(If) I can talk on television…
Last week saw the telecast of the annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The winner in the ‘Outstanding Special Class Special’ category was Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The 1970’S (AMC) hosted and narrated by David Bowie.
You will remember that we brought you details of this great show last year (08/26/02 SNIPPET: FORTHCOMING DB ON TV) when it first aired in the USA. Congratulations to David and all involved!
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Have you have been an un-American?…
Starring a ‘dazzling’ Nicole Kidman, and currently wowing Cannes Film Festival goers is writer and director Lars Von Trier‘s (Dancer In The Dark) latest offering – Dogville. This unusual film, the first part of a proposed trilogy, was shot entirely on one soundstage and has a set is so minimalist that even the town dog is just a chalk drawing. Here’s a paste from the official synopsis.
The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one.
Music is a ‘supporting actor’ in all of Lars Von Trier’s films, and here Young Americans plays over the closing credits. Metro magazine has this to say:
…a staggeringly powerful closing credit sequence juxtaposing images from the American depression and war and poverty around the world with David Bowie’s Young Americans is simply brilliant.
You can also check out this article in Time Europe Magazine, in which the director describes David Bowie as “a god”.
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