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Reviews
Withnail and I (1987)
How to roll a Camberwell Carrot and laugh
I thought Withnail was too good to be a cult film.
Its acid wit has lodged half the script in the english vocab, so that "making time", "Camberwell carrot" or "low temperature spade" can trigger hysterical collapse in a casual conversation; and scenes, of fairy-fearing idiots in london pubs and cantankerous Cumbrian poachers, have barbed truths that only farce can carry off.
Against this is the sadness of talent wasted on lighter fuel and self-pity - the script came from experience of these times.
But on the way to understanding this view, you'll have a high old time...
Pizzicata (1996)
you should know this film... and your friends soon will
a deeply evocative film, you'll be mesmerised ... don't hesitate. Love and war in Puglia but, despite Chiara Torelli, the real star is the pizzicata: a compelling rhythmic dance played to drive the devils from a tarantula victim. Only locals (mainly amateur actors, i gather) could convey so much about the region and still maintain its mystery and even melancholy.