I actually got very very very very very very very very disturbed - Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Discussion

[–] tpcorless 16 years ago

Your reaction is similar to many of our own reactions after watching this film. It's a very disturbing ending; in fact, I would say it's the most disturbing ending I've ever seen. It still haunts me years later.

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[–] TheTimeLady 16 years ago

It's almost too scary, I mean, the end is the most awful movie ending ever!

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[–] WarpedRecord 16 years ago

I always think of "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" whenever I see a roach, and because of this film, I'd never take home a stranger -- so we'll have to go to your place, OK?

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[–] musclebite 15 years ago

To this day, I'm afraid to leave unwashed dishes in the kitchen sink, for fear of attracting roaches!

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[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I'm the same way with the dishes. Even if I leave them in the sink for a half-hour, I think of this film!

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[–] sehlen1 16 years ago

(Minor editorial)
The first I time I saw this movie was early 2001 and I was 13 so I was indeed disturbed by it. Then the seconds half of the year I experience September 11 from the vantage point of Long Island…go figure. (Minor editorial end)

Diane Keaton took a major risk with this one...I give her kudos for giving this particular genre a chance. I even read that she broke one of her ribs during one of the fight scenes. This had to be the most honest performance she has ever given. I am astonished that she did not win two Oscars in 1978. Once again go figure.

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[–] rrb 16 years ago

An Unmarried Woman has been available on DVD for about 3 years. A very close friend of mine was featured in it and it's one of my favorite movies.

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[–] WarpedRecord 16 years ago

"An Unmarried Woman" is excellent. It's too bad Jill Clayburgh didn't have more of a career. It certainly wasn't because of lack of talent. Did you friend have a speaking role?

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[–] rrb 16 years ago

Yes. She played Clayburgh's therapist, Tanya.

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[–] WarpedRecord 16 years ago

I remember her! She was terrific. Too bad she didn't have more of a film career ... unless she didn't want one. "Goodbar" and "An Unmarried Woman" are good time capsules for single life in the late '70s.

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[–] rrb 16 years ago

Glad you enjoy Penny's performance! She actually was a psychologist in real life--Mazursky wanted a real therapist to play the part. She was very successful in her chosen profession and wasn't interested in a film career.

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[–] WarpedRecord 16 years ago

I could see her being a therapist in real life because she's certainly very convincing there. She made a good choice, because psychology appears to be a more reliable career than acting!

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[–] Parker_Lloyd_Lewis 12 years ago

This film proves it doesn't take much to make a creepy scene that will stand the test of time. This film is 35 years old and still cant be matched. Sucks this film doesn't get more recognition.

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[–] WarpedRecord 12 years ago

I pull this film out every few years, generally around New Year's Eve, and that scene still terrifies and depresses me big-time.

It's a true cinematic injustice that this movie doesn't get the respect or recognition it deserves.

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[–] HeartMonger 12 years ago

That's how you were supposed to feel about the ending. It works.

Diane Keaton gives what is probably her most phenomenal performance in this picture. It's sheer honestly, raw emotion, and all the little in betweens, like the small humorous moments (I just love the day dream with Brian Dennehy) are so much on a scale for one actor - and Diane proved she could do it. Though she won that same year for Annie Hall, many of us consider her oscar to be for both films. Brave, BRAVE actress.

"All I want in life is a thirty share and a twenty rating."

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[–] Missyrocks 12 years ago

Yes, Diane Keaton is a revelation here. Every note of her performance is perfect

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[–] musclebite 15 years ago

I have a bootleg dvd copy I bought at a flea market a few years ago. The quality is very good: it's obviously not made from a VHS taping off of a tv broadcast. Either it's from film, or it was digitally recorded from a pay tv broadcast somehow. There's no "blips" where commercials were bleeped out. The only negative is that it is full-screen. I'm not sure what the original aspect ration of the theatrical release was.

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[–] Psycho-Bitch 8 years ago

I taped it off of Comcast Cable a few years back, it made the rounds on Cinemax in the mid-2000's I believe....

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[–] Drea_mz 15 years ago

I know exactly what you mean OP. I saw this movie back in 2005 and it disturbed the HELL out of me. I called my BF up 3am in the morning because I needed someone to talk to about it. He just laughed at me and fell asleep on the phone lol. I stayed up until it was light outside. I NEVER expected the ending to happen the way it did. I loved everything about the movie until the last scene. I watch up until that point since I already know what happens.

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[–] tpcorless 15 years ago

I feel the same way about the ending - I struggle to watch it, but it's so brilliantly filmed yet so disturbing. I remember when I first saw it all the way through, something bad was going to happen, but the way they filmed it was so vivid, shocking and bleak.

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[–] kmj1230 15 years ago

i actually just watched the entire movie before for the firs time! - and O M F G - that ending!!! Yeah, like most of you, I heard about it, and basically knew what I was in for, but still - couldnt look up at the entire scene (all what...FIVE minutes of it lol). Had to look away at times. But the movie in general - WOW! How the hell werent there more Oscar nods for best movie, director, script, Diane Keaton, *Richard Gere*, Tom Berringer other cast members?? I mean everyone of them gave stellar, convincing performances!The movie just reeked from Oscar worthy everything!! Everything I read about this Roseanne Quinn - the woman who this about - had that kind of happy go lucky, sweet woman with a big heart, by day; but miserable, dark, crazed sex drug addict by night. Keaton nailed it perfectly.

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[–] whusup90201 14 years ago

I think I read about you.....You OK now??

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[–] Jetfire59 14 years ago

You are not alone, TimeLady.

Sam, if you've got weapons lock on that son of a bitch, TAKE HIM OUT!!

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[–] jones7418 14 years ago

I wasn't creeped out by the ending, merely stunned by the original way it was shot. The only time I've ever watched a movie through splayed fingers was the "dance of death" scene in "Bonnie and Clyde". I have to admit I covered my eyes completely and never looked at all during the final minutes of "Heavenly Creatures"; the sounds alone were horrifying!

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[–] TwittingOnTrender 13 years ago

Me too...I saw it on VHS c.1982, never since, and a few years later had a bad dream about a white mask-type face flashing in the darkness...

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[–] LadyLovie 12 years ago

yea. 1 of the creepier endings to a movie.
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