Watched SCOTLAND, PA Last Night
06-26-03, 08:04 AM
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Watched SCOTLAND, PA Last Night
I rented Scotland, PA at my local Hollywood Video based (believe it or not) on an IMDb recommendation. Very, very extremely impressed by this movie. It is essentially a retelling of Shakespeare's [i]Macbeth[/b], set around the mileau of mid-1970's hamburger stands. It stars Maura Tierney, James LeGros and, in another stellar cameo, Christopher Walken.
The style was very reminiscent of the Coen brothers... very much like a Raising Arizona mixed with Fargo. It is funny, it is weird, it is moving and tragic... go out and rent it today.
Anyway, the writer and director was Billy Morrissette, who apparently has done nothing before and nothing since. Does anyone know anything about him, and what current projects he may be working on?
The style was very reminiscent of the Coen brothers... very much like a Raising Arizona mixed with Fargo. It is funny, it is weird, it is moving and tragic... go out and rent it today.
Anyway, the writer and director was Billy Morrissette, who apparently has done nothing before and nothing since. Does anyone know anything about him, and what current projects he may be working on?
06-26-03, 08:37 AM
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So get Mac and get Beth. Get a bunch of burgers, and watch Scotland, PA, a first-time directing/screen-writing effort by Billy Morrissette. Funny and weird with Maura Tierney, James LeGros, and Christopher Walken.
See Scotland, PA and you'll be watching out for what Morrissette does next.
As a trivia note, if you want to see Billy Morrissette, catch the "Mad About You" reruns where Lisa is engaged to Sanford Klarik. That's Morrissette.
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See Scotland, PA and you'll be watching out for what Morrissette does next.
As a trivia note, if you want to see Billy Morrissette, catch the "Mad About You" reruns where Lisa is engaged to Sanford Klarik. That's Morrissette.
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06-26-03, 09:14 AM
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I can see what you're saying about knowing your MacBeth to fully appreciate what's going on, but I also think it's a good thing if something like Scotland, PA makes people curious about MacBeth, even if it's the Polanski version.
As the witches once said, "It couldn't hurt."
As the witches once said, "It couldn't hurt."
06-26-03, 01:06 PM
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Interesting to note that Morrissette said his purpose with this film was to make Macbeth accessible to the stoners (i.e. people like himself and his friends when they were in school). I think he accomplished that well.
06-26-03, 02:02 PM
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Saw this in the theater last year. It was out for like a week. I was very surprised at how much I laughed. And I already liked the cast, especially Tierney from her Newsradio days, Kevin Corrigan, Walken of course, and even Andy Dick's small part (again from Newsradio). Cool music too.
Yeah, I agree. That was what I liked a lot, just the way the cast really seemed to embrace the play without a bunch of smug self-satisfied smirking. You could tell that the cast was really enjoying their work.
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Interesting to note that Morrissette said his purpose with this film was to make Macbeth accessible to the stoners (i.e. people like himself and his friends when they were in school). I think he accomplished that well.
Interesting to note that Morrissette said his purpose with this film was to make Macbeth accessible to the stoners (i.e. people like himself and his friends when they were in school). I think he accomplished that well.
