I would normally complain about the cropping of 1.33 16mm color footage down to 1.50 or thereabouts (or is it 1.66?) but I’ll let it slide this time. Just think of all that Brylcream on each and every guy’s head (except for the baldies) and each and every head covered and half-suffocating under a hat. Think of all the millions who were laughing and struggling and eating steamed potatoes and peach ice cream when this film was shot, and who would be shot, starved, bombed or incinerated to death over the next six years. And if you wanted to get away from it all, all you had to do was pay 25 cents to see Only Angels Have Wings…”who’s Joe?”
