I have decided to add a section called “On Location.” I will post photographs I have taken at locations from some of my favorite movies. Some you will recognize, while others, maybe not.
For my first entry, here is a shot (albeit at night) of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence from Merchant Ivory’s A Room With a View (1985). This is used in the scene where Lucy Honeychurch sees the Florentine murdered and she passes out, to be aided by George Emerson.
This is taken directly from WENN news (via the Internet Movie Database):
Butch & Sundance Top Bromance Poll
Paul Newman and Robert Redford have topped a new Internet poll listing the top 10 Movie Bromances of all time.
The pair’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid roles beat Lethal Weapon’s Murtaugh and Riggs, portrayed by Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, on RoddysRockinReviews.com’s online countdown.
Naming Newman and Redford’s portrayals number one, the website claims Butch and Sundance are the “Bromance of Bromances,” adding, “When things in their wild world goes awry the two have so much devotion to each other that they face their imminent doom together without even blinking.”
Point Break’s Bodhi and Johnny Utah, played by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, Star Trek’s Spock and Captain Kirk and Top Gun’s Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer) also make the new top 10.
Personally, I could not agree more! Butch and Sundance is one of my favorites all-time.
What do you think? Did the public get it right? What other bromances did the pollsters miss?
The film’s premise is loosely based on Alain de Botton’s On Love (Essays in Love in the United Kingdom). The novel is a blend of narrative and non-fiction format, in which the central character mulls over the true meaning of love and our behavior under its influence.
Going one step further, the film expands the protagonist’s (newcomer Brendan Patricks) love life to five women, to whom he is drafting a collective suicide note to at the beginning of the film. As he is writing the letter, the audience sees, in flashback sequences, the highs and lows of his romantic travails.
Julian Kemp cleverly interweaves the film’s narrative with de Botton’s philosophical observations in a series of quirky and enjoyable asides all dealing with love and fate. Instead of simply playing these flashbacks straight, the audience goes (literally) on a series of amusing rides representing each of the women in his life. By the end of the movie, we are brought back to the present with a “twist” that was a bit surprising, but cleverly executed.
The source material initially attracted me to this film. I am a fan of Status Anxiety, written by de Botton and On Love is presently on my reading list. Even if you do not have an interest in the central philosophical arguments presented in this film, a love for offbeat romantic comedies will suffice.
The only problem I foresee is where to see it. I was able to catch this film during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival but I am not sure about its wider theatrical release. I will try to keep readers posted as to any updates I receive regarding distribution of the film.
Primary Cast: Brendan Patricks, Naomie Harris, Jane March, Cécile Cassel, Kelly Adams, Edith Bukovics
Director: Julian Kemp
Screenwriter: Julian Kemp
Producer(s): Marion Pilowsky, David Willing, Michael Kelk
From the United Kingdom
Running Time: 87 minutes
