I WAS AWAY on a whole different side of this continent when THE INVENTION OF LYING opened this weekend.
SO I MISSED THIS VIDEO from my friend and colleague Matthew Robinson… CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE FILM (with Mr. R. Gervais) and ALL-NICE-GUY.
WHILE IT IS SOMEWHAT OUT OF DATE, the sentiment is still true for THIS WEEKEND or RIGHT NOW:
That is all.
AS I RECALL, LOUIS CK was a very nice, personable, funny person who was not DESPERATELY TRYING TO HUMILIATE ME.
BUT PERHAPS I DO NOT REMEMBER IT CORRECTLY, for television does not lie.
PLEASE DO GO SEE “The Invention of Lying” when it comes out on Oct 3.
That is all.
…AND LARGELY INTERNETLESS. In the meantime, here is the US trailer for THE INVENTION OF LYING, a Gervais/Robinson joint.
I INVADED THE SET OF THIS FILM FOR ONE WARM DAY about a year ago, and I wore a black suit. Other than this, I am not allowed to say.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER, co-writer/co-director Matthew Robinson and I went to see INDIANA JONES AND THE LEGEND OF CRYSTAL HEAD VODKA or whatever it was.
EVEN SO: IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY, and you will enjoy this brilliant film.
THAT IS ALL.
1969, DALLAS, TX: The first ATM machine is installed. Standing for “AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE MACHINE,” the first ATM could receive deposits and dispense cash (though only in coins) and was roughly the size of a city block. Despite its name, it was not wholly automated: A single human controller was required to supervise and make manual notations in the customer’s bankbook. He would sit in a little dome atop the machine. However, this bank employee was instructed to wear a tinfoil suit and talk like a machine so as not to ruin the futuristic effect.
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