For the record I have to say I love this movie. Probably in my top 5. I know it isn’t a great movie. But I love the melancholy sensibility. And all its quirks.

A friend of mine directed a reading downtown and few months ago and Peter Riegert was in it. I got to meet him after and told him that Local Hero was one of my all time favorite films.

He seemed delighted (or was maybe just happy/relieved I didn’t say Animal House) and was really gracious about my fan moment. Cool New York City guy. (I believe he grew up in the Bronx.)

Okay. I’ll stop talking to myself now.

6) Thanks! I’ve always written about non-baseball things here but increasingly so because after 7.5 years, it’s damn hard to generate excitement daily about baseball. That’s why it’s so cool I’ve got a bitchin crew to help hold that stuff down. But this movie stuff is great because most all of us Banter writers really dig ’em, and I think this is a nice platform for them to write about them. And while sometimes I’ll assign or suggest movies within a theme, mostly, I’ll defer to the writer. You know one week we should do a theme week on one movie just to get five different takes.

To all who posted this week – my thanks. I look forward to more.

I like the idea of theme weeks, and want to keep em coming, for actors, character actors, directors, DPs, and other stuf like say, “Worst Date Movie,” “Laugh Out Loud Movies” etc.