Storytelling soundtrack update

According to Belle & Sebastian's official site (belle&sebastian.co.uk), the soundtrack album for Storytelling is "looking like an early spring release date." The album will feature three original songs by B&S: "Scooby Driver," "I Don't Want To Play Football," and "Storytelling," as well as original music by Shudder to Think's Nathan Larson and the Cardigans' Nina Persson. Belle & Sebastian's next album, then, will reportedly feature "several songs and instrumental bits specifically for the film" that wound up "chopped up or excised entirely" from the film (according to Pitchfork Daily Music News (Will Bryant, 1/29/02).

Storytelling In Theatres Now!

As of the 25th, Storytelling has finally opened in NY and LA; and is due to open in "additional cities" on February 8th. But, for those of you who live close enough not to have to wait, you can catch it at:

* Loews 19th Street - New York, NY

* Angelika Film Center - New York, NY

* Lincoln Plaza Cinemas - New York, NY

* Laemmle Sunset 5 - West Hollywood, CA

* Landmark Nu-Wilshire - Santa Monica, CA

The Storybook Is Out

Curiously, several days before even Storytelling's limited opening, Faber and Faber's published screenplay hits the streets. First , to answer what is probably your biggest question (it certainly was mine), this does not feature the excised material with James van der Beek, Heather Matarazzo, and Emanuelle Chriqui, nor is there any mention of it in the introduction or anywhere else, except this line at the top of the credits, "Storytelling was firsat shown (in a slightly different cut) at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2001." For the record, the infamous van der Beek stuff did not show at Cannes, either.

Besides the screenplay, Faber and Faber's Storytelling also features "Unhappiness," a two-page introduction by Bruce Wagner, and some black & white photos. Check out a cover scan below:

The official Storytelling site, http://www.storytellingmovie.com is now full of content (hurray!). Look how much shorter Solondz bio is than Ted Hope

The official Storytelling site, http://www.storytellingmovie.com is now full of content (hurray!). Look how much shorter Solondz bio is than Ted Hope and Christine Vachon's. :) ...They say Storytelling'll be released on January 25th for NY & LA, then additional cities on February 8th (what are the odds that'll include anywhere around us?).

The French Storytelling site, http://www.diaphana.fr/storytelling is also live and full of (different) content; so you might wanna check that one out, too; though the text is, naturally, in French. But there's a bunch of good pics, etc.

Both links are also up on my links column on the main page (natch).

Thanks to Milk Man Dan, again, for the French site link.