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Dear Buzz,
I thoroughly enjoyed your piece on Celtic Crusaders as I am a massive rugby league fan. So, on the
subject of rugby union vs rugby league, if you had to choose between one, which would it be?
Matt Winton
Dear Matt,
We here at Buzz have a myriad of different opinions on this matter, but I, after interviewing Marc
for the piece have since become a bit more of a fan of rugby league for sure. So, if push came to
shove, I think I may now pick league. However, if shove came to fight I’d simply have to choose
a quickie
football. Because, well, it’s better isn’t it? Discuss.
Dear Buzz
with...
I hate to point this out, but I believe that you misspelt Tarantino’s new film Inglorious Bastards. I was
shocked to see it appear as Inglourious Basterds. How on earth did this happen?
Anthony
DUSTIN HOFFMAN
Dear Anthony,
Is it correct Last Chance Harvey writer-
Well, this ‘happened’ when Quentin himself decided to spell it like that. We did get in a massive
director Joel Hopkins wrote the parts of
argument with him about it, as we are fine purveyors of all things grate spelin, but Quentin was
Harvey and Kate specifically for you and
Emma Thompson?
adamant that he wanted it that way. He’s postmodern you see. And who are we to argue with the
guy who directed with Pulp Fiction. But don’t worry, we feel your pain.
Joel wrote Kate with Emma in mind and me in
mind, but he knew Emma. They were and are
friends. He didn’t know me. I didn’t quite get the
character he wrote for me. He probably wrote more
of himself in it, so we spent a couple of months try-
WE DIDN’T KNOW
ing to find my character.
What is a trait of Harvey’s that is also a
THAT LAST MONTH
trait of Dustin Hoffman’s?
I wanted to be a jazz pianist more than anything. I still
want to. Joel had another profession for Harvey. I said,
“Can we make him a wannabe jazz pianist?” and then
Joel came up with the jingle writer, which is a kind of
1 – Birds can dance
bastardisation of a jazz pianist.
2 – Flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs
How do you compare Kramer Vs Kramer to
3 – Miss Universe must remain single for a
Last Chance Harvey? Both deal with families
struggling with divorce.
year
Kramer ends with the divorce being finalised. This
4 – Sending nude images via mobile phone
movie starts with a reflection of the divorce. Divorce
is called ‘sexting’
is tough no matter what. I was aware of how painful
my divorce personally was for my children. They
5 – Squatters can take over islands, as well
really suffered the most. They are the ones who get
as homes.
the least credit for the most suffering. There is a lot
of stuff in the movie that is coming from our own
backgrounds.
you what?
The world knows Dustin Hoffman as one of
the great actors, but have you ever been as
low and downtrodden as what Harvey is in
the first part of the film?
Well, sure. I’ve been fired before. There is nothing
“
Antarctica is the snowy place at the top
like that because you walk down the street in shock.
of the world, yeah? I mean the very top
It was a long time ago, before I was a star, but you
never forget.
though, ya know, where it’s snowy. After more than 0 films, you must know
what the secret ingredient is to making a
- Embarrassingly a relative of mine said this.
”
great movie. What’s the secret?
What is weird is that any movie comes out well. I
“
always say to people ,”If you start a movie and you
Sorry, I can’t catch a bus, I’m from London.
don’t go in scared, then you’re running away from
reality because most movies don’t work.” I don’t
-Overheard on Queen Street. And because there are
”
understand why some movies work and others don’t.
No matter what film, everyone tries really hard.
no buses in London, we really can understand this
Films can be like a plane going down the tarmac,
woman’s plight...
but just doesn’t lift off. You always wonder what
that extra ingredient is.
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