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Date: 28 April 2006 09:57:23
Saw The Squid and the Whale at the Picturehouse last night. Relationship breakdown at it's funniest, a very uncomfortable humour that you were not sure if you were supposed to find funny or not. The books and the cat seem more of an issue for the couple than the children, who get treated as adults and act accordingly. Not the best film of the year, but certainly the most ambigious. Typical quote (fitting with the last film I watched)...
Walt: It's Welles' masterpiece, really. Many people think it's Citizen Kane, but Magnificent Ambersons, if it hadn't been ruined by the studio, would've been his crowning achievement. As it is, it's still brilliant. It's the old story, genius not being recognized by the industry.
Lance: It sounds great. Who's in it?
Walt: Orson Welles? I don't know, I haven't seen it yet. I've seen stills.