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September052007

If This Was Made for You, You May Be Made For Me

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Can you imagine an expertly edited, magnificently pared-down, eight-minute-long version of His Girl Friday with not a word of dialogue? That’s no impediment for those who know every breath, carnation, siren, sigh, innuendo, newsroom bell, typewriter report, bang, cry, groan, and cock of the eyebrow. Go watch it at Bad for the Glass, where I found it, and which adds the comment: “This experimental edit of the film removes every word, leaving in only sneezes and grunts and Cary Grant’s delightful laugh. Knowing the film’s plot, the rapid edits are intriguing in places. And this shortened version helps you actually pay closer attention to Hawks’ marvelous visual staging, even in a setbound film like ‘Friday.’” The editing is by Valentin Spirik. Bravo.

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