Tuesday, November 25th was the first cinema club session at the Cinémathèque of Marseille.
The movie was "You Can't Take It With You" made by Frank Capra in 1938.
The story is about two very different men:
Mr P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) a rich businessman who wants to build one of his factories in a neighborhood where he already bought all the houses, except one.
Mr Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore) is the last owner of a house and he doesn't want to sell it to Mr P. Kirby.
Unfortunately for them, Tony Kirby (James Stewart), Mr P. Kirby' son and Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur), Mr Vanderhof's grand daughter are getting married.
But what could we expect from a 1930's, black and white and also one of Mr Leah favorite film you will ask.
The answer is: actually a beautiful piece of art which makes you think about your priorities and wonder what would be your life if you were doing what you really want to...
This movie is also a fresh point of view on it (yes, "fresh" even if it's 1930's !!).
The fact is that this movie is full of fun and simply tells you to live your life as happily as possible and obviously to enjoy it !
So we totally recommend it to you (you can watch it with your family, your friends or alone, on a bad or a good mood...)!!!
Trust us...!
Amandine&Juliette
I really loved this movie, and it was great to see it with friends. :)
ReplyDeleteIt made me want to see more Capra's films. ^^
I'm glad you all enjoyed it! It's true that Capra's great! "It Happened One Night", "Lost Horizon", "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", "Mr Deeds Goes to Town" and last but not least, "It's a Wonderful Life", which is often on the telly at Christmas. Well, basically they're all good!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, before seing this movie, I had preconcieved ideas about 1930's and black and white films but this movie changed it all.. I didn't think I'll like a black and white movie at this point and most of all a 1930's movie but Thanks to Mr Leah and Capra that changed !
ReplyDeleteI think it was a very funny and entertaining movie. And go watching it with a few of us made the outing cool I guess. We had a lot of fun. Can’t wait to the next Cinema club session!
ReplyDeleteI don't watch black and white movie that often so it was weird for me at the beginning but I got used to it. And at the end of it, I thought that it made the film so much better in black and white! It was a very funny movie I loved it! I'm looking forward to the next cinema club session!
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