Tuesday, November 20, 2005: Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line?

When I got home from work, we decided to go see the new Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line.  Both Carrie and I were looking forward to it, and weren't disappointed.  Both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were excellent.  I was rather wary of their decision to remake the songs, but was impressed by the results.  Both performed excellent renditions.  And more, it tied them to the song in a way that lip-syncing to the distinctive voice of the original couldn't have.  Phoenix, for example, has a fine voice.  But he sounds nothing like Cash.  Although he did capture an astonishing likeness of his appearance at times.  And more vitally, he captured something of the intensity of Cash's performance.  Carrie snapped this picture of me before we left.

And here's one of her, fixing her hair.