So it was possible to enjoy Woody Allen's recent film, Blue Jasmine and its original inspiration, A Streetcar named Desire, on the same longhaul flight - and the fact that this happened on an unrecognised Christmas day flight on an Emirates A380 seemed almost destined!
I have never been a fan of Woody's angst ridden films, but I seem to be attracted to his indulgences of human frailty. I had been recommended Blue Jasmine by sane and sensible friends and I am a big fan of Cate Blanchett, so it was not a difficult decision from the hundreds of possible movies.
At its most basic, the single line review
"A New York housewife struggles through a life crisis" is totally accurate...and then she moves to San Francisco, to live with her adopted sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins) above a Mexican café.
Cate plays Blanche DuBois,and oscillates between neurotic, psychotic and totally out there - most often quite believably. Somehow, the
roller coaster ride was more manageable on the small screen, but I do wish Woody could intersperse a geuinely hopefully positive ending in some future movie.
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