At 03:47 PM 12/14/2000, you wrote: >>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 >>From: Mitchel Cohen <mitchelcohen@mindspring.com> >> >> >>"A Hard Days' Night" is, from this vantage after all these years, a silly >>movie with fantastic music. No violence, no sex (just flirting), no >>pervasive cynicism, no hint of the intense bombing of North Vietnam that >>had begun the year the film was first released or the civil rights movement >>that had swept the South the previous years. Only John Lennon in the >>bubblebath (a close look reveals he was actually wearing shorts, alas! >>Sure, I looked!) -- the one truly remarkable scene, for me -- in mock >>German accent sinking British warships -- alone worth the price of the >>movie. And, of course, She loves you, STILL! ... yea, yea, yea! It's more than a silly movie. Ask any number of filmmakers, both young and old, and they will praise that film to the heavens for its originality, pace, cinematography, and editing. It is a classic the same way Kane or 2001 is, despite (or perhaps because) its lightweight subject. But I appreciated your reminiscience... M
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