"There's an urban legend that's gone round until no one is sure who it happened to, or if it happened at all. It was late one night, a few years ago, when a young man was walking through Union Square Park. He suddenly felt someone behind him, their hands over his eyes. When he turned in surprise, there was Bill Murray, his creased face leaning in close. Bill whispered, "No one is ever going to believe you," and then just walked away."--Sunday's NY Post Magazine (hat tip Sars)
Bill Murray is currently reliving "Lost in Translation." Give me a call when he starts reliving Ghostbusters.
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Alright, my roommates and I are having a debate. They say this a awesome that he is such a character, free spirit, or something. Good sense of true comedy still, and its great that it's out there and accessible. (They didn't phrase it that well, but I'll tease it out).
I completely disagree. The "no one is ever going to believe you" is hilarious... if it were part of some movie where Bill is an off-the-wall, sort of lonely but self-awareness ne'er-do-well struggling to find himself. Too bad this is his real fucking life. Shit, now I'm depressed. Babysteps out of the gorf...
Yes to what you're saying, but not all mid-life crisis end is sadness or disaster nor does something that resembles "Lost in Translation" from afar actually embody it up close. I think Murray's trying to enjoy being single and doing fun stuff for a while. He'll probably get hitched to some chick 25 years younger than him, act/mail-it-in in a rash of bad movies, and then fade away. Let's enjoy this period where he's actually thinking about what he's doing and the roles he selects (Garfield(s) aside) and trying to be awesome and funny and enjoy himself.
I'll add that Murray has always, always done this kind of stuff. I was listening to some sports radio show (Costas?) the other day, and the host described how he met Bill Murray. One rainy January morning in the mid-80s, the sportscaster's doorbell was rung over and over, because Murray had been abroad all summer, missed a Cubs game that was being haled as an "instant classic" and Murray figured the sportscaster had the tape. Nowadays, Murray's antics are viewed through a lens of melancholic-pity because we saw that in his recent films. But 20 years ago, he was doing the same wacky shit.
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