I was watching this film , after greatly anticipating seeing it. Well, the corny narration and ZOOM IN'S really caught my attention. Where have I seen this before? Oh yes, The Royal Tananbaums.. It's a great story but ruined by this old style archaic way of shooting film. What's with the narration? Also,, the whole ZOOM lens thing.. very early 60's. One of the first things I learned in film school was the zoom lens, was invented,, and suddenly everyone started ZOOMING IN AND ZOOMING OUT. Until it was realized that it simply doesn't work. Film should reflect what the eye sees. The zoom does not reflect this. I found this film hard to watch, and horribly dated, even though it's brand new.