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From: whc@sftri.UUCP (W.H.Canilang)
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Subject: re: Comfort and Joy
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:03:21 EST
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I saw "Comfort and Joy" recently in Chicago and truly enjoyed this
delightful little Christmas card from Forsyth.  I have also seen "Gregory's
Girl" and "Local Hero", and "Comfort and Joy" just didn't seem to measure
up in my opinion.  Whereas "Gregory's Girl" is a tender, comical snapshot
of that 'awkward' period of growing up, and "Local Hero" casts a certain
mythical/mystical spell over the viewer, "Comfort and Joy" is simply
a delectable, disposable fluff.  Sure it's about someone finding that they
have an influence on people's lives around them but don't you think a
silly local ice cream skirmish compared to the problems of growing up or
the altering of people's lives as technology marches forward is a little
contrived?  Anyway, "Comfort and Joy" gets my (reserved) recommendation.  

For those interested, I read somewhere that Forsyth had conceived of
"Comfort and Joy" before doing "Gregory's Girl" but was unable to drum up
enough interest.  He did it now, after establishing his name/box office
potential(?) and evolving "Comfort and Joy"'s ideas into "Local Hero". 
There's also a pre-"Gregory's Girl" movie called "That Sinking Feeling"
that was around NYC last Christmas(?).  It has something to do with a bunch
of lads out to get themslves some glory by stealing sinks in and around
Glasgow(?).  I believe it featured a few of Forsyth's favorite actors (the
tall one who played Gregory and Ricky Tarr in "Local Hero"; the mop topped
one who played Gregory's Caracas-bound friend and auto mechanic in "C&J"). 
Forsyth had tried to block distribution, saying that it was not a mature
enough work.  I never saw it, but the N.Y. Times liked it.  Any one see it?

					Bill Canilang
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