interesting...
Just saw "Far From Heaven" last night with Charla Marla. (No, that's not really her name. We call her CM for short.) Very interesting. I am not yet sure if I actually liked the film overall. For one thing, it was depressing. It was, however, filmed beautifully - provocative use of color and theme. But again, it was depressing. And also amazing in some ways.
I think what amazed me the most was how objectified and secondary children were in that era - late 1950's/early 60's. That is what was saddest to me - beyond the racism and hateful attitudes toward people who were different. I don't think I ever realized that about children who were raised in that era. And what are the implications of that? Could that possibly be why some people are just so non-communicative and seem to have no social skills, because they were constantly told not to bother their father who had just come home from work by telling him about all the cool things that happened at school that day? This requires some more reflection... It really bugged me though. Grr.
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Nora - you rock too. Indeed, look what happened to the world.
Posted by: delara | April 28, 2003 03:12 PM
Marc, I love you. For so many things and more. I love you! Wooooohooooooo!
Posted by: delara | April 28, 2003 03:11 PM
I have not yet seen the movie - we are too cheap and sedentary, but I will offer a comment that may be of interest. My mother says that the women of that generation (and she admits that she was one for a short period of time) were ruled not only by the mores of the time but by their underwear. How can one be open to new ideas, the world and for god's sake, sex, when one is corsetted in by a girdle that is considered daily wear. Not to mention the "Living Bra" that finished off the set. In the later '60's, women took off the rubber and let it all hang out and look what happened to the world.
Posted by: Nora | April 25, 2003 09:22 AM
I was bugged by the movie 2. But I loved Julianne Moore.I love Julianne Moore; I would pay to watch her read the Rockford Illlinois fonebook.Why doesn't this blogresponder thing have spellcheck??
Anyway; I was bugged by the ending. Like they ran out of film or money. Oh no you don't I was thinking the split second before you have that feeling the film might be ovah.And it was.
But the real reason I loved this film was the subtle and delicately nuanced performance of (Academy Award winning) Cher. So delicately nuanced you probaly missed her. That's right. What? You didn't know she was in it? Jeeez. Why do you think Julianne Moore's character was so bummed out the whole film? Cher was her OTHER neighbor from across the street and had stopped coming by becasue SHE couldn't take the constant bummer mood at this household. And she HATED how the kids were totally ignored. And so she stopped coming around. And thus was there sucha bummer mood through the whole film. ANYWAY:
But later; after the film YOU saw ended; Cher came back (whoooohoooo) and found Julianne in teh rats nest she was renting to live in and said oh no you don't sister. You and I are taking those GREAT and ignored kids of yours and moving to Manhattan (whooohooo)where we'll get a FAB penthouse (Cher's character has money)and you can date all the black men you want; or just get the guy back who left on the choo choo before the film should have ended.
ANYWAY; they did; and the kids had SO much fun. Everyone paid them attention as there were NO other children in Manhattan (at that time) and became famous as THE (original) Kids On The Block.
Whooooohooooooo.
Posted by: Marc Rocks | April 25, 2003 05:15 AM