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The Best Years Of Our Lives, what a movie!?
Artiste:
On TV PBS Detroit last night (Holy Friday 2007), I saw the last 15 minutes of the 1946 great (as if it is to-day in 2007) black and white movie: The Best Years Of My Life!!
You can find those last 9 minutes on YouTube and other clips too.
I say that that film is Brokeback Mountain in many ways, as it is like to-day, yes 2007!!
What are your comments on this film classic?
Hugs!!
Front-Ranger:
I'll have to check this out! Who stars in it?
Lynne:
Here's the IMDB link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/
It looks to be a classic, but I don't recognize any of the actors off the top of my head.
Cameron:
I have seen it many times.
It is a great movie. It won Best Picture and many other awards.
It was about three soldiers who came home after World War II, and how they went on with their lives.
I do recommend everyone to see it. It is more than excellent and I think that the theme of veterans lives is very applicable to today and Iraq.
But I don't really see the connections to BBM, just that it is a very strong and powerful movie.
Cameron:
--- Quote from: adiabatic on April 07, 2007, 08:58:40 pm ---
Regarding parallels to “Brokeback Mountain”: Not in content, certainly, but in the way the films were done. Both observe their characters in an ordinary way—no one is purely a hero or evil; they all have flaws and good points.
--- End quote ---
I do agree with that. Maybe another parallel is that this film deals with these men's struggles between who they really are at this point of their lives and who the people around them and society also, expects them to be.
It is an excellent film.
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