October 2, 2009

. . . traces of the cad about the boy . . .

You know you’re headed somewhere when you commence to quoting yourself.

And while we’re on the subject . . .

Although The Magic Christian is by and large a very annoying film (not least on account of its many breezy ‘fag jokes’ circa 1969), there is a certain train-wreck fascination to the “Mad About the Boy” sequence featuring Yul Brynner and Roman Polanski.

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  1. Phil Bebbington on October 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 am

    Picked it up from the other thread, but, this is wonderful.

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