My Funny Valentine

Today i heard this song twice. Both dealt with posession and longing . Both were heartbreaking. But one was convential and one was coded. The first was Julie London . Almost perfect Alto, one of my favorite chantuses (sp). The other was Matt Damon singing it in The Talented Mr Ripley . This whole movie dealt with the inability to express desire. There is a hinting and a yearning to both Jude Law and Matt Damon . Both are sociopaths. One has money , one social climbs. The My Funny Valentine secene is the second scene in a Jazz Club . The First one is racous and fun. They are celebrating being buddys-expats . No sexual tension at all. The second is rife with subtext. Damon sings this while staring at Law . He is using the guise of a standard , one we know so well not to consider its meanings to seduce. But we all know whats going on