Bell Book and Candle

thank goodness for revival houses. my local one played this today (35mm.)and it makes going home to see it on the small screen such a shame. with a face like Kim Novaks the bigger the screen the better. this has to be her crowning achievement. she is so intoxicating. watching her pad around her little shop in her bare feet and snuggling up with her cat Pyewacket will put you under a spell. and thats exactly what happens to unsuspecting Jimmy Stewart when he needs to borrow her phone. a limited amount of space here prevents me from including all of the wonderful aspects of this movie-an underground beatnik/witches nightclub,ernie kovacs slurring performance,elsa lancasters giddy auntie,the potion drinking in an old witchs lair,and the line that elicited the biggest response from the revival house crowd when Jimmy asks Kim if shes done something un-american. no, she says, just something very american..very early american..that she has lived her life as a witch. but if ever i were to be ..bewitched, it is Kim that does it to me.                                                     5/1/07