Some Like It Hot has got to be one of the most well known movies, but I had never seen it before. This 1959 classic was a charmingly fun 7 (I enjoy watching it and wouldn't mind seeing it again).
Two musicians witness a gang-land killing after the Mozarella's Funeral Parlour is busted - it's an illegal bar in dry Chicago. The musicians escape by disguising themselves as woman and join a woman's musical group who are leaving cold snowy Chicago and going to sunny Florida. Bring on all the expected jokes and sticky situations like the "girls" party in the train. Joe "Josephine" falls for Sugar (Marilyn Monroe) and pretends to a be millionaire with his own yacht to win her. Meanwhile, Jerry "Daphne" must fend off the amorous advances of real millionaire. Just when things are are suitable confused and chaotic, the mob arrives - a quick get away with hearts intact, both physical and metaphorical, is required.
This film was pure slapstick comedy, with a light hearted romancing between Marilyn Monroe and the more serious musician Joe (Tony Curtis) which was funny as well as being oh-so-very-very-slightly touching. The other musician Jerry (Jack Lemmon) was played over the top to great effect and gave it all that extra manic urgency and wild energy. These two stumbling guys as girls was a laugh. And the cliched gangsters in the film were perfect - the spats, the toothpick, the tossing of the coin - to show that there was some menace, without being a menace at all. Finally, the obligatory Marilyn Monroe shot.
Two musicians witness a gang-land killing after the Mozarella's Funeral Parlour is busted - it's an illegal bar in dry Chicago. The musicians escape by disguising themselves as woman and join a woman's musical group who are leaving cold snowy Chicago and going to sunny Florida. Bring on all the expected jokes and sticky situations like the "girls" party in the train. Joe "Josephine" falls for Sugar (Marilyn Monroe) and pretends to a be millionaire with his own yacht to win her. Meanwhile, Jerry "Daphne" must fend off the amorous advances of real millionaire. Just when things are are suitable confused and chaotic, the mob arrives - a quick get away with hearts intact, both physical and metaphorical, is required.
This film was pure slapstick comedy, with a light hearted romancing between Marilyn Monroe and the more serious musician Joe (Tony Curtis) which was funny as well as being oh-so-very-very-slightly touching. The other musician Jerry (Jack Lemmon) was played over the top to great effect and gave it all that extra manic urgency and wild energy. These two stumbling guys as girls was a laugh. And the cliched gangsters in the film were perfect - the spats, the toothpick, the tossing of the coin - to show that there was some menace, without being a menace at all. Finally, the obligatory Marilyn Monroe shot.
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