Monday, May 16, 2005

Film Recommendation 2

This weekend I enjoyed the particular pleasure that is 'going to the cinema on a really sunny day' which adds a little to the basic pleasure (partly because there are very few people in the place), but not as much as 'going to the cinema when your supposed to be working' which is a delicious thing that I have tasted on very few ocassions.

Anyway, outside it was bright, so much so that my enjoyment of the trailers was hampered slightly by the fact that the usherette (are they still called that?) left the door open (thereby allowing shards of light to penetrate the inner sanctum; it was cinema 8 at the Odeon in Brighton, right by the back door, which leads on to the sea front).

Once the opening credits role we a ceiled in and transported into thirties New York before moving along to Amalfi, there to enjoy the intrigue and clever quips of "The Good Woman", the story based on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan". If you want a bunch of beautiful people (including Scarlette Johannsen) playing clever people in a period drama in a stunning setting..........