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Huuuuuge news

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I said, brother, you know, you know It's a long road we've been walking on

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Away We Go (2009, Sam Mendes)

29/02/2024

Away We Go is a 2009 film directed by Sam Mendes, written by the well-known author duo Dave Eggers-Vendela Vida, in their first film experience.

It is the story of two thirty-year-olds, played by John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, who, faced with the imminent, unplanned arrival of their first child, undertake a journey across the United States, and beyond, in search of the ideal place where put down roots and raise the family.

The film's soundtrack is cured by British singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch and consists largely of his songs.

Presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film was distributed in US cinemas by Focus Features starting from 5 June 2009, in the first weekend in limited form in 4 theatres.

Positive reviews include those from Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), David Denby (The New Yorker) and Peter Travers (Rolling Stone). Among the negatives are those of Richard Corliss (Time), A. O. Scott (The New York Times), Dennis Harvey (Variety) and Ann Hornaday (The Washington Post).

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After winning Best Picture and Best Director for his zeitgeist-seizing debut feature American Beauty, Sam Mendes instantly became a director who generate awards chatter no matter the project. In 2009, he took a noticeable tonal downshift with Away We Go, a minor key comedy about a young pregnant couple on a road trip to decide where they want to grow their roots. Despite praise for Maya Rudolph’s performance as a soon-to-be mother still grieving the untimely death of her parents and John Krasinski opposite her as her jokester partner, the film didn’t succeed as summer counter-programming and mostly forgotten in the season to come.

This episode, we talk about the harsh reviews that found the film more judgmental than reflective and Rudolph’s understated and absorbing performance. We also talk about Alexi Murdoch’s soundtrack, possibly semi-autobiographical screenwriter marrieds Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, and the film’s bursting ensemble of fantastic character actors from Melanie Lynskey, Allison Janney, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Topics also include this year’s New York Film Critics Circle award winners, Mendes’ pivot to Bond, and the lure of Montreal. Don’t forget to get submissions in for our upcoming mailbag episode!

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revisited a favorite from back in the day

[married-to-a-redhead]

Well, I have been quietly standing in the shade

All of my days

Watch the sky breaking on the promise that we made

All of this rain

And I've been tryna find

What's been in my mind

As the days keep turning into night

[nottcommitting]

“My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love In your love, in your love”

orange sky : alexi murdoch

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Alexi Murdoch, Through the Dark I Towards the Sun, 2011

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Orange Sky

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WTFN: Israel, Palestine and the Division in the Music Community

WTFN: #Israel, #Palestine and the Division in the Music Community The #MiddleEast conflict is creating divisions everywhere, including between the artists we love @Matisyahu @aleximurdoch @davidmdraiman @tmorello @JoshuaElyashiv @LauraJaneGrace #war

Things have rarely been more bleak in the world, and America’s divisions have rarely been wider. But there’s fractures even within the traditional sides. While the break in the conservative side of America between classic Republicans and the MAGA crowd has been widening for years, there’s now a new split growing wider in the Democratic Party between the “woke” far left and more moderate…

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Here are some songs from my Unconditional Love Playlist for when I’m not feeling well.

In case somebody needs some consolation. Maybe it helps. Feel free to add more songs :) Take care! <3

There is always someone who cares. I do.

So today I wrote a song for you

'Cause a day can get so long

And I know its hard to make it through

When you say there's something wrong […]

You think no one understands […]

And you're so tired you don't sleep at night

As your heart is trying to mend […]

For all that you claim

You're standing still

You are moving too […]

I will move with you

I know you're tired, I know you're anxious

You wanna die, don't wanna say it

It's in your eyes, you're giving up this time

Ooh, I won't let you do it

I know it's a lot sometimes, we'll get you through it

Estás cansado de andar y de andar

Y caminar

Girando siempre en un lugar […]

Sé que lo imposible se puede lograr

Que la tristeza algún día se irá

Y así será

La vida cambia y cambiará

Sentirás

Que el alma vuela

Por cantar una vez más

(You are tired of walking and walking

and marching

Always turning in one place […]

I know that the impossible can be achieved

That sadness will one day go away

And so it will be

Life changes and will change.

You will feel

That the soul flies

To sing one more time)

Seit wann fällt bei dir täglich dieser Regen?

Draußen bestes Wetter, aber in dir diese Sonnenfinsternis

Es donnert und es blitzt

Du bist nicht allein

Wir könn'n das ja teil'n

Lass mich für dich wein'n

Vielleicht wirds dann leichter

Und fehlt dir der Halt

Dann geb ich dir mein'n

Du weißt doch, ich bleib

Vielleicht wirds dann leichter

(Since when has this rain been falling every day for you?

Great weather outside, but inside you this solar eclipse

There is thunder and lightning

You're not alone

We can share this

Let me cry for you

Maybe then it will be easier

And if you lack support

Then I'll give you mine

You know I'll stay

Maybe then it will be easier)

If I could bear this fate for you

If I could end your fear and ease your pain

If I could give back faith to you

Behind the grey cloud waits the sun

If I could travel time for you

I would fly back, oh I would fly back

To make a future true

Where you and life are one

I love you

I fucking love you, can't you see?

No se si escuchás

O quizás ya no sirve de nada

Solo murmurás

Solo me das vuelta la cara

Ayer nomás

Tu sol me entusiasmaba

No llorabas por mí

No llorabas por nada

Dejaste que el dolor te curtiera la piel

Ojalá no sea tarde

Para volver a nacer

Para poder levantarte

Me encantaría

Volver a verte reír

Como me gusta verte reír

(I don't know if you listen

Or maybe it's no longer of any use

You just murmur

You just turn your face away

Just yesterday

Your sun excited me

You didn't cry for me

You didn't cry for anything

You let the pain weather your skin

I hope it's not too late

To be reborn

To be able to get up

I would love

To see you smile again

Oh how I would like to see you smile again)

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man nicht mehr weiter weiß

Du weißt, wie es ist wenn der letzte rote Faden reißt

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man keine warmen Gedanken mehr hat, nur noch kalte

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man nicht mehr weiß wohin man wollte […]

Wenn du nicht mehr weißt wo du hin willst, komm zu mir!

(You know what it's like when the last thread breaks

You know what it's like when you don't have any more warm thoughts, only cold ones

You know what it's like when you no longer know where you wanted to go […]

If you don't know where you want to go anymore, come to me!)

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

Your job's a joke, you're broke

Your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month

Or even your year, but

I'll be there for you

(When the rain starts to pour)

I'll be there for you

(Like I've been there before)

Wie ich's auch wende und wie ich′s auch dreh'

Scheint, als ob man mich nicht braucht

Alles was ich einmal gerne wollte

Sagt mir, dass ich's lieber lassen sollte

Nicht für jeden wird der Tisch gedeckt

Das macht mir Angst, dass ich erschreck'

In irgendeine Nische passen wir schon rein

Ist sie zu schmal, machen wir uns klein

Irgendeine Ecke findet sich für dich

Irgendeine Ecke wo du glücklich bist

(No matter how I turn it

It seems like I'm not needed

Everything I once wanted

Tells me I shouldn't do it

The table is not set for everyone

This scares me

We surely fit into some niche

If it's too narrow, we make ourselves small

Some corner will be found for you

Somewhere where you are happy)

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Song For You - Alexi Murdoch

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Alexi Murdoch - Someday Soon

I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon 'Cause where I live, it gets dark at night The kind of dark eats up the light Yeah, where I live, it gets dark at night The kind of dark eats up the light And you know that, mother, I'd be lying If I didn't tell you I'm afraid of night And as I dream I'm falling down The world moves without a sound I'm lost as sure as I was found The sun comes up without a sound So I'll up and face another day And I hope that kindness comes your way Yeah, I'll up and face another day And I hope that kindness comes your way This for you I pray I pray for you today And in the morning I'll be gone Wherefore and to cannot be told Yes, in the morning I'll be gone Wherefore and to cannot be told A mind filled with memories Weigh me down like gold I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon

[married-to-a-redhead]

Oh, but you know I am so weary

And you know my heart

My hearts been broken now

Sometimes, sometimes

My mind is too strong to carry on

Too strong, too strong to carry on

[lornaka]

5/5. Peace. 4/5. Acceptance. 3/5. Reassurance. 2/5. Comfort. 1/5. Forgiveness.