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Wednesday January 16, 2019
Stan and Ollie
George has booked us a double bill - today and tomorrow - of films at the local Everyman.
Today it's the film about the declining years of Laurel and Hardy when they were on their final tour which was in the UK in 1953. They continued the tour despite a hiatus due to Ollie's catastrophic heart attack (which occurred in Worthing no less - PR judging a beauty contest).
I cannot begin to complement the actors on their portrayals of the characters - admittedly they had a lot of footage to use as source material - but really they were brilliant. However, I think the most telling was a famous dance routine which the Reilly and Coogan performed immaculately - could not have been better - perfect. But when you see the originals perform together (and both versions are shown in the credits), they are just not quite perfectly in time - and yet at the same time - they are! It's very odd - like a couple of people wearing very comfortable old jackets, performing perfectly in time with the music and routine, and yet not quite taking the timing from each other.
I loved it - and Coogan is - as I may have mentioned before - a gem.
Posted by Christina at 1:36 PM. Category: Art and Culture
