Annette (5 Stars)

I have over 2000 films on DVD and Blu-ray, so I need to organise them. I keep the films I've just watched or intend to watch soon in my bedroom, but my main collection is in the cellar, neatly organised in alphabetical order. I boast that I can walk into the cellar and grab any film I want to watch within 10 seconds, usually much faster. But in October I had a problem. I wanted to watch "Annette", and I couldn't find it anywhere. It wasn't in the cellar, so I hunted for it everywhere. First I looked in all the logical places where I might have mislaid it. Then I looked in all the stupid places. I hunted for weeks. It really annoyed me. Finally I gave up and re-ordered it in Amazon's Black Friday sale. It was cheap, much cheaper than the price I'd originally paid for it, so I was happy, even though it wasn't in stock and I had to wait three weeks to get it.

Then, on the same day the replacement disc arrived, I found the old disc. The trouble with ordering my films alphabetically is that I rely on the system. If I make a mistake in placing the films in my shelves I'm in a mess. That's what happened. I was taking another film from my shelf, and there was "Annette" staring at me, neatly placed between "Aaaaaaaah" and "Abominable Doctor Phibes". I could have kicked myself for my stupidity. It was only five places out of order, but I never noticed it when I was looking for it.

There might be other films out of order, but the problem is that I only discover that a film is misplaced when I want to watch it. There are films that I only watch once in five years or even less. I only discover a mistake when I fail to find a film within 10 seconds. By then it's too late.

I'm really glad that I could watch "Annette" again today. I only gave it an average rating the last two times I watched it. I didn't enjoy the music, and I found the main character (Annette's father) unpleasant. And yet the film stuck in my mind. I was sure I would like it more if I watched it again. And I did. Yes, Annette's father is unpleasant, but that's the whole point of the film. An elegant opera singer falls in love with an obscene, provocative comedian. Opposites attract, we all know that, but can such relationships survive? In "Annette" we see that the relationship is doomed to failure from the beginning.

It's a brilliant film.

Success Rate:  - 5.0

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