wholelottajimmy Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Atom Egoyan, probably better known in Canada, but nevertheless an internationally respected director and film maker talks about meeting Jimmy Page three months ago. He says he's never broken down before, but hey, this is Jimmy Page. Wow, but no surprise. An encounter with Jimmy Page is an truly an emotional experience and beyond words. Hearing it from him, well, check it out. It's pretty cool. http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/videos.html?id=1116941197 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leding lady Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Kind of a long interview but the parts about Jimmy and Zep were funny. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Masson Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks for posting that, the Zep part was quite funny, and I enjoyed the interview. He's obviously still very much a fan! Although I love movies, I haven't followed up on Egoyan's work over the years, and so this serves as a sort of reminder. I did see Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter, both of which are wonderful movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepp-4-Life Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 It's nice to know that others have had the same experience when meeting JP. To this day it's still the only moment in my life where I lost focus and was overwhelmed by awe. Cool post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmorek Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Dazed and Confused in Vancouver '75 was 41 minutes, not 26! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonmaid Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wait...Jimmy was in LA 3 MONTHS AGO?! :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepp-4-Life Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wait...Jimmy was in LA 3 MONTHS AGO?! :'( I thought the same thing, but keep in mind the taping of the interview could have been ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholelottajimmy Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wait...Jimmy was in LA 3 MONTHS AGO?! :'( Atom Egoyan talks about the loss of Liam Neeson's wife. Natasha Richardson passed away two months ago. And then they completed the film, another month?, that would still be three to four months ago (but I'm sure the taping is pretty current). Was he was there for a new project? OK, more food for thought. Or, maybe it was related to his new movie although that's pretty much been promoted by now. Hmmm, mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonmaid Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Well, regardless of the exact time, my point is I would rather know he's in my town before the fact, not after. Interestingly, Halfin was in LA in February (3 months ago), but he made no mention of being with Jimmy (which is next to unbelievable, had he been travelling with Jimmy). Oh well. Another time, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 What's he talking about when he mentions "everyone signed" the beachball that was being bounced around? Does he mean the members of the band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoso1517 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks for posting this Wholelottajimmy! Very interesting, but I have a problem with the fact that they seemed to think the Song Remains the Same movie was crap! Oh well, its their opinion I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks for posting this Wholelottajimmy! Very interesting, but I have a problem with the fact that they seemed to think the Song Remains the Same movie was crap! Oh well, its their opinion I guess. He might have been wearing his director's cap instead of fan cap in his current assessment of the movie. I betcha he loved it when he was a teenager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholelottajimmy Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks for posting this Wholelottajimmy! Very interesting, but I have a problem with the fact that they seemed to think the Song Remains the Same movie was crap! Oh well, its their opinion I guess. You're welcome. I should have provided a warning to start watching around the 6 minute mark. I was a little surprised when he said that too. I think you can hear some mumblings in the audience, maybe they had the same reaction. For me, I love the movie, but in some parts, I wish they had kept the concert footage, like Rain Song. It kills me not to see that version played out. But, I guess the story goes that some of the footage was lost and replaced with the fantasy scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpat Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Atom Egoyan, probably better known in Canada, but nevertheless an internationally respected director and film maker talks about meeting Jimmy Page three months ago. He says he's never broken down before, but hey, this is Jimmy Page. Wow, but no surprise. An encounter with Jimmy Page is an truly an emotional experience and beyond words. Hearing it from him, well, check it out. It's pretty cool. http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/videos.html?id=1116941197 He begins talking about Page & Zep around 6:45 into the clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 For me, I love the movie, but in some parts, I wish they had kept the concert footage, like Rain Song. It kills me not to see that version played out. But, I guess the story goes that some of the footage was lost and replaced with the fantasy scenes. I don't believe that the footage was lost or wasn't captured on film during the concert. I think that the re-shoot segments were done for cinematic effect by the director who replaced Joe Massot, and the band bought into it. Now, I'm not refering to the fantasy segments, I'm refering to the live vs Sheppards studio insert editing. The fantasy sequences had to be the bands idea, but not because there was missing footage, there was too many cameras rolling to miss gaps that were that long, no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glicine Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I don't believe that the footage was lost or wasn't captured on film during the concert. I think that the re-shoot segments were done for cinematic effect by the director who replaced Joe Massot, and the band bought into it. Now, I'm not refering to the fantasy segments, I'm refering to the live vs Sheppards studio insert editing. The fantasy sequences had to be the bands idea, but not because there was missing footage, there was too many cameras rolling to miss gaps that were that long, no way. Agreed. The fantasy sequences were meant to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I don't believe that the footage was lost or wasn't captured on film during the concert. I think that the re-shoot segments were done for cinematic effect by the director who replaced Joe Massot, and the band bought into it. Now, I'm not refering to the fantasy segments, I'm refering to the live vs Sheppards studio insert editing. The fantasy sequences had to be the bands idea, but not because there was missing footage, there was too many cameras rolling to miss gaps that were that long, no way. I always assumed the fantasy sequences were planned and filmed around the time they filmed the concert sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholelottajimmy Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I don't believe that the footage was lost or wasn't captured on film during the concert. I think that the re-shoot segments were done for cinematic effect by the director who replaced Joe Massot, and the band bought into it. Now, I'm not refering to the fantasy segments, I'm refering to the live vs Sheppards studio insert editing. The fantasy sequences had to be the bands idea, but not because there was missing footage, there was too many cameras rolling to miss gaps that were that long, no way. Okay, so honeslty ... where is this footage because I would give anything to see it. Last minute of this song, Jimmy, head in the clouds, guitar pick in his mouth ... does anyone know where else this footage exits? Someone once suggested Jimmy probably has a secret vault of film unreleased? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel With A Broken Wing Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 What's he talking about when he mentions "everyone signed" the beachball that was being bounced around? Does he mean the members of the band? This Atom guy is a hoot....the guy his parents allowed him to go to the concert with, the son of their good friends, was the biggest drug dealer on west coast! LOL And I'm wondering about the beachball thingy too. Surely not the band members or he would have said so, don't you think? Maybe signed by a roadie or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 This Atom guy is a hoot....the guy his parents allowed him to go to the concert with, the son of their good friends, was the biggest drug dealer on west coast! LOL And I'm wondering about the beachball thingy too. Surely not the band members or he would have said so, don't you think? Maybe signed by a roadie or two? Nowaday's, everybody in town over the age of 40, claims to have seen the band. Gotta laugh at some of the stuff you hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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