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Vivian MacKerrell

Joan Crawford in Rain (1932)
15 Great Movies to Watch on a Rainy Day
Joan Crawford in Rain (1932)
If you’re sunk in a swamp of solitude, there are movies.

If you’re drowned in the deluge of chaos, there are movies.

If you’re drenched in a drizzle of nostalgia, there are movies.

If you’re struck by the lightning of love, there are movies.

If you’re threatened by a downpour of death, there are movies.

If you’re at home on a rainy day, there are movies.

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to watch a movie. Some of the greatest films in cinematic history owe their greatness to the presence of rain. Rain in cinema is often said to be the symbol of nostalgia, solitude, chaos, love, rejection, death, decay, and so on. But are not some things just simply what they are and nothing more? In the end, rain is just rain, water returning to its origin. The...
See full article at High on Films
  • 4/9/2025
  • by Deloret Imnidian
  • High on Films
Bruce Robinson at an event for The Rum Diary (2011)
Diaries of actor who inspired character of Withnail to be auctioned in London
Bruce Robinson at an event for The Rum Diary (2011)
Vivian MacKerrell – who really did drink lighter fluid – shared a house with Withnail and I director Bruce Robinson

“I must have some booze!” So goes the famous line exclaimed by Richard E Grant in his turn as the title character in the cult classic Withnail and I.

And judging by recently unearthed diaries kept by one of the struggling actors the film was based on, it’s clear to see how that kind of dialogue came so easy.
See full article at The Guardian - Film News
  • 6/25/2024
  • by Sammy Gecsoyler
  • The Guardian - Film News
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