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BY NAOMI & HERB*
Rappahannock News Writer
The American Film Institute recently released its list of the top 100 funniest films. There must be something about a man in women’s clothing that is a real crack up, because numbers one and two on the list were “Some Like it Hot” (1959) and “Tootsie” (1982). Numbers three to ten are: “Blazing Saddles” (1974), “M*A*S*H” (1970), “It Happened One Night” (1934), “The Graduate” (1967), and “Airplane” (1967). Eight of the ten films, as well as many other on the top 100 list, are available for rental at your neighborhood video store, Cinema Paradiso.
It’s been a hot and wet couple of weeks, and we’ve come in from the garden to watch a , few films.
• Music of the Heart, 1999, PG, 124 minutes. Based on a true story, this film is a must see for all teachers, as well as parents of school age children, particularly ones interested in music. Meryl Streep plays Roberto Gaspauri, the real life woman (and one time music student) dumped by her career-Navy husband with two little kids to support. Through fortuitous happenstance, she ends up at a tough inner city East Harlem elementary school, where she founds and fights for a violin program.
She faces resentment from parents and other teachers, both because she is white and because she is teaching violin, something many parents feel
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