Matilda

The book "On Repeat" by Margules introduced me to the fact that many people naturally listen to the same music repeatedly but go out of their way to avoid reading a book they have read.  The book by C. S. Lewis "An Experiment in Criticism" emphasizes that serious readers often return to a book.  I have had little experience with film studies but someone told me that a film course they took required watching a movie three times over: once for a general introduction, once with an eye to the acting and directing emphases and once for concentration on camera angles and lighting.

Last night we watched the movie "Matilda" and I was surprised to find that previous viewing came back to me at moments expectedly.  The movie is about a young child, maybe first grade age, with an unusual mind.  It is the story told in the children's book by Roald Dahl.  This little girl is the daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman, a father and mother who are unable to see they have an unusually intelligent child.

The whole experience of watching the smug, certain parents and the child's experience attending the school headed by actually dangerous Principal Trunchbull who despises children is a delight.