Sunday, December 30, 2012

Days of Wine and Roses

Song - Days of Wine and Roses (#39)

This is the story of a couple's decent from social drinking into alcoholism.  It's probably fairly realistic and was well-acted, but got a bit preachy at times (which was probably the point, because I don't know why else you'd make a movie like this).  These days, it probably would end up on Lifetime instead of the big screen.  Then again, When a Man Loves a Woman was very similar, and that was released theatrically.

As for the song - Henry Mancini had some notable tunes that are worthy of this list (Pink Panther, M*A*S*H...maybe Moon River, although I don't get the appeal of that song).  This, however, is just 1960s cheesiness.  There are other songs that should have had this spot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGA6b-DoX4c

2 comments:

melilotnfosco said...

can't handle it. can't listen to that song.

hobbitsister said...

that's what i'm saying