tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post7248710354204457431..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: Our Man in HavanaJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-76201662035169778572010-01-19T11:50:17.958-06:002010-01-19T11:50:17.958-06:00It features the precise sort of cynical, vaguely w...It features the precise sort of cynical, vaguely whimsical humor I love. And I do think it's been somewhat overlooked. As Jon said elsewhere, how entertaining to think of Carol Reed with "The Third Man," "Oliver!" and "Our Man in Havana" all on his resume.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-73267998744310780372010-01-19T11:37:03.678-06:002010-01-19T11:37:03.678-06:00I remember my parents excitedly talking about it o...I remember my parents excitedly talking about it over breakfast one Sunday morning, having left us with a sitter and gone out to see it the previous night. I couldn't quite follow their plot description and in fact have never seen it, but I mean to remedy the situation now.<br /><br />And as you said, what a casting mix! Sir Alec and Sir Noel are sort of in the same restrained-upperclass mold, Sir Ralph isn't too far off though a tad earthier... and then you add Burl Ives and Ernie Kovacs! doing accents!JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-79692164857531506182010-01-18T17:18:19.565-06:002010-01-18T17:18:19.565-06:00So that's what happens in that film! I saw it...So that's what happens in that film! I saw it as a child and couldn't follow the plot! Sounds really good.<br /><br />I did read Alec Guiness's memoir this summer!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com