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| Emma Stone and Colin Firth |
Bart suggested we take in Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight this afternoon, so I treated myself to that greatest of all movie-going
advantages — knowing absolutely nothing about what I was about to see. So I was
pleasantly surprised to find Colin Firth and Emma Stone in the roles of
rationalist vs. mystic, a kind of Harry Houdini meets Dion Fortune in the gauzy
golden glow of the Cote d’Azur just before the 1929 crash.
Woody Allen’s old-fashioned recipe includes a generous
portion of green-glowing romantic-dream cinematography, a touch of Higgins and
Eliza and just a pinch of the supercilious Mr. Darcy. Not only can Firth convincingly
play an imperious, infallible intellectual, but he can give his portrayal just the
right, slight note of fatuousness to bring the whole thing off with a likeable
charm.
An excellent suggestion, Bart.
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