Comments | scarlettina: SIFF: I met Paul Williams last night

scarlettina

SIFF: I met Paul Williams last night

May 26, 2012 08:35

For many of us who grew up in the 1970s, Paul Williams was a constant presence, whether he was on TV or on the radio. He wrote the themes for "Love Boat" and "The Muppet Show," among others. At the time, I think everyone identified with one or another of his songs. For my mom, it was "You and Me Against the World." For me, it was "Rainbow ( Read more... )

siff 2012, music, documentaries, brush with fame, movies

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shelly_rae May 27 2012, 05:25:41 UTC

That's awesome Janna. What a great story. I thought the documentary was excellent--different than most and better for it,
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Good to see you. Maybe we'll run into one another at another SIFF film.
Anon

garyomaha May 28 2012, 00:27:36 UTC

Nice story...thanks for sharing. I enjoy/enjoyed his music very much, especially Rainbow Connection.

One of my first jobs out of college was to run a local version of a premium movie channel (which, later, would be pretty much eliminated when HBO came to be). One of the movies we ran over and over and over was "Phantom of the Paradise." Not my favorite movie, to be sure.

I also felt a connection to Mr. Williams because we are both somewhat vertically challenged. :)

Vertically challenged scarlettina May 28 2012, 05:20:38 UTC

::chuckle:: I believe you're a little taller than me. I'm a little taller than him. You've got nothing to worry about. :-)

As for Phantom, I kinda love it for its terribleness. And some of the music is wonderful. I love "Old Souls."

Re: Vertically challenged stephen_dedman May 31 2012, 09:51:30 UTC

I unashamedly love Phantom of the Paradise as an affectionate homage to Faust, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Phantom of the Opera, as well as its glorious parody of the shower scene from Psycho and its overall sense of fun, plus the lovely Jessica Harper and songs by Paul Williams. It works best, IMHO, as a double feature with The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I envy you having had the honour of meeting Paul Williams, who was also not only the singer/composer for Bugsy Malone (another weakness of mine), but also the voice of the Penguin in the animated Batman series. Sadly, I doubt he'll ever come to Perth, but I hope the film does.