My Salinger Year
2020
Manhattan, New York
Philippe Falardeau
Coming-of-Age Drama
What’s it all about: It’s the mid-90s, and people still smoke in bars. Margaret Qualley finds work the old fashioned way, slaving at a typewriter and hoping that Working Girl boss Sigourney Weaver will actually help advance her career. Pretty much The Devil Wears Prada retold with frumpier clothes and hairstyles.
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: reading too much into The Catcher in the Rye
Relics: mini-cassette dictation, desktop computers, landing an entry-level job without a parental connection
Hoops: the lame boyfriend you shed on your way to self-actualization; going to your boss’s home and discovering she’s human
Heartthrob: Hamza Haq
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: calf length skirts
LoFi Magic: impromptu dancing at the Waldorf Astoria; passing your younger self on the street
Makes me want to: receive a letter
Candotti Take: n/a
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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