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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 29, 2023 21:51:32 GMT
Well, I know which one I would choose and it wouldn't be the self-pitying, liar, but then I wouldn't have that production code hanging over my head.
If they remade it today, as Topbilled has said, they would need to change some of Holden's dialogue or else add a short scene explaining that he was projecting his anger at his ex on all women.
I, also, think AA members would have something to say about co-dependency and enabling and suggest that Grace and Bing were bad for each other.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 29, 2023 21:53:53 GMT
I think what I am learning in these watch parties is there is no such thing as a perfect movie. The cultural attitudes and biases of the era sometimes gets in the way of enjoying individual scenes but the movie as a whole can still be worthwhile viewing and entertainment.
I agree with Andrea that the men do give outstanding performances. I think Grace Kelly's win was sort of a political one. The studio pushing her with the Academy. She's good but not better than Judy Garland in A STAR IS BORN or Dorothy Dandridge in CARMEN JONES. My opinion obviously. "I think what I am learning in these watch parties is there is no such thing as a perfect movie. The cultural attitudes and biases of the era sometimes gets in the way of enjoying individual scenes but the movie as a whole can still be worthwhile viewing and entertainment."
I understand this, but mainly (not for things like blackface) can get past it as I believe every era has its bad stuff and stuff that will look wrong (often, because it was wrong) decades later. I am very comfortable the movies made today, will be considered "wrong" in many ways in 2083.I don't care that Odets didn't like women and that he put it in his script, so what? Somebody else can put an opposing view in his/her script. That's true freedom of speech and thought.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 29, 2023 22:02:25 GMT
Thank you Fading Fast...I am glad you chose this film, since I had never seen it before today.
Based on Mary's comment, I am going to have to find LITTLE BOY LOST and rewatch that one!
I see it has the same producer (William Perlberg) and director (George Seaton) as THE COUNTRY GIRL, and was made a year earlier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy_Lost_(1953_film)
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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 29, 2023 23:27:20 GMT
Yes, thank you, Fading Fast. I was happy to see it, too. I had seen the title from time to time on TCM and mistook it for, "The Farmer's Daughter" with Loretta Young.
I made a list of all the films we've watched and was surprised to see we've seen 12 already and I've enjoyed them all.
The ones I give five stars to are No Down Payment, East Side West Side, My Reputation, My Cousin Rachel, and The Flame.
My very favorite, five stars plus is, Cash On Demand. I just can't get Peter Cushing's ordeal out of my mind. Such a great actor he is to make me feel like I really watched a man go through all that.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 30, 2023 0:32:44 GMT
I was glad we started with MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR. Since that was another one I had never seen.
I realized I had MAN ON FIRE on disc. I watched it again this afternoon after THE COUNTRY GIRL. It was much better than I remembered. Bing Crosby always enjoyed good chemistry with his costars, whether it was light comedy, a musical or more dramatic material.
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