Although we weren't able to do it on Feb. 14 this year, Damian and I kept our Valentine's Day tradition alive of seeing a classic film for the occasion yesterday when we caught a screening of Joseph Mankiewicz's "All About Eve' at the Metrograph downtown. (In 2015 we saw "The Philadelphia Story" at BAM and have never looked back!) It was Damian's first time seeing Bette Davis's sublime performance as aging Broadway star Margo Channing and, having not seen it in decades, all but mine.
I certainly can't tell "the gays" anything they don't already know about this masterpiece that won six Oscars including best picture and best director. But boy is it a thrill from beginning to end. (At one point Damian turned to me and whispered: "I just got chills"!) xo
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The film also won the Oscar for screenplay, which Mankiewicz wrote!
He did the same thing the year prior by writing and directing A Letter to Three Wives. This film was Best Picture, Oscar winning screenplay, and Oscar winning director in 1949. 1950 is when Eve won the same Oscars.
Both were great films.
One of my favorite movies
About 10 years ago, my best friend wanted to come over because it was rainy and we didn't want to do our normal "bar routine" on a Friday night. I said "Come over and we'll watch a movie." So he gets here, and I say "You're going to watch All About Eve tonight." He bemoaned watching a black and white film from the 1950s.
We started the movie and he immediately was interested. He was quiet through the whole time up until the "Fasten your seatbelts" comment. He said, "Is that from this movie??".
After the closing scene, where everyone stares coldly back at Eve, we hear Margo's "You can put that award where your heart ought to be" line, I asked what he thought of the movie.
He said "That's one of the best films I've ever seen."
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