Thursday, July 3, 2008

In case you're wondering why some SATC fans are now into Richard Hell

Many excellent posts from yesterday at Ephemeral New York. The post on Tom Verlaine at the Peppermint Lounge was of particular interest to me. As the post notes, "The Peppermint Lounge is preserved forever in all of its grunginess on DVD in a scene from the great 1982 movie Smithereens."


Wow. This film fell off my radar. I like the director, Susan Seidelman. So I took a look at the movie online. Look at the new box for the film, which stars, among others, Richard Hell. From the director of Sex and the City! She directed three episodes of the show in 1998. (There were 94 episodes in all.) A bit of a stretch for the marketing folks to try to make that connection. Still, however cheesy, the thought of some SATC fans tuning into Smithereens -- thinking the two may possibly be related -- puts a smile on my face.








Here's what KultKlassics had to say about the film.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 3, 2008 at 1:52 PM

    Hey EV,

    Love your blog.

    The SATC crowd may have already checked Smithereens out because, in addition to Seidelman, Christopher Noth (aka Mr. Big) has a bit part well.

    Richard Hell is amazing in this. Highly recommended!

    Happy 4th!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 3, 2008 at 4:01 PM

    Thanks, AV.

    Excellent trivia! So Noth plays "prostitute"! Looking forward to seeing this.

    Happy 4th to you too...

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