By skyforbes 
Had the absolute pleasure of going along to the Pictureville cinema here in Bradford this weekend to watch Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. Blake Edwards) as part of their Widescreen Weekend film festival.
It was on my radar for a while, but I’d never gotten around to watching it, and when some friends of mine were going along I booked my ticket to go along with.
Victor/Victoria is a remake of the 1933 Viktor und Viktoria — I knew it was widely acclaimed, but it was such an absolute delight, it really was so much better than I even anticipated.
It’s a rom-com that starts with a simple premise: Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews) is a down-on-her-luck soprano trying to find a job in Paris in 1934. She’s utterly starving after failing out on an audition in a gay club, Chez Lui, and crosses paths with Toddy (Robert Preston), who’s just been fired from the same establishment. As she’s tossing Toddy’s no-good boyfriend out on his arse, Toddy is struck with a genius notion: they’ll put Victoria in drag and have her play as a man… in a drag act.
A woman playing a man playing a woman… What could be more perfect?
From the out, this is a film that is so rich with queer jokes and banter — Chez Lui is seedy and nasty and also completely status-obsessed in a way that’s…
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