Cruisin’ with Tim Roth
Don’t you just love it when you happen across a movie on TV, stay with it, and end up smiling as the credits roll? I caught The Legend of 1900 on IFC, a 1999 movie directed by fabulist Giuseppe Tornatore. Not the tightest of movies, but there are some unforgettable, quintessentially cinematic scenes (which I won’t spoil for you). Tim Roth plays 1900, a piano prodigy born on a cruise ship, who lives his entire life without ever setting foot on land. Pruitt Taylor Vince (who normally plays plays serial killers and rednecks) stars as 1900’s friend Max, the narrator and undecided trumpet player. Gorgeous soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Without a doubt, this is my favorite movie with the word "legend" in the title — The Legend of Bagger Vance. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Legends of the Fall. Blech.
