Friday Night Movie Club
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Its 1929, Chicago.
The first is smooth and dangerous, a cad of sorts who flaunts bedroom eyes and beckoning one-liners.
The setup suggests the makings of a claustrophobic noir about two friends on the run.
But Wilder and co-writer I.A.L.
They join an all-womens band and hightail it to Florida.
Some Like It Hotis a film in service of the pleasure principle.
Its supporting cast bursts with memorable turns.
The humor is bright and sharp and endlessly beguiling.
Their approaches to femininity differ.
Here, becoming a woman reveals as much as it hides.
But to be completely honest, I return to this film for the wounded performance of Marilyn Monroe.
You probably formed an idea of Monroe long before you eversaw her onscreen.
Perhaps you caught sight of her flattened image red lipped and yearning plastered on a mug, Andy Warholstyle.
Maybe you learned through osmosis to regard her as a tragedy.
Monroe is a cinematic atom bomb mushrooming with significance.
At first blush, Sugar could be discarded as just another example of the dumb-blonde archetype.
Hell, she calls herself dumb.
But I think shes too self-aware for that.
Monroe balances the needs of the character beautifully.
This is a movie about desire above all else, and the hilarious ways we strive for it.
Wilder was Americas id.
And theres truth to that.
But Wasson does the film a disservice by restricting its message to good sex.
I contend thatSome Like It Hotis brimming with meaning.
And its for this very reason that were choosing it as our first Friday Movie Night Club pick.
