12 November 2010

What love triumphant looks like

It Happened One Night

(1934)
So you think this is the perfect film, do you? Well just go to the scene at the first auto camp, when Ellie comes in after her shower and Peter is frying the eggs. Count the doughnuts on the plate, and take note of the other plate piled high with slices of bread. Now look at the table moments later, when Ellie has finished dressing and Peter is serving the eggs. The hell did all that starch go?

Still, I agree: it's pretty damned close to perfect.

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