When the mail[person] unknowingly disappointed us, failing to deliver the feature we had expected to show, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique was selected to fill the opening. Polish films, tending to be a bit thought-heavy, have a history of not playing too well to our fun-loving MovieNight audience, but this one managed to pull in and satisfy a healthy number of people. I’m uncertain that any of the audience (including myself) came away from this with a clear idea of what had just happened, but Veronique was a feast for the eyes and ears… perhaps a complete understanding of Kieslowski’s concept of the metaphysical connexion between Veronika and Veronique is unnecessary.

Oh yes… as for the vodka question… You might be aware that there are two well-established premium-deluxe vodkas (and several new wannabees) on the market. The two have a similarly designed bottles. One is Polish, and one is French. Are you seeing the connection now? We’ve been keeping Grey Goose on our top shelf for quite a while, but change is good… and since our top shelf isn’t so big, it’s Belvie time at MovieNight!

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