If you've ever seen a one trick pony, you've seen me
0 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Monday, January 12 at Monday, January 12, 2009.
Last night Bruce Springsteen won a Golden Globe for his song "The Wrestler", from the wonderful Darren Oronofsy film of the same name.
We were lucky enough to see an early screening in December when the movie played at the Dubai Film Festival, and it is seriously good - some truly laugh out loud moments, but also incredibly sad - not the frontal sadness assault of dead children but the far more lurking, inevitable sadness of watching people past their prime realise that their best years are over. It is absolutely worth seeing.
But the most intense thing for me was the Springsteen song, played over the closing credits. I cannot think of another song written for a film that just captures the entire feeling of the movie and pushes it forward. OK I can - "Exit Music" by Radiohead, which plays at the end of Romeo and Juliet. But bear with me here...
So in tribute to The Boss and his new Golden Globe, I give you The Wrestler, the song, by Bruce Springsteen. See the movie and it will mean so much more...
We were lucky enough to see an early screening in December when the movie played at the Dubai Film Festival, and it is seriously good - some truly laugh out loud moments, but also incredibly sad - not the frontal sadness assault of dead children but the far more lurking, inevitable sadness of watching people past their prime realise that their best years are over. It is absolutely worth seeing.
But the most intense thing for me was the Springsteen song, played over the closing credits. I cannot think of another song written for a film that just captures the entire feeling of the movie and pushes it forward. OK I can - "Exit Music" by Radiohead, which plays at the end of Romeo and Juliet. But bear with me here...
So in tribute to The Boss and his new Golden Globe, I give you The Wrestler, the song, by Bruce Springsteen. See the movie and it will mean so much more...
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