John and I went out to the movies last night, which we do ALOT...most Saturday nights, in fact. We saw the film, Feast of Love, which stars Doug Kinnear, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander, and the City of Portland. It made Portland look REALLY good.
The funny thing was that they filmed at Reed College but called it Portland State. They photoshopped in a football stadium behind one of the main Reed buildings. They filmed Mt. Tabor as being in the N. Mississippi neighborhood. It was all very weird.
John remarked that it could be funny if someone saw "Portland State" and might be really upset to find out that PSU looks nothing like what it did in the movie.
The movie was supposed to be about love and so I was ready for all the romance/broken love affairs but not for some of the other sadness, having to do with death. I did enjoy the movie, though, and think it is well worth seeing.
It helped me get my mind off the embarrassing 40-14 loss of my dear OSU Beavs in the game against UCLA. I mean, when we left for the movie, they were in the 4th quarter and just barely hanging on to their 14-12 lead. With only 9 minutes remaining, how could they have so totally melted down?
Why do movie people do that? It's odd. But thanks for the recommendation, and oh boy, I see from your sidebar Annie Dillard has a new novel! I didn't know that! So glad I stopped by.
Posted by: Inkling | Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 04:56 PM
Stopped by to say 'hi' - hope all is well, and you're just off enjoying life!
Posted by: tinker | Friday, October 19, 2007 at 08:58 AM
Ohmygod, how can I be so far behind in reading my fave blogs? (Because I've been reading more BOOKS lately, I guess.) I'll look for that film...it will be fun and surreal to see what they've done to PDX.
Posted by: Marilyn | Monday, October 15, 2007 at 08:02 PM
Isn't that strange to see your city in a movie or TV looking just different enough from reality that it warps in the eyes of the viewer? A few movies and TV series have been either set in or filmed in San Diego (one was a series that I think was supposed to be set in Miami). I always find it weirdly fascinating.
Posted by: Barbara W. Klaser | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Hmm - the movie sounds good, but as much as I love Morgan Freeman, I may have to wait till it comes out on video - I'd rather watch the sad ones at home, where I can sniffle in privacy :)
Sorry about your team.
Posted by: tinker | Monday, October 01, 2007 at 02:27 PM
Melt downs seem to abound in football world. The Huskies could have easily beat USC, who tried to give them the game. (but they evidently didn't want to take it) Reed is really pretty; is Portland State?
Posted by: Margaret | Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 03:30 PM