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In Reply to: RE: Okay film, nothing to go wild about. nt posted by tinear on March 20, 2010 at 16:47:52
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I thought An Education was wonderful.
But I don't see much of a connection with Withnail & I.
An Education would seem to have more influences from 60s British "kitchen sink" dramas like Poor Cow, although I suspect there's a healthy dose of Georgie Girl in there too.
As I am too.
I try to think back why did it appear to my mind while watching it.
Maybe because it is a study in time. In their own time.
Yes must be it.
A wonderful picture indeed.
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Withnail and I is a British comedy and succeeds brilliantly at being funny. Good comedies are rare. An Education is a very sober drama, quite well made and enjoyable, but nothing I would really be drawn to view a 2nd time, at least not for a long time. I've seen Withnail and I at least 5 times and, since I have the DVD, maybe I will see it again now.
I don't get the comparison at all. Then again, I found Avatar much more enjoyable than An Education, so I'm not on your wavelength in any case.
dfs
At best a tragic-comedy.
For me a tragedy.
And an Education is not a drama. On the contrary it is an optimistic story.
No obviously not.
however a comedy it assuredly is.
It is replete with comic circumstances and characters, including the uncle's infatuation with "I." This played for big laughs when I saw it in a theater.
On all movie databases, this is classified as a comedy. You may have become insular like Carroll's Humpty Dumpty:
"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
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More a drama as a comedy.
Comedie humaine yes!
We will analyze that. Even if we have to wake up uncle Sigmund.
Now I am baffled.
And I saw him twice or on top one more time.
A comedy*.
Never.
* With one possible exception: La Comedie Humaine from old Honore. In hat case I would fully agree.
Now a comedie?
NT
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sfda
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Shaking in my boots.
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Doesn't look like it. I am one happy old geezer.
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