I know he has a few fans on here. I certainly didn’t know there was a film coming out. Looks interesting.
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I know he has a few fans on here. I certainly didn’t know there was a film coming out. Looks interesting.
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Hope to get to see this, and the Leonard Cohen doc that hopefully will be here later in the year.
Very much looking forward to seeing this. Keep hearing good things.
Another KV fan here.
I won’t even say TMFTL, but seriously – Vonnegut Klaxon is a fkin GREAT name for a prog band.
My personal fave was always ‘Cat’s Cradle’ & I had an amusing few minutes last night reading the 1 Star reviews on Amazon, from the ‘I don’t get it, therefore it’s rubbish’ fraternity. I can’t help thinking KV would be very tickled by some of them!
“The whole book does not contain a single reference to Ugly Kid Joe. Waste of time!!!”
It sounds like an extraordinary film, Moose.
Weide’s 40 year friendship with Vonnegut, as he struggled to make the film, is a story in itself.
Your article linked to this one which gives even more background.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/15/from-curb-to-kurt-larry-davids-director-on-how-his-literary-hero-helped-him-through-personal-pain
You are right to say TMFTL because their first vinly was right up there with that bloke Arthur and his Love something of other LP. Peerless.
I saw this this afternoon at the flicks, & would d highly recommend it.
If you’re a fan, you’ll be familiar with the humour (sometimes black as pitch) that infuses his work & that is apparent throughout- there are endless clips of him cracking up laughing which somehow don’t end up in epic coughing fits, despite his chest sounding like it is half full of horrendous goo caused by chain smoking.
If you’re not familiar with his stuff, it’s not a problem as he’s a charismatic subject & natural performer with a hell of a story to tell & reflect on. A POW in Dresden when it was razed in the infamous firestorm, much of his life & work was engaged in trying to find a way to process the event – the results of which were frequently hilarious rather than the staring into the abyss you might expect. It’s an ideal introduction & has made me want to re read plenty.
Part of it concerns the director’s inability to finish the film he started 40 odd years back & there’s a nice observation at one stage when he says says ‘ I used to worry that our friendship would get in the way of the film, but then came to worry that the film would get in the way of our friendship’.
A worthy portrait & tribute, IMO.
Just back from watching it, (no one else in the cinema so I had my own private viewing, a good job really as I voiced aloud a few epithets) heartily agree with your view @JungleJim.
Fantastic – many thanks for this @junglejim.
👍!
For anyone who”s not yet seen this wonderful film,
it’s now screening on Sky and can be viewed on
Sky catch-up