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• Umm Shakespeare was very interested in - RGA 18:25:21 04/11/04 (3)
  In Reply to: Withnail and I posted by albee33 on April 10, 2004 at 11:06:51:

  cross-dressing, homosexuality, and/or skewed sexual relationships as well.

  Withnail and I just wasn't up to it IMO. But then film, as a medium, isn't either.
  
  

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  • Are you the type that goes to a beer festival and sneers, - tinear 18:36:01 04/11/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Umm Shakespeare was very interested in posted by RGA on April 11, 2004 at 18:25:21:

    "Well, it ISN'T wine!"
    
    

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    • Hahaha - RGA 22:17:16 04/12/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Are you the type that goes to a beer festival and sneers, posted by tinear on April 11, 2004 at 18:36:01:

      I didn't dislike Withnail and I. I just didn't really like it enough to recommend. **1/2 / ****. Not bad - I like British Humour...give me Black Adder, Faulty Towers, Monty Python and some lesser knowns...and I like a lot of British movies - this one didn't work for me enough - marginal thumbs down.
      
      

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    • C'mon... kick him! (nt) - Victor Khomenko 20:02:24 04/11/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Are you the type that goes to a beer festival and sneers, posted by tinear on April 11, 2004 at 18:36:01:

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• The funniest depiction of the 60s...ever! If you don't like - tinear 12:46:31 04/10/04 (5)
  In Reply to: Withnail and I posted by albee33 on April 10, 2004 at 11:06:51:

  this film a lot, you don't appreciate English humor.
  
  
  

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  • Agreed, Withnail couldn't be more British - grinagog 19:23:46 04/10/04 (4)
    In Reply to: The funniest depiction of the 60s...ever! If you don't like posted by tinear on April 10, 2004 at 12:46:31:

    and Withnail is the best of that humor, but other Handmade films aren't far behind, eg, Life of Brian, (Crucifixion, its a doddle!)
    Incredible that Bruce Robinson also did the screenplay for The Killing Fields
    I also have on video "How to get ahead in advertising" which is another Handmade film written by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E Grant and that is a very, very odd piece indeed I might add
    Surprising how Withnail and I has achieved cult status but was a flop on its release, I think 1988 was just too close to home, now there are a few more years to distance us from the 1960's it makes for a more nostalgic perspective, the film seems to work better as per the "Whiter Shade of Pale" intro
    Withnail is a film that really does not crossover cultural barriers, to "get it" you have got to be British and have a sense of humor, or you quickly "enter the arena of the unwell"

    Grins

    
    

    • One of the better online Withnail sites links here   (Open in New Window)

    
    

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    • I spent a year in Irish grammar school so my sense of humor - tinear 05:12:53 04/11/04 (3)
      In Reply to: Agreed, Withnail couldn't be more British posted by grinagog on April 10, 2004 at 19:23:46:

      was twisted permanently!
      I loved all those dumb "Carry on..." comedies, early Terry Thomas, Sellers, and that whole group of crazies.
      Still, American guys who were of age during the 60s should appreciate "Withnail...".
      The scene in the police station is a "Champ."
      
      

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      • 1969 was the year "Withnail" portrayed. I was 20 then. n - albee33 11:10:52 04/11/04 (0)
        In Reply to: I spent a year in Irish grammar school so my sense of humor posted by tinear on April 11, 2004 at 05:12:53:

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      • Re: I spent a year in Irish grammar school so my sense of humor - Victor Khomenko 06:08:55 04/11/04 (1)
        In Reply to: I spent a year in Irish grammar school so my sense of humor posted by tinear on April 11, 2004 at 05:12:53:

        Call me humor-deprived but I do not see connection between the fine actors you mentioned and the horrible Withnail. Funny you mentioned it, I too was out of age in the sixties, and I most certainly don't appreciate it.
        

        
        
        
        

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        • Vic, I said American guys. You were still a Russkie! nt - tinear 16:16:51 04/11/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: I spent a year in Irish grammar school so my sense of humor posted by Victor Khomenko on April 11, 2004 at 06:08:55:

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• That one has always been sitting on my 'The Worst Garbage" list - Victor Khomenko 11:13:06 04/10/04 (2)
  In Reply to: Withnail and I posted by albee33 on April 10, 2004 at 11:06:51:

  Not a short list, but this one holds a special place. Turning it off felt like spitting out the piece of dog crap someone forced there.

  There is apparently demand for such degrading garbage... I don't know if it is uniquely British though... we certainly have produced our fair share of it. The British one has particular flavor, of course.

  With movies like that one can't help but wonder if the term "decadent" indeed has some foundation.
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Degrading? Decadent? - rhizomatic 08:15:52 04/12/04 (1)
    In Reply to: That one has always been sitting on my 'The Worst Garbage" list posted by Victor Khomenko on April 10, 2004 at 11:13:06:

    Poor, out of work, and young might be another way of putting it...Sure, there's a certain over-the-topness to the style, but degrading? No. Decadent, maybe...but I think 'I' (Paul McGann) spends most of the film, precisely, resisting the decadence and dissolution of his roomate. And the drug dealer is not painted as any cool hipster type, but as an out-and-out creep, hilariously so. Having had myself a decadent, dissolute, still charming roomate, been poor, out of work, and young in NYC, I can sympathize, but my enjoyment of the film has nothing to do with identification. It's well-acted--Richard Griffiths is especially funny--well written, and well plotted. It has period grit and cohesive texture. It's a good, dark comedy.

    I didn't like it at all the first time I saw it. Not at all. Not even 'didn't like it,' it made no impression whatsoever. The second time I saw it, something clicked. How I'd failed the first time to appreciate Girffiths' performance in particular I don't know, that sometimes happens though, with music or movies or books...first time, nothing, second (maybe third) time's a charm.
    
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    • We have Failed to Paint it Black.... - grinagog 00:03:28 04/13/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Degrading? Decadent? posted by rhizomatic on April 12, 2004 at 08:15:52:

      A Scots friend, who was ga-ga about this film, couldn't believe El Grinning Culture Vulture hadn't seen this and went to great lengths to find me an NTSC vhs copy
      And was shocked when my opinion of this film (on a first viewing) was little-nothing

      "But its joost sooch a BLOODY laff, Mon!!"

      Some time later I played it again and something just clicked; I couldn't stop laughing, and its become a favorite
      Ralph Brown, who plays the creepy drug dealer, is apparently a Preacher(!) He's also the barman in The Crying Game

      Grins
      
      

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