RunninFool Meets The Blue Angel

Today I showed my class the last half of von Sternberg's Der Blaue Engel. As is customary for me, before beginning the film I asked the class, "Who's feelin' this film?" Their responses varied from astute and engaged to vague and worthless. And then, the highlight of my day. Miss M. pipes up and says, "I'm feelin' it because I've always wanted to see Marlene Dietrich sing that song." It didn't really matter to me that she didn't know the title of "that song" but something in me smiled broadly at the twinkle in her eye -- it was that of a genuine cinephile. And for a moment, I thought, "You go, little girl." And sing that song Miss Marlene did.