We Own the Night, U23D

There could be a big North American sale tonight, as distribs piled into a noon screening today of James Gray's We Own the Night, which doesn't screen until the fest's end. The LAT's Patrick Goldstein managed to get a gander at a print this week in L.A. and loved it. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the movie offers a more accessibly commercial prospect than many of the films unspooling here.

This morning there was a screening of the hour-long U2 3D at 8 AM!!! But anyone who likes U2 will enjoy this live concert movie; the 3d visuals and graphics were very cool. In one shot Bono reaches his hand right through the screen and almost touches your face. The glasses are Real D Rayban-like frames; even at an industry screening the movie played well--it would be much better in a large loud venue full of rocking fans. I felt constrained from doing more than modest foot-tapping and head-bobbing.

Tonight, at last, the press screening of the Coens' No Country for Old Men.

Tomorrow is jampacked with action: Leo DiCaprio's eco-activist 11th hour, Michael Moore's Sicko, Bono's press conference, and the Coens.

Comments

[David C]

Gray's previous film "The Yards," which starred the same two actors, is one of the most underrated American films of the past decade, IMHO. I'll be looking forward to the new one.