I SAW A FILM TODAY OH BOY

Hello Blue People. I have been busy putting the final touches on a retrospective release called "The Electronica Collection 2003-2007". This 16 track album contains the most important Delphinium Blue tracks from the last 5 years, plus one new cut: a bonus club remix of "Boy Seventeen" which is nearly 9 minutes in length. INgrooves has set a release date of October 8th.

In other matters---I happened to rent a really amazing film last night from the local video store here in the Dupont Circle area of DC where I live. The movie is called "Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer". I had read something about it back when it first came out but I had never seen it. I was absolutely blown away. I highly recommend it. It's a weird, beautiful movie of the sort that is rarely ever made---and never by Hollywood. Although it was DISTRIBUTED by Dreamworks!

It's set in 18th century Paris---and concerns a young man who is born with a super-human sense of smell. Literally. He can smell everything in great, great detail. Like an animal. And from this central idea comes a fascinating story---the end of which you will never be able to predict. Suffice it to say that the movie grabs and holds your attention from start to finish. Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman have supporting roles but the main character is played by a lovely young thing by the name of Ben Wishaw. This kid is a Meryl Streep-level talent. They should just go ahead and give him a couple of Oscars and get it over with because he's that good.

The director is Tom Tykwer who made "Run Lola Run" which is also a very cool film. But this one is amazing. Sometimes hard to watch and at other times so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. And Mr. T also composed the music---which is haunting and atmospheric to say the least. Anyway, if you want to see something really cool rent this or buy it like I'm going to.

Incidentally, upon doing a little research I discovered that "Perfume" was deemed almost unreleasable here in the U.S.---and made only a couple million dollars---but it grossed over $100 million in Europe and the rest of the world.

What the fuck is wrong with Americans?

We do love our football, guns and Bibles and we really like our entertainment dumb and boorish. Anything that's really beautiful or which isn't wrapped up with a neat ending or moral isn't something we're interested in. Too bad because the rest of the world just keeps progressing along nicely without our approval. A 100$ million gross ought to tell you something. It ought to tell you that a whole lot of people found this film to be very engrossing. That's a pretty impressive haul if you ask me.

Anyway---speaking of the UK, Europe and the rest of the world (where most of my fans reside): thanks for being there and buying my weird music. PEACE & LOVE.