As accompaniment to the post below this one – here is the opening sequences of Howard Hawks’s brilliant Twentieth Century:
It just makes me LAUGH – every second: it’s broad, it’s specific, it’s completely ludicrous … yet in that world, everyone takes everything seriously – and that’s why it’s so funny.
this is awesome. awesome.
‘no matter what i say on this stage…i love you all.’
ha!
“Ting a ling a ling a ling!”
“I close the iron door on you!”
“LEAVE MY STAGE YOU … GREY RAT!”