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April 1, 2008
Oscar Challenge: Cavalcade
These pre-WWII war movies are creeping me out. In the beginning of Cavalcade (filmed in 1933), our heroine worries about her husband going off to fight the Boer War. She objects strenuously about the pointlessness of this particular war. She has two young sons, so you know this scene will be repeated when WWI breaks out.
When WWI does break out, the younger son (now 18 or so) goes to the roof of a theatre with his sweetheart during an air raid. They watch the bombing of London by a slow, lumbering zeppelin. Watching this scene and knowing what would happen to London in six more years made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Anyway, this was a great flick. I think this is my favorite of the Best Picture films we've seen so far. (AQOTWF was better, but I liked this more.) The costumes were outstanding, the acting was lovely, and, of course, Noel Coward's words always make me want to swim in a vat of Champagne.
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And I created a new champagne cocktail while we were watching the young soldiers on leave drinking champagne. Champagne with a splash of Creme de Violette. Just a hint of violet on the nose and palate and the most beautiful color that shifted from grey to blue to purple as the light refracted through my great-grandmother's champagne coupes. Perhaps we should call it the Cavalcade.
Posted by: Nathan at April 1, 2008 5:29 PM
That's a darned fine name for a darned fine cocktail.
Posted by: Kate at April 6, 2008 12:37 AM