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In Reply to: RE: More wonderful Ealing comedies: "The Man in the white Suit", "The Ladykillers", "The Lavender Hill Mob" posted by Bambi B on February 22, 2008 at 07:08:37
'tis I that should thank you for the recommendations!
I spent several years of my youth in Ireland and though we lived in better circumstances than what you seemed to, my second-story room in the bungalow (our landlord was Daniel O'Herlihy!) was absolutely freezing! If not for two hot water bottles every night, I would have frozen solid.
I saw "The Man in the White Suit" immediately before KH&C and found it very well done, very subtle humor in parts though the satire was a bit heavy-handed, all in all. Still, a damn fine film and I really enjoyed Joan Greenwood's performance; she also was superb in a very difficult role in KH&C as the "bad love."
I'll definitely get Lavender Hill and Ladykillers very soon.
I had hoped to visit British film immediately after my Russian "period" but got horribly entangled in noir. I'm afraid I've got about thirty of them to go. After giving in to White Suit, however, I couldn't resist KH&C, especially since the local library has a copy.
I know when I get around to Brit film I'm going to be seeing a lot of Dirk Bogarde, Terry-Thomas, Sellars, James Mason, and several others of that period.
"Withnail and I" is one of my favorite films of which I never tire watching. To me, it is the most perfect depiction of what 60s alternative lifestyle was.
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that will stand repeated viewings
"If you remember the '60's, you weren't there" doesn't count with me, 'cos I was there ( and I do remember! ) and I agree with you with one caveat; the film captures *the very end* of the 1960's like a butterfly in a jar; things definitely got darker as the decade progressed ( music + drugs got heavier, and the Vietnam war, and protests against the war, escalated )
Dannys speech about "end of the decade, there's gonna be a lot of victims, bring out your Dead!" actually has a lot of truth to it
Grins
J.Arthur Rank
guy with the gong.
In colour too?
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