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Will do!Tell them Liz from the Strand says hello, and she's looking forward to seeing them this summer!
Will do!Tell them Liz from the Strand says hello, and she's looking forward to seeing them this summer!
I've heard that before, but I don't see the Oedipal complex in Hamlet either. He was just angry at her and with anger comes passion.
A man is supposed to sacrifice himself for his bride.
I remember watching the occasional silent film on TV when I was a kid in the 60s, and there was always the inevitable piano accompiment. Thinking about it, I wonder if that music was authentic to the film - iow, was it a recording of the original sheet music that martin mentions, or was it just the stereotypical what the pianist thought should be played, because much of the music I remember hearing sounded very much alike from film to film.
Well, to save her yes, but not much gained if she's already dead. Not to be unsympathetic, mind.
I was thinking about John's post, myself. Yes, self-sacfrice is a noble thing for one who love, but once their already gone? I think that approaches martyrdom, if its not already there.
Speaking of Broken Blossoms.. I just watched this on TCM and enjoyed it. Richard Barthelmess did a fine job in what could easily have been a badly done one dimensional character. Lillian Gish was inspiring when asked to put a smile on.These films all had piano scores composed and performed by William Perry, and to this day those versions remain definitive for me when I think of "Broken Blossoms", "The General," or "It."
What if you believe in the hereafter? Then it could be about joining them instead of living without them. Just a thought [huh]
Believing in the hereafter is one thing. Wanting to get there prematurely is quite another, no matter the reason. I believe that a lost beloved spouse would want the surviving spouse to be happy on Earth, even if that involved finding a new partner.
But, I seem to be getting philosophical here, and if I've gone overboard, I apologize.
The idea of a lone pianist accompanying movies ad-lib on an out-of-tune upright is a caricature, which didn't have a lot of reality beyond the nickelodeon era.
Happy is one thing, but if my husband married someone after I died I'd come back from the hereafter and kill him
As far as believing in the hereafter, Im not sure but Id like to think that when Im gone that I can spend my eternity with my S.O. whether she passes before or after me.
Happy is one thing, but if my husband married someone after I died I'd come back from the hereafter and kill him
To get back on topic....
I didn't like Full Metal Jacket. It was upsetting when the drill sergeant was killed.
That is actually my favourite of the eighties era Vietnam picture trend.
But they killed the guy from Mail Call and the Geico commercial.... he's not bad, he's just impatient