For Your Consideration

Noon Monday at the Elgin. We took the day off work and were not disappointed. For Your Consideration, directed by Christopher Guest, was the film Norman Jewison was most looking forward to at TIFF 2006. It was a hilarious sendup of all things Hollywood: Entertainment Tonight, MuchMusic (specifically Much on Demand style shows), Charlie Rose (and his penchant for telling his guests stories and interrupting them), and the stars' obsessions with winning the Oscar prize.

When Catherine O'Hara's character gets wind of Internet buzz that she may be up for an Oscar, her imagination goes into overdrive. At first, she's all about "the work" on her small film Home for Purim. Then the fabric of the film starts shifting and she looks like a plastic surgery victim gone wrong.

In a rare move, they had Q&A after the Elgin screening and ALL the stars were onstage: Director Christopher Guest (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman) and all the regulars from those movies: Fred Willard, Harry Shearer, Catherine O'Hara, Jane Lynch, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, the other guy from Spinal Tap, Parker Posey (I LOVE her), and co-writer Eugene Levy. They talked and joked for a half hour (as funny as the film!) which kept us smiling as we walked up the road to Salad King - one of the best cheap Thai restaurants in the city (and a favourite haunt for nearby Ryerson students). Definitely one of our favourite moments at TIFF 2006, despite the sad anniversary of September 11th. MMMMM

relax, laugh and watch
For Your Consideration
mocking Hollywood