Housesitter

The Rom Com Rewrite

“She understands the truth of things even through all the lies. That’s the whole film.”

Housesitter Year: 1992 Screenplay by: Mark Stein Story by: Mark Stein and Brian Grazer Directed by: Frank Oz Stars: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn

Show notes:

A house that was too big for a woman’s finger, sketched on a napkin and left for another woman to fill. We love this rom com with its gorgeous, forty-seven-year-old leads.

This episode contains a disquisition on domestic architecture.

If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month’s film you can spool forward about twelve minutes into the episode.

In this episode we mention the films: Mary Poppins (1964) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/) Death Becomes Her (1992) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/) First Wives Club (1996) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116313/)

Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a term coined by the critic Nathan Rabin and you can read more about it on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl.

Next month we are going to watch The Idea Of You (2024) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9466114/) and A Family Affair (2024) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21051906/).

If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.

We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

Thank you for listening!