Post by london777 on Apr 5, 2017 17:20:40 GMT
Not sure if this counts, because there was never a first time until last night, but since it was released in 1987 my friends had been inciting me to watch Withnail & I, saying it was ideal for me. I never actually watched the whole thing but I have seen bits several times and read reviews and never fancied it.
Finally, after reading an interesting (if somewhat muddled) review in the online New Statesman, I bought it and watched it last night.
I nearly wet myself laughing. Beautifully made and acted, though Americans may need captions. I missed some of the dialog myself because of the drunken slurring and public school* slang. I think I resisted it for three decades because I sensed it would be too near the mark. I can relate to much of that squalor and desperation. (I am still living in squalor and desperation but at least it is warmer than Penrith here in the Caribbean).
That review:
www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/03/withnail-and-i-30-years-its-perfect-film-brexit-britain
*For non-Brits: so-called "Public Schools" in England are just the opposite. They are elite schools for the rich and the upper classes, which have traditionally provided most of the nation's leaders.
Finally, after reading an interesting (if somewhat muddled) review in the online New Statesman, I bought it and watched it last night.
I nearly wet myself laughing. Beautifully made and acted, though Americans may need captions. I missed some of the dialog myself because of the drunken slurring and public school* slang. I think I resisted it for three decades because I sensed it would be too near the mark. I can relate to much of that squalor and desperation. (I am still living in squalor and desperation but at least it is warmer than Penrith here in the Caribbean).
That review:
www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/03/withnail-and-i-30-years-its-perfect-film-brexit-britain
*For non-Brits: so-called "Public Schools" in England are just the opposite. They are elite schools for the rich and the upper classes, which have traditionally provided most of the nation's leaders.