The film's pretty good. Some holes in it, but an interesting concept. I love it when things happen offscreen - your imagination always makes it so much worse, and therefore more effective.
I got to interview Sally Potter about the film, and it was a delight. I've got to review Rage pretty soon actually... it's worth a look, kids...
That's really amazing, Ms. Potter managed to make it feel exactly like a student film. Amateurish, pretentious, shitty framing, stilted, crappy ad-libbed dialogue and everything.
Just when I thought I couldn't love Dame Judi one iota more...she lights up a doobie after calling fashion pornography to which we are all addicted. Dammit, Judi. Not fair.
It is rare but it happens. My baby at home is tortoiseshell and aside from white on her belly she is a crazy mix up of grey, black, orange with stipes that are solid and ticked. That to me is a calico male. Cute though and I LOVE the name.
SO: I teach at a theatre camp and a group of the kids were doing jellicle cats as their musical theatre project. We teach K5-12th (not in one group, but there's a big age range in the building) and a little K5 girl was walking with my boss (she was probably in trouble) and she overheard the kids rehearsing.
"What's a jellicle cat?" the little girl asked.
"Well," my boss explained, "it's a cat that goes out at night and does naughty things."
"Oh," mused the child, "We had a jellicle cat once...but karma got him and he got hit by a car one night."
That is a calico, not a tortie, vet. Unless the UK has a different categorization of coat colors? I am le confused. However as stated below, it is impossible for him to be a "true" male (straight XY) and not a Klienfelter male.
I once emailed a successful author about a boo boo in one of her mysteries that referenced a main character having a large MALE calico. I'm sure she hated me for it and is today yelling "ha!" at the computer.
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I got to interview Sally Potter about the film, and it was a delight. I've got to review Rage pretty soon actually... it's worth a look, kids...
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I kind of want to see this just to watch Jude Law in drag, but I'm thinking I can wait for Netflix and not plunk down $13 to do so in a theater.
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"What's a jellicle cat?" the little girl asked.
"Well," my boss explained, "it's a cat that goes out at night and does naughty things."
"Oh," mused the child, "We had a jellicle cat once...but karma got him and he got hit by a car one night."
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