Brief Encounters

[Frank E Gibbard]

It's a film a steamy English romance,
hero and heroine in black and white
(the steam of ancient train's smoke),
give each other a sly furtive glance
no prospect of rapid grope or poke;
he removing from her eye a speck,
they part the gent risks a little peck
Sex? Not in this Empire, oh no siree
Viewer imagine but you may not see.

In a French flick au contraire oui oui
Oh ho ho monochrome mais tres blue
A subttitle or two then "how do you do?"
Hairy hunk grabs at the buxom wench
Tips her over a bed or maybe a bench
Barechest nuzzles the actress's breasts
Climax achieved as their gasping attests
Post-coitus Gauloisy kisses get shared,
Anglo-Gallic brief encounters compared.

[dr_con]

Ha! Too true. A fan of these cinemas and O boy! Cliff notes, most beatific!

 

Juris

[tonyv]

Gotta love the retro, the "classics." Nice comparison, juxtaposition of the two in two verses.

 

Tony

[Benjamin]

Love old monochrome classics (particularly film noir). The genteel and tacit invariably deposed by the dark side of human nature for public consumption. I recall reading that love scenes could only be filmed while the male actor had one foot on the bedroom floor. How times have changed. Preferred Trevor Howard in "The Third Man" but that's mainly because I never tire of listening to the wonderful, atmospheric zither music of Anton Karas throughout the film.