Sunday, March 26, 2006

Thank You for Smoking

Call in sick. Go see the matinee. I know absolutely no one involved with the film (other than a casual "hey, how's it going?" head-nod recognition with Aaron Eckhardt when we cross in the CAA lobby) so there's nothing in this pimpage but good old-fashioned admiration.

Top 5 for the year, I'd put money on it now.

20 comments:

  1. I wholeheartedly agree. Saw "Thank You for Smoking" at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen about two weeks back and immediately recognized it as one of my top 5 picks for 2006 (which is saying a lot as 2006 is barely a few weeks old). Aaron Eckhart is a joy to watch; he was born to play this role. Hell, I even loved Rob Lowe in it. (Katie Holmes... not so much.)

    Jace
    http://televisionary.blogspot.com

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  2. I was very surprized to read that the son of William F. Buckley (grandfathter of the conservative movement) was the author of the book from which the movie screenplay was adapted. I expected it to be some hollywood liberal.

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  3. seriously, it is so gleefully amoral, it defies political characterization. It is honest to God satire, something I have not seen in a considerable length of time.

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  4. Anonymous6:49 PM

    Wait until they do "Little Green Men". Seriously. If you thought the satire in "Thank You..." was good, imagine a plot in which a combination of the author's father and George Will is abducted and anally probed by a drunken and irate employee of an organization begun in the Truman administration called Majestic 12 to convince Americans that huge military/industrial expenditures are needed (from the toniest DC gold available while golfing with a sitting Supreme Court Justice, no less), not once but TWICE, whereupon he snaps, becomes a UFO-ology convert, ON THE AIR, no less.

    What "Thank You..." does for spin (and it really is about spin, not lobbing), LGM does for self important pundits (in fact the theme music for the main character's show is ironically described as "Fanfare for the Self Important Man").

    If you want to REALLY self-actualize, find out who's thinking about doing LGM and kill who you have to to get involved. Giggling for three years of production has to make you love life.

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