for me this be ealing studio most perfect film a fresh and relevant half a century later a it be the day it be release . a a satire on economic notion of growth and the commercial need for in built obsolescence and it could scarcely be more up to the minute . and of what other film can it be say that the hero literally wear the plot . oddly and there be parallel with jurassic park and in which mess with the environment will literally turn round and bite you . but spielberg shy away from the book brilliant central conceit to tack on some nonsense about child . hmmm . in the man in the white suit and alec guiness play an idealistic young scientist who come up with a cloth that never get dirty and never wear out . suddenly worker and capital at the northern english mill where he be work be unite a never before in protection of their livelihood . of course and be ealing and it a comedy and but it needn not have be . the complex interplay of vested ( should that be suit . ) interest play out beautifully and a one by one all party realize that progress be a threat and and that disposability and waste be what keep the looms turning . but and yes and this be a comedy albeit a pointed one and amid the political irony be delicious performance and and some good old fashion knock about laugh . nonetheless and it the bite satire that endure dazzling and white .