Needless to say, I derived a great deal of enjoyment from reading Janet Maslin’s review of Michael Baumberger’s new biography of Shyamalan.  It includes some priceless quotations, such as “Night’s shirt was half open — Tom Jones in his prime,” and “What kind of power could he have over me?,” which I imagine Baumberger delivering with a fist-shake towards the heavens.  And here’s a tasty passage that refers to Paul Giametti (the poor man’s Kevin Spacey, if that’s possible) when “Night” cast him in Lady in the Water:

Night got a call from Paul Giamatti.

”Dude, I am so Lady,” Giamatti said. This was in March, five months before shooting was supposed to begin, an eon in moviemaking.

”Stop it,” Night said playfully.

”I’m telling ya — I am.”

Night didn’t need to ask Paul what had taken him so long. The thing was, he was in. And for a moment Night was healed.