Tuesdays, ah, Tuesdays. My long and busy day. Got home late-ish and decided the perfect post-prandial would be a movie. Fortunately, there is a theatre just around the corner. It has a smoky little entry with 4 tables and a bar with dusty plastic flowers in vases next to the ashtrays.
This is the coolest, grimiest little place. a) you can bring your own drinks, and b)the first German-to-German subtitled movie I ever saw was here, Swiss German apparently requiring explanation for the rest of the German-speaking world, and c) you probably won't see mice running across the theatre floor in the warmer months. Sadly, today does not find itself in a warmer month.
Tonight I thoroughly enjoyed "Die Unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott", which is an Austrian comedy set in Graz. The title loosely translates as "The unintentional kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott" Ms. Ott happens to be a real actress who plays herself. Oh, such wacky good fun. Can't imagine enjoying it more even if I DID understand that Graz dialect. So what is this all about then? Well, an accidental kidnapping. Of Ms. Ott. High art it ain't. But go see it if you want a midweek chuckle & mouse sightings.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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