Autoharp sighting...
Whilst moving my boat home,
from Llangollen, I had a few evenings by myself. And one night I went to the
cinema, to see The Bourne Legacy - the Bourne movie without Jason Bourne,
written and directed by the usual Bourne scriptwriter, Tony Gilroy. The movie
has had very mixed reviews - but I enjoyed it as a further exploration of the
'Bourne world'.
Anyway... The movie has an
autoharp in it, just part of the set dressing - in a cabin in the snow, propped
against the wall, never explained or mentioned. There is no reason for an
autoharp to be there. You have to think that maybe - because the scene IS set
in a cabin in the snow - this is a cineaste's reference to the W.C. Fields
short, The Fatal Glass of Beer.
Shortly after you see the autoharp (spoiler alert!) the cabin in the snow is blown up by a missile
launched from a drone. And the autoharp too, we must suppose...
Patrick O'Sullivan
