Film Club: It's a Wonderful Life

"Incredible. Frank Capra was another one of the all-time greats. This film, It's a Wonderful Life, was made, I think, in '46, after the war. Jimmy Stewart had been in the war for years and when he came out, he didn't know if he had the stuff. He does some things in this film that are like... phew. There's one place in the film where he says the word "Mary". It's unbelievable what comes out of his voice, his soul. He's so great in that film. Frank Capra is one of the all time greats for sure." -- David Lynch

Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. Seeing no way out, George considers suicide from the edge of a bridge - but Clarence, his guardian angel, intervenes and shows George what his beloved hometown of Bedford Falls would be like without him.

Shocked by what he sees and at the unforeseen circumstances of his absence, George reconsiders and begs Clarence to return him to the problems of the present and the loving community he has fostered throughout his life.