Early Modern Notes

After reminding myself of it the other day, I quite fancied watching Holiday again. I don’t have a copy of my own - I have a tiny video collection, due to having spent most of the last 10 years watching other peoples’ (until 6 months ago I hadn’t even owned a VCR for over a decade). So, I trotted off to the local video shops.

And this is when you’re reminded of the disadvantages of living in a small town miles from anywhere. In fact, because we have a film studies department at the university, we probably do better than many places of this size (something that is often the case). We have a local video rental store that has a pretty impressive selection of non-Hollywood and b/w films, and the town library has a surprisingly eclectic range too (mmm, might have to watch Edge of Darkness again. And how long since I watched I, Claudius?).

Nonetheless, no Holiday. So instead, I’ve just watched His Girl Friday instead. What a script. Too many fantastic gags to quote. And Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are just amazing. (As are Russell’s outfits.)

Tomorrow night I have Croupier to watch. Would you believe I’ve never seen it?