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How calmly does the olive branch Some time while light obscures the tree A chronicle no longer gold An intercourse not well designed And still the ripe fruit and the branch Oh courage! Could you not as well Nonno’s (Cyril Delevanti) final poem, the completion of which seemingly clears his road to death, is the crowning moment in the always wonderful The Night of the Iguana<\/em>. Tennessee Williams was a playwright, and his works are by definition theatrical. Yet this play, an exceptional cast of actors, beautiful location photography, and most of all, a director (John Huston) with a wicked sense of humor, combine to give the film version a life of its own.<\/p>\n Although I have seen this film more than ten times (and shown it an unprecedented four times at MovieNight!), I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years… I fell in love with it all over again last night. Maybe we’ll show it again next season?<\/p>\n In an attempt to bring back a more party-like atmosphere in the wake of a spate of quite heavy films, we offered a special theme cocktail; the Rum Coco (golden rum, coconut water, agave syrup, and lemon juice). Some say that Williams meant the rum coco as a metaphor for decay, but we see it as a metaphor for “OK!” Well, you know what I mean.<\/p>\n Last night also saw the unanticipated (to some) return of the MovieNight Season Raffle Prize. 3 tickets were sold.<\/p>\n We now have a good supply of Danny Bo’s CHOCKA frozen chocolate vodka (both milk and dark versions); a decadent treat available at the Bowery Hotel Bar, and MovieNight.\u00c2\u00a0 Yummy.<\/p>\n More about this film on IMDb How calmly does the olive branch Observe the sky begin to blanch Without a cry, without a prayer With no betrayal of despair Some time while light obscures the tree The zenith of its life will be Gone past forever And from thence A second history will commence A chronicle no longer gold A bargaining … Continue reading The Night of the Iguana: A poem, Rum Coco, the Raffle, and CHOCKA.<\/span>
\nObserve the sky begin to blanch
\nWithout a cry, without a prayer
\nWith no betrayal of despair<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe zenith of its life will be
\nGone past forever
\nAnd from thence
\nA second history will commence<\/em><\/p>\n
\nA bargaining with mist and mold
\nAnd finally the broken stem
\nThe plummeting to earth, and then<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFor beings of a golden kind
\nWhose native green must arch above
\nThe earth’s obscene corrupting love<\/em><\/p>\n
\nObserve the sky begin to blanch
\nWithout a cry, without a prayer
\nWith no betrayal of despair<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSelect a second place to dwell
\nNot only in that golden tree
\nBut in the frightened heart of me<\/em><\/p>\n![\"imdb\"](\"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/imdb.gif\" "\\"imdb\\"")
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