"I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago."
Sí, yo conozco a alguien que no la vio... y le dije: "no sabés lo que te estás perdiendo!!".
Rob Gordon vive en Chicago, tiene una tienda de discos, un departamento con una hermosa colección de vinilos y una novia que lo acaba de dejar (commitment issues).
Y claro, no termina de entender por qué. Mientras tanto, hace un top 5 de rupturas amorosas, para intentar comprender, para que nosotros lo entendamos, para que exploremos su propia existencia.
"People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss."
"Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
Me encanta.
Nick Hornby escribió el libro, Sthephen Frears la dirigió.
Porque es la vida misma, porque está Bruce, la música es genial, sus listas son fenomenales y también las preguntas que Barry le hace a su jefe mientras trabaja. Porque reivindica el arte de hacer un compilado para regalar.
Porque Rob entiende qué es finalmente lo que quiere.
"The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. The you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wade, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway... I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done."
Tagline: A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.
