Lodged in my head
Dec. 28th, 2005 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinhuvielI was so enamoured with Xanadu in 1980, I didn't just absorb all the information about the movie on the acting side, but I also got into the behind the scenes folks, like the director, producers, animators, etc. Actually, thinking back on it, I believe this was the beginning of my insistence of reading a movie's end-credits and why ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
green_goblin70 is convinced I know the name of the key grip who worked on any movie made in 1927, which couldn't be further from the truth.
To be honest, I haven't thought about Xanadu in ages and I'm ashamed to admit that I don't even have it on DVD yet. That will change very soon, if I have my way about it, though.
So, yesterday, Aunt Tudi got her Krimmus gift from Todd: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. While I was scanning the credits on the back of the DVD case, a name just jumped out at me. Robert Greenwald! Surely not. Surely, this isn't the same man who directed Xanadu, I thought to myself. I mean, what a leap.....from roller-disco Greek mythology to documentaries focused on the pure eeeeevil that is Wally World?
I trotted to the bathroom, cos that's where I keep my DVD & Video Movie Guide and looked up Xanadu. Yep, my memory was correct! It's the same Robert Greenwald! Not only am I astonished that he is responsible for both movies, but I'm also astonished that, after 25 years, the people involved with Xanadu are still present in my memory. That's just......eerie.
green_goblin70 is convinced I know the name of the key grip who worked on any movie made in 1927, which couldn't be further from the truth.To be honest, I haven't thought about Xanadu in ages and I'm ashamed to admit that I don't even have it on DVD yet. That will change very soon, if I have my way about it, though.
So, yesterday, Aunt Tudi got her Krimmus gift from Todd: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. While I was scanning the credits on the back of the DVD case, a name just jumped out at me. Robert Greenwald! Surely not. Surely, this isn't the same man who directed Xanadu, I thought to myself. I mean, what a leap.....from roller-disco Greek mythology to documentaries focused on the pure eeeeevil that is Wally World?
I trotted to the bathroom, cos that's where I keep my DVD & Video Movie Guide and looked up Xanadu. Yep, my memory was correct! It's the same Robert Greenwald! Not only am I astonished that he is responsible for both movies, but I'm also astonished that, after 25 years, the people involved with Xanadu are still present in my memory. That's just......eerie.
