"Lloyd Dobler would beat Vince Vaughn from Swingers in a fight in like, one round and that's even if you put an eyepatch on him and gave Vince Vaughn from Swingers the weapon of your choice and maybe a superpower." The difference between the two characters, Crane explains, is that Dobler "knows who he is and he knows what he wants," much in the same way Rust Cohle from True Detective knows himself. In writer Elizabeth Crane's 2008 essay "How to Be Lloyd Dobler," she analyzes Lloyd from a feminist perspective and explains how all women want to date a Lloyd Dobler type, and that Vince Vaughn from Swingers is the exact opposite of the guy women should be seeking out. He's the kind of guy men want to be and the kind of man women eternally swoon over. hit theaters, the fast-talking, trench coat-wearing Lloyd Dobler still personifies the quintessential American male. "I'm Lloyd Dobler," he responds, blowing Mike's mind. At the party Mike Cameron (Jason Gould) comes up to him and asks, "How did you get Diane Court to go out with you?" "I called her up," Lloyd says. She then decides to go out with him because he makes her laugh. He has the balls to call Diane - who has to thumb through her yearbook in order to find out who he even is - and invite her to a kegger. He's a good friend and an even better boyfriend. I'm sorry, it's just you're a really nice guy, and we don't want to see you get hurt." "I wanna get hurt!" Lloyd replies. "Diane Court doesn't go out with guys like you," Corey (Lili Taylor) tells him. Tickets: Prices posted at $49 to $69, but availability is limited at Riverside and Pabst theater box offices, (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.Within the first couple minutes of Cameron Crowe's directorial debut, Say Anything., protagonist Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) tells his female pals he wants to ask the valedictorian of his high school graduating class, Diane Court (Ione Skye), out on a date. What/who: "Say Anything … " with John Cusack He's also earned a steady string of critical accolades, for movies ranging from the comedy "High Fidelity" to the Brian Wilson biopic "Love and Mercy."īut the Evanston, Ill., native is still rooted in Chicago, where he still spends a chunk of time, with an occasional side trip to Milwaukee to see the Brewers play. Since "Say Anything … ," Cusack's screen career has run the gamut, from epic action movies ("Con Air," "2012") to hard-edged, independent-minded comedies ("Being John Malkovich," "Chi-Raq").
"It wasn't like some huge hit, but it was kind of a modest (success), and people are sort of discovering and rediscovering it," Cusack said. The movie's gooey, romantic, uncynical center has made "Say Anything … " a modern-day staple, making Entertainment Weekly's list of top romantic movies. Making "Say Anything … " was very a "special collaborative process," Cusack remembered, with a cast also including John Mahoney as Skye's demanding (with a dark side) dad, Lili Taylor as one of Lloyd's best friends, and Cusack's sister Joan as his, well, sister. Music plays a big part in all of Crowe's movies, including "Say Anything … ," which may be best known for Cusack's iconic moment standing outside Skye's house toting a boombox that's playing Peter Gabriel's dreamy ballad "In Your Eyes." (YouTube is filled with clips of people re-creating the moment, along with one of Cusack bringing Gabriel a boombox before he sings the song onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012.) We had a similar appreciation for music."
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He was a younger filmmaker (Crowe was 31 when the movie came out, Cusack was 22). … We kind of jammed together. "I had a special relationship with Cameron Crowe," Cusack said. But he said he has "great, fond memories" of working with writer Cameron Crowe, who made his directorial debut on "Say Anything …. Cusack had already worked with top-flight directors including Rob Reiner ("Stand by Me") and John Sayles ("Eight Men Out") by the time he made the movie.
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