Here’s another new film clip on my YT page, a mashup of Steve’s one and only featured film appearance (in the movie Crashing, written and directed by Gary Walkow, 2007) and the Swingle Singers rendition of Mozart’s Turkish March. Last time I looked, this vid made it into Funny Or Die.
Claptrap, a volume of poetry by Stephen Gyllenhaal (Cantarabooks, 2006)
Lest we forget the source of our lately grief, this is Steve’s one and only book, which my small press published in 2006. The poems were good. The poet was a schmuck. And I say that in deference to his lovely (ex-)wife, Naomi, to whom he dedicated this slim volume of confessional free verse. I wrote about this in my nutty memoir A Poet from Hollywood, available for free in pdf download here.
Naomi, why do you purposely fail to believe me??? I turned the meathead down! Twice!! Above Stephen and Peter Sarsgaard (yes, that’s the back of Peter‘s head): Hugo Alfven’s “Swedish Rhapsody” arranged-conducted by Michel Legrand and played by his orchestra.
The dedication by Jamie Lee Curtis (she’s Jake‘s godmother so she did Naomi a favor by writing this for Steve, who was in a jam—well, just read about it here) is pretty adorable and for that sake I might try to hunt up the pdf galley and upload it here.
EXTRA! Not that he deserves the attention, but here are three of Stephen’s poems, recited by the idiot himself:
EXTRA EXTRA!
- Flip Video: Mister Grumble and Stephen Gyllenhaal in Brentwood, LA
- Flip Video: Buzz Belmondo Discusses His New Film Project at Farmer’s Market, LA
- Flip Video: Last Days at King Eddy, Downtown LA
A Mike Nichols and Elaine May Routine: “Teenagers in a Car” Circa 1959
Susie Myerson to Mrs Maisel in Season 1, Episode 6 of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel:
Susie: Miriam, he just sold you some line ’cause he wants to get in your pants.
Midge: He does not want to get into my pants.
Susie: He wants to fuck you!
Midge: He wants me to work with him. He says we’ll be like Nichols and May… Nichols and May don’t fuck.
Susie: Nichols and May totally fuck!
Midge: That’s not what he says.
Susie: I walked in on them once in the bathroom here. Even their fucking was hilarious!
EXTRA: Find the NICHOLS AND MAY playlist on my YT channel here
Extra Extra! And read Vanity Fair’s 2012 exclusive interview “The Reunion of Nichols and May” here
Pinoy Alert: The Gold at Olympics 2021 + A Film Trailer You as a Filipino Have Got to See
The Philippines have never won the gold in 97 years until now—consequently, we get to hear The Philippine National Anthem (Julián Felipe-José Palma, 1899; lyrics below) played at the Olympics for the very first time. So I went over to YT to find a good version of the national anthem (which I once used to be able to sing not only in English but Tagalog learned phonetically) and I found THIS on YT and it’s—it’s—well, it’ll make you want to swell with pride if you’re a true Pinoy. Really. It’ll knock your socks off. For all you others: This is a very tuneful, very singable national anthem entitled “Lupang Hinirang” and it’s placed very dramatically and effectively in this short produced by the big broadcast company in the PI.
Bayang magiliw
Perlas ng silanganan
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay
Lupang Hinirang
Duyan ka nang magiting
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil
Sa Dagat at bundok sa simoy
At sa langit mo’y bughaw
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y tagumpay na nagniningning
Ang bituin at araw niya’y kailanpama’y di magdidilim
Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati’t pagsinta
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo
Aming ligaya nang pag
May mang-aapi
* Battle of Mactan 1521
* GomBurZa 1872
* Revolution of 1896
* Jose Rizal 1861-1896
* First Republic 1898
* Declaration of Independence 1898
* War With America 1898-1913
* Battle of Manila 1899
* Commonwealth 1935
* War With Japan 1941-1945
* EDSA 1986
Here’s the audio of the short above
EXTRA! My Filipiniana on YouTube
"I'll Be Dead Before You Break My Heart" 