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Meet me in St.Louis
Nov. 25th, 2011 09:18 amI saw this today for the first time yesterday in the local cinema.
There is something, intoxicating about this film. There is little storyline to speak of, mostly anecdotes of the last year a family was together under the one roof. And the film itself is a vehicle for Garland, who seems at her best here - projecting on her character a combination of innocence and energy the she herself may or may not have had at this time. There is also something about the setting. Set in an era that might be called "America's Golden Age" (from about the introduction of the car to the start of the depression) that so many other musicals and cult films are set in (Oklahoma, Carousel, State Fair, Music Man, Circus of Dr Lao, et cetera), where a consistent lifestyle is presented nostalgically. No television or radio to link us immediately to the rest of the world, no obvious disillusionment or jadedness that comes with that.
There is something, intoxicating about this film. There is little storyline to speak of, mostly anecdotes of the last year a family was together under the one roof. And the film itself is a vehicle for Garland, who seems at her best here - projecting on her character a combination of innocence and energy the she herself may or may not have had at this time. There is also something about the setting. Set in an era that might be called "America's Golden Age" (from about the introduction of the car to the start of the depression) that so many other musicals and cult films are set in (Oklahoma, Carousel, State Fair, Music Man, Circus of Dr Lao, et cetera), where a consistent lifestyle is presented nostalgically. No television or radio to link us immediately to the rest of the world, no obvious disillusionment or jadedness that comes with that.
Oddly enough I watched an episode of American Horror Story this morning that was set on Halloween, and it seemed a weird echo of the halloween segment in this film.
Meet Me in St.Louis was probably the best film shown at that cinema yesterday.
