Sunday, February 15, 2004
I saw the most excellent movie late last night,
called Ship of Fools.
It was a movie that I haven't seen the likes of in a long, long time.
The story is of a German cruiseship
leaving Mexico bound for Germany.
It is 1931.
Some of the best lines ever:
Lee Marvin's character, a drunken baseball player,
brashly states to Vivien Leigh's character,
an ostrich feathered, aging coquette:
"I've had a bad case of diarrea for weeks now"...
She replies:"How interesting... Tell me all about it."
The following pause was priceless...
All the actors and actresses were mesmerizing.
The story was riveting.
Truly, I kept thinking to myself,
Why haven't I seen this before?
I found Mel Ferrer's character to be abrasively annoying.
But that was his role as a future Hitler
supporter.
Simone Signoret was hauntingly beautiful...
A very young George Segal...
This movie was made in 1965.
Watching this film I kept thinking,
this is great...
The acting was so different than today's films.
Somehow it had more gravity...
It was an adult film without swearing or nudity.
The story, the acting, the costumes
and cinematography were all top notch.
Refreshing.
A complete treasure...
Till next time... 'Mela
5:43 AM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
