Wednesday, August 30, 2006

With A Little Bit Of Goldblumin' Luck

It may not look like it at first glance, but the seminal body-horror of The Fly echoes a lot of Film Club's previous outings. Like Strangers On A Train, it features a cameo by the director; like Die Hard, a thoroughly unpleasantly bearded man gets a violent comeuppance and, like Kramer vs. Kramer, there was some dispute over what to do with the kid. Okay, that last one's a bit of a reach. Anyway, despite some very gross bits, it was a firm favourite, earning it a very respectable 7.7, which places it securely at number 3. Hats off to Mr. Goldblum who, along with John Getz's beard shouldered most of the acting responsibilities. In recognition of his fine work, I leave you with these choice morsels of Goldblumia:
1) His middle name is Lynn.
2) He's in a jazz band with Peter Weller.
3) He speaks Hebrew, Spanish, and Finnish fluently but refuses to learn French because he "considers it to be too easy."

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Goldblum generates Oscar buzz.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brundle, fly: brundle-fly. Eeeuw.

Friday, September 01, 2006 3:41:00 PM  

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