My second contribution to SOMA magazine is the cover story for February's "Film Issue." It's a profile of Julianne Nicholson, current star of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and recent lead in Jeff Lipsky's superbly acted relationship drama Flannel Pajamas.
Because of how the magazine's site is designed, the below link will simply get you to the main content page. From there, selecting the article will bring up the text.
Strutting Her Stuff, in Flannel (SOMA magazine)
No offense, but that site has usability issues.
You can't deep link and the +/- for scrolling isn't the least bit obvious (I thought it would change font size).
A Flash developer can do the former, and changing the +/- to up/down arrows would be better.
Ah well, I hate to see your work be inaccessible.
Does Julia have a favorite movie yet?
Posted by: Joe Grossberg | February 13, 2007 at 11:46 AM
I take no offense to SOMA magazine's web site deficiencies, Joe, since I have no control over them.
As for Julia - no favorite movies yet. Though if Hannah has her way, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time will, unfortunately, be high on the list....
Posted by: Nick | February 14, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Hey Nick,
In all the time I've been commenting I realize I've yet to introduce myself. In short, I'm a pre-med student based in California, drawn to Slant magazine circa Nov '05 due to our mutual love of The New World (unshared by my real-life peers). My view of film since then has been torn apart, annealed, and challenged, something I've come to tremendously appreciate.
To the point of this wayward post: I managed to catch Flowers of Shanghai, Millennium Mambo, and not least, Three Times this past week - and I can't find words to underline the experience. From scene one of Flowers that I was getting into something exquisite. The atmosphere was incredible, not to mention the gorgeous, painterly visuals that dared me to blink. Three Times is, without a doubt, a masterpiece. Who nowadays pays attention to the way characters move in space? What director doesn't spoon feed his audience history in modernized chunks? It's a real bummer his films are (I'm told) virtually ignored in Taiwan. Hou Hsiao Hsien is undoubtedly one of the greats. I can't wait to watch Three Times again.
Posted by: Simon | February 17, 2007 at 03:46 PM
Nice to meet you Simon. And glad to hear that Hou is now firmly on your radar - couldn't agree with your sentiments more.
To wit: here's a link to the trailer for his latest, which seems not only a departure in terms of setting (France? With Binoche?), but in terms of camera movement (i.e. there seems to be a lot more of it here).
http://ns32358.ovh.net/~fd/external_views/Ballon.mov
Posted by: Nick | February 20, 2007 at 09:35 AM
Thanks for the link. That trailer was definitely an eclectic one - in other words, it must find a distributor and head to the states pronto. Luckily, I think with Binoche as the leading lady, it should be slightly more accessible than Three Times.
Posted by: Simon | February 22, 2007 at 01:57 AM