My apartment is one freaking half block from the New York Premier of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, so why do I not have a ticket?!?! I do have tickets for the midnight showing next week, but come on!
I guess it's good that I have to work, else I might throw myself into the ranks of panting fans lining the street.
Guess which way I'm walking home tonight? Anyone want to come oggle with me?
What made me happy on Tuesday, December 16, 2008:
1) Fluffy snowflakes that melted away with no ice or gunk.
2) A lunch date and french fries.
3) Internet discounts.
4) Alan Rickman is apartment hunting in NYC? !!
Here I sit, ignoring my homework after a night at the theatre where I finally saw Spring Awakening (thank god for student discounts).
I highly recommend the play as a great distraction from school and work. I wouldn't call it earth-shattering either way, unless you are still in a phase of your own sexual discovery (in which case, I'm sure it is astounding ~ I'd have loved to see this around age 13), yet it brought up a lot of topics that I think should be brought up and discussed them in an interesting and entertaining manner. I know the teenagers behind me whispered about how the show stunned them and they couldn't wax poetic enough about how moved they were by the plot. Good for them.
The actors were uniformly wonderful, the singing fabulous, yet none of the songs particularly stuck in my mind, unfortunately.
Anyway, I'm wasting time now posting another Alan Rickman video for you. Here, we learn a bit of insight about Truly Madly Deeply and Rickman's reaction to the sad and sudden recent demise of the director.
Untitled from Katie Benedict on Vimeo.
A-ha. I might have the hang of this. Meanwhile, I'm behind on reading all of your blogs, but I hope to catch up before the world implodes and we are nibbled to death by black holes (or by Thanksgiving at least).
Here's another clippet I've yet to post, where Alan Rickman discusses his experience with filming in the Napa Valley.
Untitled from Katie Benedict on Vimeo.
Here's a little Alan Rickman video tidbit that the mean old Internets gave me trouble uploading last month.
I prevailed. And I'm giving you the Vimeo version, because I like that one better (but I did upload to YouTube as well, if you care).
In this clip, Mr. Rickman addresses his reputation as a "villain." We know how much he likes that question.
Untitled from Katie Benedict on Vimeo.
What everyone else seems to want to talk about...well, Alan Rickman just doesn't.
No Snape for you!
Alan Rickman did take time during the Q&A in Pelham to discuss what projects loom on his horizon. Apparently there are a few crumpets sizzling on the burners.
I'll get the rest of these vids up as soon as I can ~ I leave for Kentucky tomorrow and need a clear slate on my camera anyway! So stay tuned for more clippets dispersed among the other stuff.
I did post another clip yesterday, but it seems to have become lodged deep in the nether regions of the internet. It's far too good a segment to allow AWOL, so I'm trying again today.
Here, Alan Rickman expressing a bit of his passion over the state of the film industry while throwing around a few juicy insults.
I'm a sucker for enthusiasm.
Then, an audience member asks Alan the typical question of how he approaches playing "obsequious" characters. (The short answer - duh - ban "obsequious" from your thought process. Anyone who has taken even a first-level drama class knows that terms like that are ridiculously unhelpful). We need some new questions, people.
PS: Look! The video gremlins are gone! Yea!
While we ignore the squeals of pain emanating from my poor abused hair (and the whines coming from that Pinwheel blanket that I don't even want to think about), let's get back to Alan.
I really wanted to block out the sound on this clip ~ but, as I've mentioned, I don't quite know what I'm doing yet. There's a little "dead" spot in the beginning that I can't quite figure out. Give it a second once you hit play.
Anyway, while the director discusses the rumor that Steven Spurrier might be working on his own version of the events detailed in Bottle Shock, featuring particular other superstars, what I'm really trying to do here is give you the full body pan of Alan Rickman.
Of course, wouldn't you know that when this particular video was uploading, the screen froze directly on a full-screen crotch shot. And, of course, Ben decided to pay attention to what I was doing about that time and blurted a few suspicious and disgruntled mutterings under his breath. I had to tell him, it's not like that. Really. Ish. I just needed to capture the full outfit, you know. Especially the shoes.
If you want some Alan giggles, see this clip. There's dead space at the end of this one, but I'm working on it, people.
More clips, clips, clips, for your ogling pleasure. It takes forever and a half to upload these dang things. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
First, here's a mini-vid of my favorite 4 seconds of the interview. Be prepared to hit rewind a few times.
Okay, okay, you can have the full clip it came from, for context. He's actually speaking about how it was to portray a real, living person, Stephen Spurrier.
Here, Alan Rickman is asked whether they were tempted to pop a bottle of wine during the filming. Well, of course! But I'll let him tell you.
