The way they talk in the movie
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — 'Round Midnight
epatten67 — 19 years ago(September 06, 2006 12:49 PM)
This really is one of my favorite films but I don't get why they all refer to each other as "Lady". Like Dexter Gordon will walk into the apartment building and Ace is standing there in his robe and slippers with a bowl of something he just cooked up and Dex will go "Hey, Lady Ace! Whats happenin'?"
Another thing too Whats up with that part of the film where they ask "Do you like basketball?" What does that have to do with anything? It just seems really random and they don't explain it. -
jazz_man1 — 19 years ago(September 09, 2006 03:21 AM)
I read the book this film is based on ('Dance of the Infidels by Francis Paudras which is an excellent book BTW) and Paudras said that the saxophonist Lester Young used to refer to everyone he knew (including men) as Lady so on so. The character Dexter Gordon played is a composite of Lester Young and Bud Powell, so I guess that's why they used it in the film.
As for 'Aimez-vous basketball?' I think it was the first thing Dale said to Berengere and one of the few things he knew how to ask in French. Berengere repeats it at the end when she's older and her father is watching the old movies he made of Dale. I guess they did it to be poignant. I thought it was a nice touch. -
stephan-128 — 17 years ago(March 01, 2009 12:43 AM)
another persective: i am a musician and i play many sports. of the sports i play, the one that feels the most like music is basketball. i came to basketball later than the other sports after i'd been a musician for years, and i felt as i played a certain sense of "flow" that was very pleasing and very similar to playing good music.
just a thought.