There's the old issue in life where some people just can't let the past go and they constantly relive those old moments in their minds. This movie, I think, gave the perfect example of that.
The old lady loved her hometown of Bountiful and knew she had to see it one last time, even though it became a ghost town and the bus lines didn't stop there anymore.
The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
A lot of old people go through this. It's not a cliche, it's just real life. Some of them have nostalgia for an old movie, an old building, an old town where they lived or grew up.
I don't think she was stuck in the past. She just wanted one last visit there to put some emotions to rest. She seemed content to leave once she'd seen it that one last time.
A lot of old people go through this. It's not a cliche, it's just real life. Some of them have nostalgia for an old movie, an old building, an old town where they lived or grew up.
I don't think she was stuck in the past. She just wanted one last visit there to put some emotions to rest. She seemed content to leave once she'd seen it that one last time.
wow. This reply is so many years after the first post. She may be stuck in the past. It seems there are more lines devoted to changing location rather than reliving her youth. Who wouldn't living in the apartment with Jessie Mae? when you could be free with the Gulf air and the birds? I assure you Houston without air conditioning in the 40s would have been hellish. Every part of this movie is to make us sympathetic with mamma, Geraldine Page. If the director and writers, not to mention music arranger, felt her affliction was to be stuck in the past, the atmosphere and tone would be ominous, troubled when she breaks free, not triumphant. The troubled tones begin when she's discovered. She says she doesn't care about buildings or even people. It's the land. She's very human in this respect. People who don't seem connected to the land or people are those who are not whole.
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