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Wendy and Lucy
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 10, 2008, 12:08:47 pm ---Why would it be lonely?
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I've read about it and seen the trailer.
SFEnnisSF:
This is opening 'round here on Jan 30th...
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on January 17, 2009, 11:00:26 pm ---This is opening 'round here on Jan 30th...
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It's been extended, twice, at New York's Film Forum. I nearly went a few times--missed one chance, then later chickened out. I'm feeling a little fragile just at the moment. If I get a bit more brave again, I'll go.
Front-Ranger:
I saw this movie last night. I'm glad I saw it but I could not say I recommend it. It is a bittersweet haiku of a movie. Oregon is not my cup of tea, especially this godforesaken little town Wendy passes through on her way to Alaska. Michelle's acting is subdued and rings true.
There were a few interesting parallels to Brokeback Mountain. For one thing there is a scene similar to the one with Aguirre in the choky trailer. Here, Will Patton is a mechanic in a grimy garage, sitting at a desk with a line of clipboards behind him. Wendy has to wait while he picks up the phone. Instead of yelling "no!" he says, "Yes. Yes!" and then he says "You're blowing my mind" instead of "Not on your fucking life." It was so eerily similar that I had to laugh!!
Front-Ranger:
At one point Wendy goes into a market and steals some dog food for Lucy. She is caught and the young stockboy says cruelly, "People who can't afford it shouldn't have dogs." They send Wendy off to jail on principle, rather than out of a need to punish her for their loss (which wasn't enough to hurt them at all).
So, I've been wondering...should people be judged by whether they act in a prudent and safe manner?
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