1. His Girl Friday was the first movie we watched where sound was a big part. The speech in the film is pretty hard to follow if you can't pay attention for the whole time, but it is still entertaining in most parts to pull you back in. It was interesting to learn in class that the cameras used for filming movies with sound had to be in a sound proof room so that the mics wouldn't pick up any of the camera noise. I wouldn't place this film in my top 5, but for what it was, it was a speedy and witty comedy that was more like a play than an actual movie, but it was still very good.
2. This site is another review that delves deeper into the movies history and what it is best known for. The overlapping dialoge was something that most films tend to never do as it would be hard to follow in terms of telling a story. For this movie though, it adds to the scene as a way to display frantic events such as the reporters trying to get a story from someone. It also didn't receive any academy award nominations, but that makes sense to me.
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3. Since the article was a review of the movie, it tends to just examine what we just saw in the film. There's a little backstory to how this was made for the screen, the attempts of various remakes and how the overlapping dialoge was for what this film was known for. There really isn't that much more to say that about the sites contribution to this post. I'll save what I have to say for my analysis.
4. Personally, I found His Girl Friday to be an enjoyable film after the man broke out of prison. I believe it was around the halfway mark and at this time, you get to see the true intentions of every character. The reporters reminded me of sharks or rats in that they know that the newspaper is the most trusted source of information, so they feel they can do whatever they want to get a story, even if that means making people feel horrible. The police are even people that can't entirely be trusted when they start to ignore the fact that the man who is to be executed should be released and once the paper finds out about it, they cowardly submit to the press as if it were the enforcement of the people.
The main characters were well acted and I was impressed that most of the film had very little editing during long series of dialoge, which adds to my appreciation for the professionalism of the actors. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell have a funny banter that makes lets you inside to how their relationship was before they were divorced. The mishaps of her fiance, also adds to the hilarity of the film and sends a subliminal message to the audience that the divorced couple would probably end up back together in the end. Which brings me to the ending as it felt abrupt and forced when they decided to get back together, but I guess that is what the whole film was made to be, a car that speeds by you so that you can only catch a glimpse to appreciate it for the short amount of time you see it.
