The Assassination of Jesse James

Last night I was watching a 2007 film called The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, directed by Andrew Dominik. Set in the 1880s the film told the story of the notorious outlaw Jesse James (played by Brad Pitt) and the younger outlaw Robert Ford (Casey Affleck). Ford worships James and is desperate to join his idol's gang. However as the gang disintegrates and James' behaviour becomes ever more paranoid and erratic, and Ford begins to feel increasingly isolated and overshadowed and begins to consider drastic measures to make a name for himself. The film is very well-made and well acted. It's also supposed to be fairly historically accurate. The film is long (at around two and a half hours) and kind of slow moving but it is also very powerful and quite mesmerising.

The big news last night also is that I have now completely finished the screenplay for Script frenzy. The finished work is 101 pages long.

It was a busy and very stressful day at work again. I left with a splitting headache. Tomorrow though I'm going to a 3D preview of Coraline tomorrow, which should be fun. Also I'm off on Friday, which should be really good.