Monday, January 09, 2006

#26: Vanya on 42nd St (Louis Malle, 1994)


Because you should only ever see it once.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you really only seen it once?

tim r said...

So far, though I'm bound to end up breaking my own rule at some later point. It's just too good. But it's about the ephemerality of great theatre, so I think you can hold on to an especially poignant memory of it if you just let it work its magic that single time - let the actors step out into the night, as it were, never to come back.

That's what makes the film special to me, anyway. Perhaps I should more honestly prescribe a really long gap between viewings...

Javier Aldabalde said...

Ha.

NicksFlickPicks said...

From my haven of seclusion (soon to end, thank God!): I think it's a lovely idea to only see this once, though I assure you, when/if you ever do return to it, the film doesn't lose anything. I think I've seen it four or five times, and I have a different experience of it every time, all of them wonderful.

tim r said...

No discussion necessary. You've nailed it.

tim r said...

Nick - come out of your seclusion and play!