Sondheim Talks FOLLIES Movie Musical — Page 2

It very well could be line delivery. I think the soundboard was a preview as well. I only have the revised script in print (I lost the original a while ago and haven't yet replaced it), but I think there are some variations between the soundboard and the published 1971 script. Not anything very drastic, though.

I don't think adding a titch more levity to the proceedings is a bad idea at all. I just hope that - if the damn movie really does get made - it's true to the original book, instead of trying to reinvent it.

I just HATE that the references to Sally trying to kill herself are cut. And I HATE the fact that the partygoers return at the end in the revised version.

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 10:46 PM

For realz?

Or are they just being kind?

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ive been daydreaming about what David Lynch's take on FOLLIES would be....

...at least, visually.

Can someone ban Glenn Close from the production?

Dick Van Dyke with either Julie Andrews or Mary Tyler Moore for Rain On The Roof?

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I was just thinking...can they transfer "Buddy's Blues" effectively onto film? It'd be a challenge, and I'd love to see it work.

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True. I really would love to see them take advantage of the humor in that song, and have a male do all of the "female" parts. I believe it was originally done that way in the Boston Tryout, and it would be hilarious on-screen.

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sondheimgeek-are you referring to two men in drag playing "Margie" and "Sally", which is what the original production did out of town, or the one man doing all of it ala Patinkin in the concert?

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Ahh. Yeah, I never liked the concept of two men doing the two parts. The solo version could work if Buddy were sort of made up as a clown and it weren't done so maniacally as Patinkin. My guess, though, is that they're going to stick with the original with the two women filling in.

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Probably some of the best songs for the sake of what will entertain the larger movie-going audience.

It's still far enough away that we can still dream, though. :)

I think a verse could be cut from Ah Paree and Broadway Baby, and most of the dance break of The Right Girl. Or that whole song. I just don't like it. Rosecoe HATES when I suggest this, I could see "One More Kiss" being cut. Yeah, it really hits the theme of the show home but you could lift it right out and be none the worse for wear.

I think the ghost/memories could be really effective on screen. Imagine the young four in a translucent black and white until Loveland where they pop in technicolor.

Speaking of the ghosts, I think the movie could really play up the what I think are the supernatural aspects of the show. Is the theatre haunted? Did Loveland really happen? Did the evening really happen?

"Imagine the young four in a translucent black and white until Loveland where they pop in technicolor."

What an idea! You have to get connected somehow to the film. From what I've read in the thread your ideas are not something to pass up.

I would hate it if 'One More Kiss' was cut, but I could definitely see why it would be. It does really add depth to the show though, and it's just an enchanting song.

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