Feel weird today, not sleeping too well, have a heavy workload and so feeling a little 'disconnected' A sure sustained and loud blaring of my Dusty Springfield CDS's will help dispel the mood so I plan to crack on with this after blogging.
I had read Patrick Suskinds book Perfume some time ago and read it very quickly as it was a truly unique story and so well written you could almost smell the perfume ingredients. I, like many others, could not imagine it made into a film so I was quite excited to watch it as I did this weekend on DVD.
They stayed pretty much to the story and except for how he 'dissapeared', which may be confusing to non readers, it was a true and fine adaption of the book. I thought it was excellent but I know I am in a minority. It has a very short cinema release, as far as I can remember was not given or nominated for any awards even though the production was one of the most expensive ever and it showed. Mark Kermode thought it was 'up it's own bum', well it was but in a spectacular fashion which made a really unbelievable story very believable.
Principle player Ben Wishaw as the murderer was captivating, he had very little dialogue but his body language spoke it all for him, a performance as powerful physically as David Threfall's as Smike. Also good supports from Dustin Hoffman [who was very quietly funny] and Alan Rickman.
The soundtrack is very good, have ordered from Amazon and will give you a review when it arrives.
Check it all out on: www.perfumemovie.com
My audio diet has been mainly podcasts over the last couple of weeks - down to being on the road with my job, staple diet of Audio Dharma, Coverville, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode and lots of tat.
Just off to get my Dusty CD's .......
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