A post about All About Eve that you do not want to miss. I love it because it makes me see the film in a new way ... it makes me want to see it again. That "fasten your seatbelts" line is so imitated - and so distorted through all the imitations - that when I first saw the film I was amazed at how REAL the moment actually is. The way she says it is not at ALL like all the imitations! I laughed with Mitchell about this once, and said, "The queens have overtaken that line!! It's the queens' fault!" The moment in the film is actually very real - although heightened, of course - but certainly not the bitchy campy flouncing monstrosity that I was expecting!!!
If you've seen the movie, and you are interested in an encyclopedic take on it, go and read Alex's post.
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