. But that’s another fetish entirely.