Friday 17 January 2014

My Beautiful Laundrette



One thing that stroke me when walking the streets of american cities is the amount of coin operated laundries (and cleaners as well. Dry cleaners? I don't know). I was reminded of it yesterday when I watched My Beautiful Laundrette, a 1985 movie by Stephen Frears starring young Daniel Day-Lewis. I thought it was a remarkable movie in many aspects and I was mesmerised by the poetry of the images that were offered to the viewer. I will no doubt watch it again. Meanwhile I wrote a few lines about it…












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