Re: withnail & i

Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Wed, 07 Jan 1998 10:10:52 -0800

helena kim wrote:

> tim o'connor <oconnort@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> > The way I look at it, things could get worse: You could become
> > "Withnail," the lead character in the movie "Withnail and I," which I
> > *highly* recommend to anyone who believes his/her life is royally
> > screwed up.  It helps put your own miseries in perspective!
>
> i was in foul humour yesterday so i rented withnail and i to try and
> cheer me up. i've been meaning to watch it for years.
>
> it was frightening. my room looks just like their kitchen.
>
> i thought the scene with the deep heat was hysterical. especially cause
> my house is freezing at the moment. i'm typing away here wearing my coat
> and sipping at hot chocolate.
>
> so, while it was a little to close to home, i haven't laughed that much
> in a long time.
>
> thanks!

I think it's one of the greatest British films of the last 30 years, if not
ever. The dialogue is so memorizible, and those Camberwell carrots, what an
ingenious invention. And Richard E. Grant really turned his performance into
a veritable archetype. Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a
day. :)

I can't understand why it's out of print in the States already. George
Harrison's company's problem, that.