A
couple of friends were recently celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary. The husband, during the toasting at the dinner table, said
that to them, the celebration of their wedding is an everyday event,
not just on that same day each year. What a wonderful toast!
Everyday
is anniversary of some wonderful things that should be celebrated, and
often are, by those to whom that day means something special. That same
day my blessed friends celebrated their happy marriage for 40 years,
is also the anniversary of the unforgettable film 'Cabaret', the most
enjoyable, dark, sexy musical, entertaining and divinely decadent. To
me it's definitely Liza Minnelli's best cinematic work, but I think
it's Joel Grey's performance the most outstanding, impressive and
unforgettable.
On
the 9th of April, another great film of even bigger fame and success,
with very serious true life content was the 50th anniversary of the
film 'To kill a mocking bird', most elaborately celebrated in the United
States. Not just the film, but the book too by Harper Lee who, in 2007
was consecrated by the then American president George Bush with the
medal of Liberty. The film won Gregory Peck his only Oscar in his
distinguished film career, Just by passing, his roll was first offered
to Rock Hudson then Spencer Tracy, but neither wished or could accept
it, probably for the implication of the then very controversial theme
of racism.
Even
most recently, on the 14th this month, was the centenary of the
sinking of the Titanic, the several versions & remakes, TV
programmes, documentaries, stage plays, books, photo exhibitions,
interviews of survivors, articles of critics, published opinions of the
famous and the general public, and a dozen more etceteras.
Nearly
everyday I can think of something I did on the same day some other
year,or a couple of things I didn't do but wish I had. Two anniversary
dates I will never ever forget, the death of my mother and the fatal
accident of the man whose proposal I happily accepted on that very same
fateful day when he died.
