Found out today there’s a film adaptation of the Nick Hornby book, Juliet, Naked, coming out, starring Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd.
If you’re unfamiliar, it’s prime DiS-bait, about an obsessive, anti-social, forum-dwelling music geek (O’Dowd), who neglects his girlfriend (Byrne) while he focuses on a reclusive alt-rock / country singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Hawke), whose classic album, Juliet, is being re-released in a stripped-back format (hence the name).
Apparently Tucker’s music in the film has been written by Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst, M Ward, Robyn Hitchcock and others, so I’m actually quite interested to see / hear it.
If there’s a quirky bit where he adorkably wins her over with an expertly deployed “Boscoe and Barlon” dialogue then I’m suing Hornby for all he’s got.
Hmmm - whilst Nick Hornby has been pretty good at adapting other people’s books for film, not sure films of his own books have fared so well, aside from High Fidelity (I hated About a Boy so much I never bothered with the film in fairness)
Hornby is just so… Q Magazine. Have you read that book where he talks about his favourite songs? It’s one of the worst things I’ve ever read. I wrote at length about why I didn’t like it!
Think this is the only book of his I’ve read. But I liked both adaptations on Fever Pitch (especially the Jimmy Fallon / Drew Barrymore / Boston Red Sox version) and About a Boy.
