5 thoughts on “Nicole Kidman (2006) – David Thomson”

  1. girish

    Jan, Check out Michael Guillen’s site The Evening Class for two posts on Thomson, one an interview and the other the transcript of a talk.

    Not related, but a few weeks ago you posted a YouTube link to a famous SOS Band tune (“Just Be Good To Me”) and I wanted to mention that the British musician Norman Cook (ex-bassist for Housemartins; he later became famous as Fatboy Slim) has a killer version of it retitled “Dub Be Good To Me” on his Beats International album “Let Them Eat Bingo” (1990). I mention this because it’s a personal favorite, and if you enjoyed the SOS Band version, you’ll enjoy this one. If you can’t find it, drop me a line and I’ll try to email it to you.

  3. jahsonic

    Thanks girish I found the bit that stayed with me:

    Now there’s a white-haired lady back there. I don’t mean to pick on you but you’re probably my age? [Older, she responds, much older. Thomson chuckles.] If you say much older, I dare say you have strong opinions as to whether you prefer Joan Crawford or Bette Davis? I won’t ask you the opinion. I doubt you have met either of them. You probably know what you know about their real lives through the sketchiest and most unreliable of forms, but there was something maybe about Bette Davis that impressed you more than Joan Crawford. There I’m taking a gamble. Am I right? [She concurs.] You see? You can tell sometimes. You really can tell. Which is not to say anything against Joan Crawford. But the industrialists who made movies and who really knew that they were marketing personalities, they knew these things. –David Thomson quoted in The Evening Class

  4. jahsonic

    Yes, the parantheses are a typical WordPress problem.

    As for the Dub be good to me track, you probably mean this one. I must say that I like the original version better. My tastes in dance music tend to be Americanophile, and what I like best about Norman Cook are his musical tastes and the samples he chooses. I am forever greatful that he introduced me to Camille Yarbrough’s Take Yo’ Praise for example.

    I am continually surprised by the kind of response your blog generates. More than a 100 comments on one of your posts is not exceptional. I estimate you do as much as half of your writing in quantity and time in the comments section.

    Thanks again

  5. girish

    Oh thanks very much, Jan.

    And I admire your omnivorous interest in and across all art and culture. I enjoy that myself and find far too few blogs that do that. (If anything, the blogosphere enocurages specialization too much.)

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