Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová were up for Best Original Song last night and they won! For those that haven't seen the movie Once, go rent it. It's not your typical American "tie-up-all-the-loose-ends-for-a-happy-ending" type of movie...it's a beautiful story of music, relationships, tough choices and consequences that was filmed in 17 days in Dublin...Glen Hansard is the lead singer and guitarist of the Irish band The Frames and Markéta Irglová is a collaborator of his and the song that won, "Falling Slowly" is gorgeous...Markéta and Glen actually fell in love as a result of filming the movie...anyway. I like to root for the underdog and Once definitely was an underdog. As a musician, I cheered as this song was powerful, well written and beautifully performed.
