July 31, 2009

Julie & Julia Movie

Only a week til Julie and Julia opens!
At a theatre near me!
I plan to be there, laughing loudly but trying to keep book comparison commentary to myself.

Now that I've read both the Julie/Julia book and My Life in France, I can't wait to see how Nora Ephron and crew chose to weave the two into one feature-film length story. The memoirs themselves are full of intrinsically funny moments and endearing drama (not pathos, just the impulse you feel when you can relate to the narrator's ups and downs). The juxtaposition should work very well. If the film is anywhere near as good as the trailers, two hours will fly by.

And then we'll go out for supper. Possibly to The Left Bank.

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