ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

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AKA: A Time to Love

Because it's a story of star-crossed lovers and it came out the same year as BbM ?  (Hey, Q's are tough, ok!)



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Welcome back Paul!  Sounds like you had a great time!

[Fran]

Roberta Maxwell played Barbara Peterfreund in Rich Kids and Mrs. Twist in Brokeback Mountain.



From IMDb:

Franny is 12 years old. She, unknowingly, is the glue that keeps her parents together. When she starts keeping tabs on her Dad, however, she begins to unravel the thread that we all dread, Mom and Dad aren't too happy with one another and they are not being honest with their little girl about it. So she starts learning about divorce from a new boy in school who has recently been through it. She realizes that kids have a maturity level that parents never will achieve. Thus said, the parents embark on an all-out search for their daughter amidst the crazy world of a rich kid who has everything. His Dad lives in the most idyllic bachelor pad and doesn't dote on him, his mother is happily married to a psychiatrist cause she doesn't have to pay for the sessions. Ah, the pleasures of divorce. Franny comes full circle with the acknowledgement of her fighting parents and that it's not her fault and they will love her no matter what. If you are a Robert Altman fan, then this film is for you. If you like a good family film with a great score then this is for you. I saw it in the theaters in 1979 and have since loved it on every viewing. I wish this movie was on DVD, but for the time being look for it on Showtime or Encore in WS.

[southendmd]

Stars David Trimble (Basque)  and  Brooklyn Proulx (Jenny, age 4)!!

IMDb user comment:  All the drama and dynamics of watching paint dry.

A shameful rendering of the novel.

David Christensen's sense of artistry is comparable to a painters obsession to the proper selection of wood to build an easel and the proper tension to stretch the canvas. The characters and their actions/interactions are less than vague hollow renderings glibly gleaned from the novel.

Brooklynn Proulx (Sophie) is the only reason for anyone to see this film. But don't worry...She'll be seen in better films in the future.

Hopefully Christensen will return to documentaries where the technical trumps the artistic.

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Because if "that thing gets a hold of us at the wrong place, wrong time?  We're dead."

[Meryl]

Focus Features distributed both Brokeback Mountain and Up at the Villa.

[Ellemeno]

Geraldine Peroni was one of the two editors on both Robert Altman's Vincent & Theo and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.

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Because this movie is also based on a short story and is also masterfully done and because the character that Duvall plays is basically the southern equivalent of Ennis del Mar.  Really, it's uncanny.



From IMDb (Emphasis mine):
A work of rare brilliance...,
This is an incredible film. Not only is it a near perfect visualization of something quite complex, the Faulkner literary style, but it shows Robert Duvall to be the genius that he is. His style is so understated that you might not realize that he is one of the two or three greatest actors alive, but this film will nail that reality home for you. "Tomorrow" is a heartbreaking story set in the deep south a generation after the Civil War, and the tiny sad tale of a man and a woman and their child. It is a tale of profound love felt by people who cannot eloquently express themselves in words due to their social circumstances, but speak volumes with their actions.  And so does the film.  Shot in a very modernist style, there are long pauses, long glances, uncomfortable silences, all just like real life. And the effect, in this case, is brilliant. I am proud to say that I have, in my life, known a few people like the people in this film, and I can tell you that the portrayals are precisely right. The costumes are flawless in their detail. (Duvall's shirt is held shut with a safety pin, a tiny detail that my grandmother noticed immediately as the way men used to do it when the button fell off - she saw it hundreds of times as a girl in the 20's.) I could go on and on, but if you have any interest in Faulkner, or the South, or post Civil War culture, or the human condition in its most affecting moments, you really owe it to yourself to see this little gem of a movie. You absolutely will not be sorry.

[Lynne]

Rodrigo Prieto was cinematographer for the Mexican filmEl Yapo Galeana, which won an award for a short documentary at the Nimes Film Festival, and Brokeback Mountain.

A documentary about Rafael "Yapo" Galeana, native of the coast of the state of Guerrero. We discover two very different aspects of his life.

Premios y Festivales / Awards and Festivals

    * Exhibido en el Festival Latino de Nueva York, EUA, 1991.
    * Exhibida en el Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao, España, 1991.
    * Exhibida en el Festival Internacional de Cortometraje, Leipzig, Alemania, 1993.

[Ellemeno]

Señor!