fine whine

So I watched the Alec Guinness “classic” The man in the white suit (1951, directed by Alexander Mackendrick). It was a truly unique movie. I can’t say that I mean that in a good or bad way, really. It’s just so different as to be only possibly called “unique”. I know not of any other movie about a man seeking to create the perfect fabric, one that repels dirt and cannot be torn or cut without an acetylene torch. That’s just the beginning, though, as our protagonist succeeds halfway through and spends the rest of the movie trying in vain to share his creation with the world. He’s up against merely the capitalists and the workers… hijinks ensue, naturally.

I can only imagine the way they’re going to pitch the eventual remake. If they manage to get the Encyclopedia Britannica people to make a product placement deal again. As such it could be intelligent, as the original made a fair stab. The comedy’s probably as funny as the science is correct: I’m not sure and I don’t want to find out.

Watch it if you want to see something unique, though, pick it up at a nearby library (Blockbuster’s not going to carry it, I’d wager).

Oh, and if you’re reading this, Jessica, that one guy is Michael Gough who did, in fact, play Alfred in the Batman movies. So there.