Withnail and I, Bruce Robinson’s 1987 cult masterpiece starring Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant, is the crown jewel of cinematic dissolution, an existentially hilarious and deeply tragic portrait of two out-of-work actors swirling down the drain of 1969 London. It is the perfect portrayal of the glamorous allure of self-destruction; right on the cusp of great societal change, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and his nervous companion, the unnamed “I” (Paul McGann) are too busy reveling in their own failure to join the party. Thanks to the Boondocks Film Society, Withnail and I will be screened at the Triplex in Great Barrington on Tuesday, March 25.
