Did anyone Watch 'Closer' because of Damiens Soundtrack?

idlerobbo · 04-08-2007, 09:20 PM

I know i did... sorry if it was asked before many months/years? ago

audity · 04-08-2007, 09:29 PM

I saw "Closer" the week it came out. At the time, I didn't know that Damien had done the soundtrack. I was pleasantly surprised when the screen lit up with the Columbia Pictures logo accompanied by the sound of "The Blower's Daughter."

The reason I went to see "Closer" had nothing to do with Damien, and everything to do with Natalie Portman and Mike Nichols.

SisterMidnight · 04-08-2007, 09:29 PM

well i did

i'm not a big julia roberts fan so i don't think i would have watched it otherwise

cheguevara6 · 04-09-2007, 04:06 AM

i did, I rented the movie because I knew damien's music was in it. I thought the movie was great as well. Only stupid part was, they kept teasing us with the opening piano notes of Cold Water and they never actually played the song

empty.thoughts · 04-09-2007, 08:54 AM

Here here!

I did too.

And they were the only parts I enjoyed.

StatQuo · 04-09-2007, 09:24 AM

Discovered damien with the movie Closer at the cinema. So the other way around for me.

peterj · 04-09-2007, 02:14 PM

yea i had never seen it or heard much about it before and i bought it just because damien's music was featured in it...good thing i liked it haha

borneoman · 04-09-2007, 03:58 PM

Other way around for me... I watch Closer because I had seen the play in London a few years back... didn't know Damien's sogs were on it...

najeebah · 04-09-2007, 04:54 PM

I actually saw it yesterday. My friend was badgering me about how good it was and since I went over to her place [and her knowing how big of a damo fan i am] she wanted to surprise me with the opening credits by playing the start of it. So we started to watch until the end of the song and I wouldn't let her turn it off. It had nothing to do with Damien but everything to do with Natalie Portman's character!

audity · 04-09-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by najeebah

I actually saw it yesterday. My friend was badgering me about how good it was and since I went over to her place [and her knowing how big of a damo fan i am] she wanted to surprise me with the opening credits by playing the start of it. So we started to watch until the end of the song and I wouldn't let her turn it off. It had nothing to do with Damien but everything to do with Natalie Portman's character!

Amen!

borneoman · 04-10-2007, 02:42 AM

YEP, Natalie Portman is amazing in this movie!!! Perfect casting (unlike Julia Roberts by the way...). and I think the use of The Blower's Daughter in the opening scene is genious, when the guy sees Natalie Portman and literally cannot stop looking at her!!

Some lines in the script are classics

like: "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes...but it's better if you do"!!!!!

MzLee · 04-10-2007, 03:17 AM

Yeah, that is a classic line Borneoman

Also, the title of a PanicAtTheDisco song

borneoman · 04-10-2007, 04:14 AM

Yep, i know, guess they're also Natalie Portman fans

MzLee · 04-10-2007, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by borneoman

Yep, i know, guess they're also Natalie Portman fans

Who wouldn't be eh?

She's bloody brilliant

joe563 · 04-10-2007, 07:32 AM

I got into Damien because of Closer. Saw the movie because of Natalie. Read the play after I saw the movie and enjoyed it. I watched one of the trailers and there ARE deleted scenes, it's a shame the DVD was such a rip. other than the blower's daughter there were no bonuses! no interviews, zilch. sad.

anyways, the movie now is in most bargain bins, I've seen it for $8, pretty sad, I think it's a great movie, one of my favs, the dialogue is just so quick and witty.

Some of my favorite lines:

"Thank you, thank you for your honesty. Now **** off and die you ****ed up slag"

"What are you, twelve?"

"But you did like it?" "Yes, but I could go off it"

"Don't eat children either."

"Who are you?" "No one"

It's a shame there was no soundtrack for this movie.

also, fyi, the play starts in the hospital. the whole opening scene with The Blower's Daughter and the walking was added and I think it works wonderfully.

Does anyone know what song is played in the strip club when Larry first walks in to the club?

Tonight I tried playing Elephant over the final scenes instead of the blower's daughter and it didn't really work with the Natalie scene at the end, but I timed it so "die" lined up with the slap and it sorta bookend the movie nicely with the two parts of the blower's daughter, but didn't work as well as I had hoped, "horny" lined up with some creep turning around and checking out Jane/Alice though and I thought that was funny

04-08-2007, 09:20 PM	#1
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04-08-2007, 09:29 PM	#2
audity High-Five Eskimo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the River Lee, County Cork, Ireland Posts: 1,397	I saw "Closer" the week it came out. At the time, I didn't know that Damien had done the soundtrack. I was pleasantly surprised when the screen lit up with the Columbia Pictures logo accompanied by the sound of "The Blower's Daughter." The reason I went to see "Closer" had nothing to do with Damien, and everything to do with Natalie Portman and Mike Nichols. __________________ Ireland For Ron Paul "Don't worry, ma'am...I've got permits for these." -The Todd "For everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy, kind delight." -William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright

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empty.thoughts Lost Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia. Too far from Ireland. Posts: 31	Here here! I did too. And they were the only parts I enjoyed. __________________ we still dance in my outrageously beautiful, busby berkley dreams;

04-09-2007, 09:24 AM	#6
StatQuo You never got me right! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 296	Discovered damien with the movie Closer at the cinema. So the other way around for me. __________________ http://www.statquo.be Amazing Music: Frida Hyvonen: http://www.fridahyvonen.com

04-09-2007, 04:54 PM	#9
najeebah we could make babies.. Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7	I actually saw it yesterday. My friend was badgering me about how good it was and since I went over to her place [and her knowing how big of a damo fan i am] she wanted to surprise me with the opening credits by playing the start of it. So we started to watch until the end of the song and I wouldn't let her turn it off. It had nothing to do with Damien but everything to do with Natalie Portman's character! __________________ CHEERS, DARLING! YOU GAVE ME THREECIGARETTES TO SMOKE MY TEARS AWAY INTRACUTANEOUS. AFFAIRE DE VANITE.

04-08-2007, 09:29 PM	#3
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	well i did i'm not a big julia roberts fan so i don't think i would have watched it otherwise

04-09-2007, 04:06 AM	#4
cheguevara6 Eskimo Friend Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 52	i did, I rented the movie because I knew damien's music was in it. I thought the movie was great as well. Only stupid part was, they kept teasing us with the opening piano notes of Cold Water and they never actually played the song

04-09-2007, 02:14 PM	#7
peterj eskimo friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MA Posts: 84	yea i had never seen it or heard much about it before and i bought it just because damien's music was featured in it...good thing i liked it haha

04-09-2007, 03:58 PM	#8
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Other way around for me... I watch Closer because I had seen the play in London a few years back... didn't know Damien's sogs were on it...

04-10-2007, 02:42 AM	#11
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	YEP, Natalie Portman is amazing in this movie!!! Perfect casting (unlike Julia Roberts by the way...). and I think the use of The Blower's Daughter in the opening scene is genious, when the guy sees Natalie Portman and literally cannot stop looking at her!! Some lines in the script are classics like: "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes...but it's better if you do"!!!!!

04-10-2007, 03:17 AM	#12
MzLee Eskimo Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: melbourne Posts: 93	Yeah, that is a classic line Borneoman Also, the title of a PanicAtTheDisco song Last edited by MzLee; 04-10-2007 at 03:22 AM.

04-10-2007, 04:14 AM	#13
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Yep, i know, guess they're also Natalie Portman fans

04-10-2007, 07:32 AM	#15
joe563 something strange Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37	I got into Damien because of Closer. Saw the movie because of Natalie. Read the play after I saw the movie and enjoyed it. I watched one of the trailers and there ARE deleted scenes, it's a shame the DVD was such a rip. other than the blower's daughter there were no bonuses! no interviews, zilch. sad. anyways, the movie now is in most bargain bins, I've seen it for $8, pretty sad, I think it's a great movie, one of my favs, the dialogue is just so quick and witty. Some of my favorite lines: "Thank you, thank you for your honesty. Now ** off and die you *ed up slag" "What are you, twelve?" "But you did like it?" "Yes, but I could go off it" "Don't eat children either." "Who are you?" "No one" It's a shame there was no soundtrack for this movie. also, fyi, the play starts in the hospital. the whole opening scene with The Blower's Daughter and the walking was added and I think it works wonderfully. Does anyone know what song is played in the strip club when Larry first walks in to the club? Tonight I tried playing Elephant over the final scenes instead of the blower's daughter and it didn't really work with the Natalie scene at the end, but I timed it so "die" lined up with the slap and it sorta bookend the movie nicely with the two parts of the blower's daughter, but didn't work as well as I had hoped, "horny" lined up with some creep turning around and checking out Jane/Alice though and I thought that was funny __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Joe563/DEC.jpg Last edited by joe563; 04-10-2007 at 07:44 AM.*