Madam, you are a cock-eyed liar!
No 58 - His Girl Friday Director - Howard Hawks I am so so so sorry. I have been neglecting this blog something rotten. Still watching the films but only coming on here sporadically to binge post. So here is my latest glut. Starting with this very odd little comedy. This is a story set around a murder being reported by a bunch of papers. For the most part, this feels very strange as the murder itself (and the darkness and desperation around it) doesn't gel with the scenes set in the newspaper . However, by the end of the film it all seems to settle out into a full story. The elements of the murder, and the moments in which Hildy (the reporter) is trying to best her competitors are the film's down moments. Hildy herself is quite a complex character with her drive and passion going against her gloriously unfeminist ideas of 'just being seen as a woman' settling down with her dull fiancée and having some kids. However, she comes off as a bit of a non-character for a lot...