Gothamist: Movie Crew Brings 9/11 Tribute Back to St. Paul's Chapel

Abraham Rappahannock

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:59:36 -0500

who cares- i know the set dresser in the picture is glad to be back to work after 100 lousy days off during the fucking writer's strike like moi- ugh! 9/11=INSIDE JOB youtube: loose change final cut pt. 1 & 2

ottoemezzo

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:40:53 -0500

Lousy attempt trying to recreate the tributes on the fence. Didn't look like that at all. There was more clothing, banners with signatures...it was moving. This looks cheesy.There weren't all these stuffed animals, fake flowers and balloons. Jeez...aren't there enough photographs of the place to be able to recreate it accurately?

Jerk Store

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:25:35 -0500

#12: I see. And I second your wtf.

eyekantspel

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:05:56 -0500

Jen, if he told you he "absolutely loved" a story about someone's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking, assuming he's heterosexual, have you considered the possibility he's just telling you what you want to hear because he wants to sleep with you? When he said it, was he making eye contact, or stealing glances at JenChungsBra?

gossipgirl

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:00:28 -0500

At least there's Amy Adams.

Phil McCracken 222

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:47:08 -0500

This movie will rend your soul like "Under the Tuscan Sun", if you are a cretin

Colochita

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:15:55 -0500

my "wtf" was actually about the fact that according to the quoted passage, our entire city is called Manhattan and it's possible to have an apartment that exists in more than one outer borough at a time.

Phil McCracken 222

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:53:39 -0500

If only Mohammed Atta had a cookbook and a zest for life and a desire to know all its flavors!

Jerk Store

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:52:13 -0500

" "...only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening." wtf?" A lot of the country seems to think the idea that NYC living -- having to ride public transportation, crowds, small apartments -- is "demoralizing" and suffered only under duress. It's part of the wonderful cocktail that fuels mutual provincialism and distrust.

cucarachita

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:42:14 -0500

I don't know, sounds pretty chick-flicky to me. Just based on the whole premise of a woman dealing with life by living it through a cookbook... Even if it had been the story of a guy dealing with life by living it through another guy's cookbook for a year, it's the self-indulgently flakey aspect that we're all supposed to be enchanted by (of not tolerant of) is what makes people think of chick-lit. That's what makes this movie such an easy target for the chick-lit accusations.

ihateallbrokers

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:38:28 -0500

911 = inside job!

Colochita

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:37:04 -0500

"...only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening." wtf?

Phil McCracken 222

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:24:22 -0500

This film will suck. It is as certain as death. There is no way for it not to suck. It already sucks for doing that to St. Paul's. I can see the pretty heroine walking by that fence all teary-eyed now. And sucking.

Jen Chung

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:47:56 -0500

eyekantspel, I hear your skepticism, but having followed Julie Powell's blog 5-6 years ago and having actually read the book, it didn't seemed overwhelmingly chick-litty to me (and I've read my fair share). Sure, it's written by a woman but it's also about her life and using cooking as an outlet. In fact, the person who told me about her Julie/Julia Project was a guy who absolutely loved it. I think the Amazon description was written by the book publisher in attempts to rein in female readers, which makes sense, because not many men would read a book about cooking by a woman. Though there seems to be a huge crossover audience for Anthony Bourdain's terrific, but very macho Kitchen Confidential.

Tim N.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:32:01 -0500

"Julie & Julia" wasn't a half bad book... I admit to reading it over my wife's shoulder... but in the hands of Nora Ephron it's a mortal lock to suck. "You're Got Mail" is as much of an argument for this country having a Ministry of Culture as I've ever seen (not that I'm in favor of that... step away from the keyboard... but it would have saved us all from that).

eyekantspel

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:10:35 -0500

Maybe it's just my balls talking, but it sure sounds like a chick flick to me. It would probably help if Gothamist "articles" on these movies came off as genuine instead of as paid advertising. I mean seriously, something tells us Julie & Julia’s going to kick ass. ?? Amazon.com write up on the book: Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption. When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen. Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose. Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia chortling alongside us...." Inspired and encouraging, Julie and Julia is a unique opportunity to join one woman's attempt to change her life, and have a laugh, or ten, along the way.

MidCFrank

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:46 -0500

Julia always has such class . . . Julie never will..

Jen Chung

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:27:47 -0500

I was disappointed the Times lumped Julie & Julia into the "chick flick" ghetto, because it was never really chick lit either, unless anything with a female voice/main focus is chick lit. But I'm still excited to see the movie and foodie fans who have not read "Julie & Julia," go and get it, it's terrific.