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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
Today i saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and it truly is a wonderfully moving, funny and uplifting film. It surpassed my expectations.
Kd5000:
I saw THE ORPHANAGE today. Overall, the film had the feel of a 1960's ghost story. I'm thinking on the lines of THE HAUNTED as well as THE OTHERS. While a decent film THE ORPHANAGE wasn't as good as the two I mentioned above. There were a few rather large plot holes which took away from the film.
There has been some controversy about the film being in Spanish and not being advertised that way. The couple sitting behind me moaned and said "we have to read subtitles?" It's sad ppl can be so lazy.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Kd5000 on January 13, 2008, 11:28:43 pm ---There has been some controversy about the film being in Spanish and not being advertised that way. The couple sitting behind me moaned and said "we have to read subtitles?" It's sad ppl can be so lazy.
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I really don't understand people who see a film without knowing anything about it. I guess those are the people that most DVD covers are designed for, lol!
Lumière:
Today, I watched The Children's Hour (1961) starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner.
Martha (Shirley MacLaine's character) and Karen (Audrey's character) are headmistresses of a girls' school. When they punish a notorious bratty child for bad behavior, she tells her grandmother (who wastes no time in spreading the word) that the two women are lovers. Of course, all the parents are disgusted and proceed to pull their children out of the school.
Like was the case with the few gay-themed movies in those days, Shirley MacLaine's character was made to portray the fact that she was actually in love with her friend and fellow teacher in a manner that showed her disgust and shame. When she confesses her love to Karen, she repeatedly says how ashamed and dirty she feels by the whole thing. Even though Martha's love was not reciprocated in the same way, Karen offered that they go away together, somewhere where they weren't known for the "unnatural" sexual activities they'd been accused of engaging in. I think that could've been a nice ending but no, Martha's fate was sealed by the end of the movie (let's just say they didn't ride off in the sunset together).
I am glad we've made some progress since then. :)
Kd5000:
Lucise, I just want to say I love your Audrey Hepburn signature. Audrey was just so nice and charming, made some wonderful movies, incredibly photogenic and a humanitarian. It's no wonder her passing made for a rare editorial in The New York Times. So much more then a movie star.
I always loved her in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday.
I heard Audrey approached THE CHILDREN'S HOUR with hesitation. This was considered very very edgy material when it came out in the early 1960's. The play I believe dates back to the 1930's. I guess the theater crowds are more sophisticated about things like that. The playwright Hellman brought up the issue of lesbianism because she said at the time, it was the most scandalous thing you could be accused of...
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