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The Shop Around The Corner: You've Got Snail Mail

The Shop Around The Corner: You've Got Snail Mail

FromHave You Ever Seen


The Shop Around The Corner: You've Got Snail Mail

FromHave You Ever Seen

ratings:
Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bonus episode! As the holiday season envelops us all and the end of 2022 draws near, Ryan turns his eye to an 82-year-old (supposed) Christmas movie starring Margaret Sullavan and Jimmy Stewart. The 2 Hungarian shop-workers spend most of the 100 minutes of Ernst Lubitsch's rom-com fussing and feuding, not knowing they're also pen pals who are actually crazy about each other. Yup, this was You've Got Mail before Tom and Meg were even born. The Shop Around The Corner is pleasant and winning, but it's a shame that the com isn't as effective as the rom...which has its failings too. The hook in this episode is commercialization and the love of money more than the love of Christmas or even...well, love. So grab a blanket and curl up by the fireplace this weekend with Ryan's latest oral essay that breaks down a touch of Lubitsch and his movie about "I hate you in person, but I love you on paper".   Tweet either of us (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) and/or send us a Christmas card of sorts via email (top100projectpodcast@gmail.com).
Released:
Dec 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!