Comments on: Hotel Rush Fallout, Frost/Nixon, Trek Headline, BSG http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/hotels-frost-nixon-trek-bsg/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/hotels-frost-nixon-trek-bsg/#comment-47024 Kelson Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:42:20 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/03/20/line-items-for-2009-03-20/#comment-47024 I actually haven't seen the movie yet -- we got free tickets to the stage version, which has a touring company that's in LA right now -- but the production we saw was very good. Oddly enough, while it's narrated by one of the journalists working with Frost, and is largely told from Frost's point of view, it's really Nixon who ends up being the main character. Frost himself is mainly in it for the ratings (if it does well, it'll jump-start his career), but Nixon is really in it to rehabilitate his reputation -- which, of course, doesn't end up happening. The larger-than-life presence of TV is a huge factor as well, with a bank of TV screens frequently upstaging or highlighting the interactions on stage. (For the interview sequences, they actually bring out a pair of TV cameras as if they were filming, and put that picture live onto the screen above the stage.) I'm especially curious to see how well that aspect translates to the film version. I actually haven’t seen the movie yet — we got free tickets to the stage version, which has a touring company that’s in LA right now — but the production we saw was very good. Oddly enough, while it’s narrated by one of the journalists working with Frost, and is largely told from Frost’s point of view, it’s really Nixon who ends up being the main character. Frost himself is mainly in it for the ratings (if it does well, it’ll jump-start his career), but Nixon is really in it to rehabilitate his reputation — which, of course, doesn’t end up happening.

The larger-than-life presence of TV is a huge factor as well, with a bank of TV screens frequently upstaging or highlighting the interactions on stage. (For the interview sequences, they actually bring out a pair of TV cameras as if they were filming, and put that picture live onto the screen above the stage.) I’m especially curious to see how well that aspect translates to the film version.

]]> By: West http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/hotels-frost-nixon-trek-bsg/#comment-47019 West Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:54:54 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/03/20/line-items-for-2009-03-20/#comment-47019 I'm still catching up, but if you haven't shared already, I'd be interested in your thoughts on Frost/Nixon. (For some reason, I thought you'd already seen it.) I’m still catching up, but if you haven’t shared already, I’d be interested in your thoughts on Frost/Nixon. (For some reason, I thought you’d already seen it.)

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