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TOTW 15/07: Short story or movie, which one do you prefer?

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Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: brokeplex on December 02, 2007, 09:34:30 pm ---What did you think of the decor in Alma's apt with Ennis in Riverton? I thought that was right on target for a poor young married couple with a young child. The Singer sewing machine over in the corner, the red Betty Crocker cookbook on the drainboard, the plastic glued on vanity cabinets in bathroom. Wow, I think Ang Lee sure got that one right!

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I agree! From what I've read, he and his wife were in a similar situation  when he was young and studying at the University of Chicago and later in New York. Minus the rural aspect, of course! Alma's prominently displayed sewing machine, along with her knitting, made me think of her as a kind of Penelope character, waiting for her man to come home, or more to the point, to his senses. And in the opposite corner was a chilling tryptich--a vacumn cleaner (a reminder of Jack, since he is associated with the wind), a water heater (ditto, Jack was associated with water), and, most chilling of all, an iron on an ironing board!!  :'(

brokeplex:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 02, 2007, 10:09:07 pm ---I agree! From what I've read, he and his wife were in a similar situation  when he was young and studying at the University of Chicago and later in New York. Minus the rural aspect, of course! Alma's prominently displayed sewing machine, along with her knitting, made me think of her as a kind of Penelope character, waiting for her man to come home, or more to the point, to his senses. And in the opposite corner was a chilling tryptich--a vacumn cleaner (a reminder of Jack, since he is associated with the wind), a water heater (ditto, Jack was associated with water), and, most chilling of all, an iron on an ironing board!!  :'(


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Thanks! Wow that is very good. Front Ranger! ....we see more and more into this movie......Ennis as Ulysses, Jack as hmmmmmmm, I don't know? one of the sirens that lured nearly lured the crew to their deaths........ I have become obsessed with the deeper meanings of the movie and the short story.

Artiste:
Thanks Front-Ranger, and thanks brokeplex!!

You two bring up much, to my surprise about decor. I am really happy about your questions and details you two provide. I always wanted to do such decor, especially paintings for films. I still dream of doing it... but since one I went out with was a gay man like I am, and that Walt Disney studios became anti-gay after Walt died, I became disintered! (Did you know that Walt got his idea here in Canada?)

I have sold some decor itemsfor movies, some I know about, because most I do not name the films since these sales have been indirect.  I do not know if any were in the BM movie. One big movie I know about, but I have not seen yet.

During my Montreal exhibition of my paintings I created, I had a spectator who does designs of decor for movies (USA...). I have her address and plan to contact her, and ask her if she had seen the BM movie or did one or more of those decors.

In my Los Angeles studio days, I did meet often decor persons for movies, but I did not ask, unfortunately. I regret that I do not even remember their names to-day! They showed black and white silent movies at their residence, often, which I learned to like very much. One such actor is or was a relative of mine... it seems. Others I knew in LA were actors, art critic about movies, etc., but I do not know if any of my relatives are in the movie industry these days... even if many still live in California!

Do I like the movie or the book better?? Boy, now I have to consider decors!! Wow, such is a welcomed challenge you give me brokeplex and Front-Ranger!! The adventure continues... is the book detailed for decors??

Hugs!! Hugs!!

serious crayons:
I think all of the movie's decors are really fabulous depictions of time and socio-economic level and character, along with little movie/story-oriented metaphors and clues. It's amazing that a movie directed by a non-American can be so consistently spot-on with Americana details.

One question about Jack and Lureen's house, Brokeplex. Do you think it's tacky in an inherent sense, or is it tacky to our contemporary eyes because it's so '70s?

Artiste:
We can and must congratulate the ones who created such decors!!

At least, I do... so far. I know that some were OK for me. Since you ask brokeplex, you will get my answer  as I will later on review the film.

Were they on Bettermost these decor persons??

Hugs!!

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