I’ve decided to start keeping track of what me and Caree watch. Today we watched The Shop Around the Corner.
It was Caree’s first time watching this. She gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
It was, I don’t know, maybe my 4th time seeing it. I’d give it a Top-Notch. Lubitsch was the goddamn master. He doesn’t underline his jokes, just trusts the audience to keep up, and can actually write dialogue that plays on multiple levels without winking at us about how clever he is. Unlike a certain Nora Ephron I could name (though she’s not that bad, really, compared to, um, almost anyone else doing romantic comedies these days.)
According to the DVD, this came out the same year (1940) as The Philadelphia Story, so it was pretty much a hell of a year for Jimmy Stewart, too.
