Eccentric Flower:199812/film night at the homestead
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thirty-one december film night at the homestead This is a little later than I expected to write it, but what the heck - you surely haven't finished reading the roadtrip entries already, have you? Some of you probably don't even know I'm back yet. Rented Kiki's Delivery Service last night. This is a Japanese animated film, but it's not some horrendous anime where the facial expressions are overemphasized and the mouths don't move right. It's like Walt Disney meets Tintin. It's about a young witch who comes to a large city to learn to fend for herself. It is fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Go rent this immediately, assuming your video store is not a thrice-damned Blockbuster and actually has something more on its shelves than fifty copies of Armageddon. It might be in Children's, it might be in Animation ... but more than likely, at the moment, it will be in New Releases. Also watched Desk Set, the only Hepburn/Tracy film I haven't seen, unless you count Guess Who's Coming To Dinner - is that really a comedy? I haven't seen it because some reviewers I trust, notably Ebert, think it is an utter waste of time. Others like it. I dunno. It's the mixed reactions which are the most dangerous - if everyone loved it, or everyone hated it, I'd know something. I almost rented The Awful Truth, which I also haven't seen. I need more screwball comedies. Hollywood won't make them anymore. If I could only find a copy of Destry Rides Again, my life would be complete. Off to finish more odds and ends at work.
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