W.C. Fields plays himself, having a typical day at his studio, Esoteric Pictures. Fields eats breakfast, spars with a sarcastic waitress and then pitches his fractured script to studio head Franklin Pangborn. The script reading becomes a film within a film, commencing with the hero of the tale leaping out of an airplane in hot pursuit of a flask of whiskey. He lands on the bed of an innocent young girl and tries to seduce her before her mom comes crashing in. Fields then escapes over a cliff in find out more...

Just simply the best musical ever made. Witty, inventive, brilliant, wonderful and slightly surreal; it manages to parody Hollywood without ever quite descending into self-parody, always retaining its dignity (always dignity...) A must-watch every few years or so.

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A surprisingly effective movie version of Dennis Potter's seminal TV drama, that, considering the slicing and dicing involved to squeeze the original story down to a 95 minute running time, captures the surreal essence of the original. find out more...

Adult movie actor Hsiao-Kang (male) meets Shiang-chyi (female) in a Taipei with a severe water shortage; television programs are demonstrating various water-saving methods and encouraging people to drink watermelon juice. find out more...