fine whine

Someday I think I want a sign atop my bed that says "Mike Lietz slept here". I think that would be cool, in some over-the-top wacky, zany way. I'm of course inspired by a scene in The Emperor's New Clothes, a little film starring Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle (seen earlier in High Fidelity and equally good here), and Ian Holm. To give away no more than the DVD case, Ian plays Napoleon and a suitable duplicate, joined in a daring escape from his island exile. Once off the island, the little emperor journeys back to Paris by way of Waterloo, stopping to take a nap in a tourist trap house honoring him, despite his never being there. He awakens to see a sign above the headboard proclaiming "Emperor Napoleon Slept Here" and realizes that it is now true. A mere throwaway moment in an otherwise more serious film, it inspired me to have a sign of my own. I'm not going to buy the DVD of the movie, though, since it lacks any sort of extras at all, and I'd really like to have heard some filmmakers' commentary on this one. It was a good movie, full of whimsy and wonder and other things that start with 'w'. Well worth watching.