This film finds the lightest of plots and still manages to be enjoyable. This is mostly a clotheshorse film with all of their fits looking absolutely perfect. What makes it watchable is the clear chemistry that Marlene had with Cooper at this time. The plot is a paint by numbers situation that one sees in this era of cinema over and over again. But it is hard to resist the pull of Marlene. Every single time she is on screen,…
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Belfast, Maine 1999
a beautiful exploration of small town living. While this film was very site specific, it felt at moments like this is a portrait of my own small town that I grew up in. Small towns are all alike except when they are different. Delightful scenes of older women making flower arrangements mixed with at home care for several people and work in a factory all co-mingle into a kaleidoscopic portrait.
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The Age of Innocence 1993
Newland Archer is so tightly wound that watching him come undone in small yet passionate ways makes me feel very undone.
I lust after these interiors and the artwork on display. Everything swirls around to add a romantic atmosphere that leads to such romantic illusions.
Love is almost better if it isn't fulfilled.
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The House of Mirth 2000
This book has never been my favorite Wharton. The book itself sort of beats you over the head with it's social commentary. But Davies takes this book and puts his signature melancholy onto it, making it grand and unrelenting. Lily Bart is doomed from the start. She is doomed by the people around her, by cards, by her crushes, by society in general. But she doesn't see the damnation. And that is what is truly heartbreaking about this film. Gillian…
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