February 9 movie: The Apartment. I resisted watching this movie for a long time. You're probably familiar with the premise: Jack Lemmon is a put-upon office drone who lends his apartment out to executives for their assignations. It's a sad, dark movie about lonely people with modest goals: to use each other more than they are being used by each other.
That description sounds much harsher than I intend. The movie hits a perfect balance of comedy, drama and pathos. Fred MacMurray is scarily good at playing a heartless heel. I don't know why I'm always surprised to see him play louses so well. I saw Double Indemnity.
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