Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
I don't buy it. Don't know why. Maybe it's just my unconscious bias, but I don't believe these class walls come tumbling down that easy. Maybe it's not the film's fault. The film's set realistically, it's shot with an unproblematic gaze, and had it been any other two characters, the events and circumstances created in the film would've been enough for me to believe in their love. But I don't. Don't know why.
EDIT:
Now I know! It is the…
I don't think I have ever seen a film where a prominent character is introduced as a pregnant woman, and she doesn't undergo childbirth during the course of the film. I was like... good film and all but where is baby?
This made me realise that we only explore pregnancy in films when it also yields a nice plot point in the form of Act 3 childbirth madness: water breaks during an intense moment; dramatic rushing to the hospital; car…