Movies that have affected me, much more than others, in one way or another:
The Sound of Music, for Julie Andrews and for addicting me to musicals
Zazie dans le Metro, for being elusive, rude, French, unsullied and bewitching
The Little Mermaid, for imbuing my childhood with fantasy and a kind of beauty
Elizabeth, for being the second R(A) film I watched illegally, for Cate Blanchett, and for its serious campiness
LOTR (The Fellowship of the Ring), for being the first book-to-movie that did not disappoint
My Fair Lady, for Audrey, for ze sets and for being delightfully English and dazzlingly old-fashioned
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, for Angela Lansbury, its sheer spiritedness and wonderful songs
Mary Poppins, for more wonderful songs
Adam's Rib, for the end-rib that tickled so
All About Eve, for the unparalleled Bette and its lines
A Chinese Ghost Story, for beguiling robes and the Hong Kong aura
ChungKing Express, for having Faye
Gosford Park, for the idea, the accents, the garb, that Agatha Christie-ness and the acid Maggie Smith
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