The cinetrix takes note of the fact that Patrick Swayze and his dancer wife plan to produce a film based on some play they wrote about a New York dance company and two of its former stars. She takes note of Swayze seemingly having missed Robert Altman’s recent collaboration with Neve Campbell in The Company. She quotes Swayze (I’m not sure from where) as saying:
“This is the first movie that ever goes inside the dance world where the audience experiences the dance from the dancer’s point of view. The only other movie that has attempted it is The Red Shoes.”
First of all, I’m shocked that Swayze would even KNOW about The Red Shoes, and he really shouldn’t be allowed to mention any sort of dance movie he plans to make in the same sentence as that Powell & Pressburger classic (one of my all-time favorite films). On the other hand, I have no problem with him disregarding The Company. Cinetrix, whose opinion I have come to value if not actually worship, seems to (possibly unintentionally) be giving Altman’s sleep-inducing drama credit (via Swayze’s quote) for having a point-of-view as if it looked at the life of a dancer from within. But it didn’t … it had somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 points-of-view and was simply a big bore. I stayed with it a good deal longer than those who saw it with me, but when James Franco showed up and STILL nothing happened (other than some sensual breakfast cookery and a brief shot of a naked Neve silhouette), I was done. Can’t wait for Altman’s next film, though. This one sucked so much, his next should be fucking brilliant.
Out of Focus 
OK, you caught me. I haven’t seen “The Company.” I think I had to pick up my dry cleaning. But we must never forget that Swayze began his climb to fame in a pair of toe shoes at the Joffery Ballet –of course he’d know about “The Red Shoes.” The story itself came from the AP wires; you can access the link by clicking on “Patrick Swayze.”
Which is to say, “Wolverines!”
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Sorry. “Joffrey.” Also, Harkness, according to IMDb.
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