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the Bill Murray thing was great. the Q&A went smoothly and featured SNL writer Tom Schiller, Jim Jarmusch, Howard Franklin and the guy who directed Hamlet. there was a bit of an "Inside the Actor's Studio" vibe, only with less obsequious bootlicking. he seemed like a guy i wouldn't feel strange calling by his first name.
highlights of the evening included:
* the wife, upon seeing Elvis Mitchell, proclaiming "i bummed a smoke off that guy outside!"
* switching tickets with some people and getting to see Quick Change after all.
* noting that in the opening scene of Quick Change, there's a large billboard ad for Suntory in the background (good eye, wifey).
* Bill spending the first 10 minutes on stage with a button undone on his shirt allowing us a perfect vantage point of his bellybutton. and me without a camera.
* Bill deftly handling the question asking whether he is thankful every day that he's not Chevy Chase.
* the story in which Bill is tied to a pool chair by Hunter S. Thompson and dropped in to attempt an underwater escape.
* getting excited for Coffee & Cigarettes where Bill shares a scene with RZA and GZA and The Life Aquatic which is supposed to be released in December.
UPDATE: youthlarge has some thoughts on the night as well.
Comments
bill murray and jim jarmusch!?!
i think i would have fainted if i had been in the same room as the two cutest men alive.
Posted by: shmoo | April 14, 2004 02:29 PM
i agree with shmoo...both have an unmatchable charisma. and even randy quaid couldn't ruin the goodness of quick change.
Posted by: crispin | April 15, 2004 03:02 PM
What are you talking about? Randy Quaid is totally awesome in Quick Change. I'm not being sarcastic either. Totally. Awesome. Hi-larious.
Posted by: Greg | April 15, 2004 03:03 PM
Huge Randy Quaid fan. Brother of tsoa, I figured you would go after Dennis Quaid but Randy seems more like a Paquette family kind of actor. I mean, didn't you love him in Freaked?
Posted by: jake | April 15, 2004 03:38 PM
the scene in Quick Change where Randy Quaid freaks out and jumps out of the moving cab is great. i generally like him, even thgouh he has done a load of crap over the years. he was good in the Last Picture Show when i finally saw that last year, but i never did watch a full episode of "The Brotherhood of Poland New Hampshire".
Posted by: jamie | April 15, 2004 03:57 PM
I find that if I like an actor, particularly a character actor or comedian, I won't turn on them if I avoid the bombs. eg, Don Cheadle in Volcano or Paul Giamatti in Big Momma's House.
But I can see why someone wouldn't like today's Randy Quaid compared to Randy Quaid of 8-10 years ago, when the stinkers were fewer and farther between.
Posted by: jake | April 15, 2004 04:56 PM
i was not saying randy quaid is always terrible. he was in fact quite likable in quick change, christmas vacation and drexel's class but lately he's been appearing in numerous shitty films and teevee shows, especially that mortifying poland, nh show. i did not mean to upset the randy quaid fanbase.
Posted by: crispin | April 15, 2004 04:56 PM