I'm back home again after a journey up to London to attend the UK premier of Stardust, the film based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. Howard Gayton and I were there by the kind invitation of Charles and his wife Karen, who I don't see nearly often enough now that I live in the UK. Neil and his extended family were there too, though Neil was much in demand over the evening and we saw him for about a nano-second.
It was truly a star-studded event (forgive the pun), and a surreal experience to walk down the famous red carpet (which in this case was actually green) while paparazzi snapped photographs and wondered who the heck we were. But what a wonderful way to see the film for the first time, sipping champagne, cheering, and celebrating our friends' big night.
The video above is the UK trailer for Stardust. You can watch a video interview with Neil about the creation of Stardust here. (I hadn't known, before this, that the story was inspired by a falling star above my winter house in the Arizona desert...how nice!) More informaton can be found on the Stardust movie site. Photos: (above) Howard, Karen, Charles and me at the premier (photographed by our companions in the Young family); (left) Neil at the premier; (below) pages from The Stardust Visual Companion, a new book that mixes film imagery with wonderful art by Charles, along with text by Neil and others.
Many thanks to C & K for a truly memorable night.
Ok..this is too cool! Way to go on the red (er green) carpet. You and Howard look pretty sharp I might add!
Posted by: Midori | October 08, 2007 at 01:08 PM
Oh my gosh, what a wonderful picture!! You look beautiful.
Posted by: Elizabeth Genco | October 08, 2007 at 04:34 PM
I came to Neil Gaiman way late, but I'm thrilled to find him and this site! Too many fascinating to take me away from the writing I should be doing. And thank goodness you had a place to inspire Stardust...
Posted by: marta | October 08, 2007 at 09:29 PM
Do we get a larger image of those stylish folks? :) You really do look fabulous.
It's neat to think of a star falling in Tucson when I was 10 years old, inspiring a book that would become a movie I would watch in Portland 16 years later.
And it would still be 2 years from that night until I fell into Snow White, Blood Red, never to emerge. I suppose that's why we're all here, though.
Posted by: Andrea | October 14, 2007 at 05:37 AM