200 films in 50 words, #10
The Girl Chewing Gum, dir. John Smith (1976), Sofa (Mubi), Home, 22/1/23.
Mubi has loads of John Smith! (Not the Labour leader or beer.) Stage directions of a corner of Kingsland Road I knew years ago. Wonderful, but today, my third time watching, the ending felt oddly sad. The woman in the window, the cinema, long gone. The final field, still ringing.
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