a quote that more or less made my day

[acchikocchi]

(Oh man I am so behind on comments -- riccichan! pithetaphish! I have mail and will properly flail very soon!)


Question: Which recent Academy Award-nominated film's director said the following about said movie:

"'Did you see Newsies?' [director] asks gleefully. 'You really missed something. Boy, was that great. Now I know this sounds strange, but I want [movie] to be just like Newsies, only without the singing and dancing. I'm serious. Print that!'"

Answer: Gus Van Sant, about Milk, formerly known as The Mayor of Castro Street.

*ROLLS*

Comments

[ilanala]

I haven't seen Milk and I'm not sure I've seen anything else this guy has directed, but that quote makes him awesome.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

I know, right? XD All the publicity makes it sound like this serious gay rights drama and the director is like "ALL-SINGING ALL-DANCING PAPERBOYS WHOOHOO". (Not to mention the fact that Newsies is, well.... pretty gay. *g*)

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

oh my god you are alive O_________O

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

YES I WAS NOT BURIED BY THE VOLCANO :D

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

you could at least have posted the next day or sth. or the next week. :| BUT YAAY FOR NOT BEING BURIED UNDER HOT ASH AND LAVA.

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

GET BACK IN YOUR HERMIT SHELL

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

my hermit shell is very cozy but sometimes i have to get a little fresh air.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

NEWSIES IS AMAZING

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

sadjskl;d right?? curse its catchiness. every time it comes up I spend the rest of the day singing to myself "OPEN THE GATES AND SEIZE THE DAYYYYYY."

[saturnianlove.livejournal.com]

Recently I was thinking about your "yamapi infiltrates a bakery" drabble so I went and looked for it, and it was still as cute as ever ;__; ♥

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you sweetie! ♥♥ You reminded me I have a little bit more of it written ages ago that I can post for you if you like? :)

[saturnianlove.livejournal.com]

shfjksdh I always want more Yamapi!! Yes please ♥

[ina]

I missed you! ♥ I was thinking of writing you a mail to see how you are. :)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Awww, thank you! ♥ I really need to get back in the posting habit! I've been spending all my free time watching various Western TV series for once. :D

[ina]

Yes you should. :) Are you watching Merlin?

[pithetaphish]

I'm glad it arrived safely and wasn't lost in Japan Post's sorting sack ^_^;;;

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

omg, I opened it and nearly shrieked aloud when I pulled out that folded stack of papers! sdjakl;sdsk;ds I completely wasn't expecting it! ♥_____________♥ (and then of course I went to your lj and saw that you'd posted it here sjkda;s THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR NOT CHECKING LJ.)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ahahah, beautiful! (need to see Milk, I suppose, even if it is missing the singing & dancing...)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Me too! Have heard good things but have not actually seen it myself. Ahaha and a friend just pointed out to me that in Six Degrees of Fandom the Newsies connection continues -- apparently Lucas Grabeel, of High School Musical fame (she says looking over my shoulder, "say he was the coded gay one with the fedoras") has a role in Milk, and High School Musical was unsurprisingly directed by Kenny Ortega, the guy responsible for Newsies in the first place...

(omg your icon. ♥)

[dotintheshark.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm happy! \(^o^)/ It only took two months - that's the longest airmail has ever needed to reach the U.S.! Though I have the sneaking suspicion that while I paid for airmail, it didn't actually travel that way... ¬_¬
But no matter, at least it arrived, yay!

And it's good to hear from you ♥♥♥

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

THE SCARF. THE SCARF IS PERFECT FOR ME. omg!! I was completely blown away by your beautiful crocheting on both! and the colors of the scarf, like I said, are just perfect, I've been looking around for a scarf to go with my brown wool coat and then I opened the box and--! I can't imagine the time that went into making those. *_* Thank you so, so much! *SQUEEZES FOREVER* ♥♥♥♥

[gingifere.livejournal.com]

Glad you're alive! I swear I'll get round to replying to comments, but wanted to say thank you for your concern :) I hope you're doing ok! ♥ ♥

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, I totally understand the comment thing. ;D Thank you, I'm doing v. well! ♥

[spurious.livejournal.com]

I have that movie sitting on my desktop but still haven't watched it!

ALSO I MISSED YOU. HI.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

I MISSED YOU TOO HIII. ♥ We had v. similar posting hiatuses. :D (hiati?)