Sep. 19th, 2005
Last night, due to the kindness of a friend's daughter, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mabfan and I went to see a sneak preview of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, followed by a Q&A with Nick Park, hosted by Barry Nolan.
The movie was a lot of fun. It's the first full-length Wallace & Gromit film (the previous 3 outings -- "A Grand Day Out," "The Wrong Trousers," and "A Close Shave" -- were shorts), and it holds up well for all 80 minutes. Packed with subtle visual jokes and references to many, many horror movies, it's a film you shouldn't look away from, lest you miss something. And stay for the credits and the floating bunnies. Trust me on this.
After the film, Nick Park did about 20 minutes of Q&A with the audience. Park was clearly less than comfortable addressing such a large crowd, but he definitely held his own.
And for me, it was an opportunity to talk to Barry Nolan and to tell him that I was glad to see him back in the Boston area. I remember him from local programming in Boston (on "Evening Magazine") before he went on to shows such as "Hard Copy" that are broadcast nationally. He's now back working for CN8, the Comcast channel broadcast out of Brookline, and he says it's great to be back in Boston. He seemed surprised that, while many other folks were swarming to get Nick Park's autograph (including us;mabfan and I had brought the DVD insert from our "Chicken Run" DVD for an autograph), I wanted more to speak to him.
In all, a lovely outing. I highly recommend the film to fans of Wallace and Gromit. It opens 7 October.
mabfan and I went to see a sneak preview of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, followed by a Q&A with Nick Park, hosted by Barry Nolan.The movie was a lot of fun. It's the first full-length Wallace & Gromit film (the previous 3 outings -- "A Grand Day Out," "The Wrong Trousers," and "A Close Shave" -- were shorts), and it holds up well for all 80 minutes. Packed with subtle visual jokes and references to many, many horror movies, it's a film you shouldn't look away from, lest you miss something. And stay for the credits and the floating bunnies. Trust me on this.
After the film, Nick Park did about 20 minutes of Q&A with the audience. Park was clearly less than comfortable addressing such a large crowd, but he definitely held his own.
And for me, it was an opportunity to talk to Barry Nolan and to tell him that I was glad to see him back in the Boston area. I remember him from local programming in Boston (on "Evening Magazine") before he went on to shows such as "Hard Copy" that are broadcast nationally. He's now back working for CN8, the Comcast channel broadcast out of Brookline, and he says it's great to be back in Boston. He seemed surprised that, while many other folks were swarming to get Nick Park's autograph (including us;
mabfan and I had brought the DVD insert from our "Chicken Run" DVD for an autograph), I wanted more to speak to him.In all, a lovely outing. I highly recommend the film to fans of Wallace and Gromit. It opens 7 October.