![]() ![]() Both main characters (man and wife) are stubborn about certain principles, and it comes to a rather simple kind of violence between them. The Kite: Really a tale of a marriage that comes unhinged on one basic misunderstanding. The Alien Corn: More straightforward (except the title), and reveals a common Maugham theme of getting the practical British old folks to appreciate an artist's sensibility. And things go exactly backwards, without the son really having a thing to do with it. A man is given advice by his father before going to Monte Carlo (that rich person's den of temptation). ![]() The Facts of Life: The most fun might be the first, logically placed. I'm not talking plot, but some other quality. It's hard to go into them all in detail but I'll point out the key thing to each that makes them watchable. And, especially for those of us who aren't British, they are a total insight into British life (mostly upper class British life, for sure, and mostly post-war era). You can only get so far into complexity in a short time, but these do well at packing their narrative efficiently. They all have a witty naturalism that's totally likable, and the slice of life insights are sometimes even moving. Quartet (1948) A set of four half-hour movies built on stories by Somerset Maugham, who also introduces the movie. ![]()
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