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Not one person in her life has identified the key issue
Final music in documentary (end credits)
Music at 54:00
Beautiful film
My wish
Trying to recall movie/comedy where a VERY TAN white haired Studio 54-type older man/financier appears at end
Chewing gum
One thing bothered me
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liscarkat I think you're missing one of the points of the book & the movie. Sarah was a revolutionary character, ahead of her time and unwilling to conform to the norms of the day. Yes, she was manipulative but had no prospects for any kind of life other than as a servant, which is why she got away from the small town gossip and sought something better. Ernestina was sympathetic but a total conformist. Charles was more of a free thinker, reading Darwin (revolutionary at the time), etc., and wouldn't have been satisfied with the traditional family life that Ernestina would have expected.
I would have loved to see more of the modern day characters. The supporting actors in the film were so wonderful and there's precious little of them shown at the cast parties. I'm sure plenty of that footage was cut but I happily would have sat through a 5-hour version of this movie, or an even longer mini series.
LOL! Other people keep telling me that. I'm too old to start a new career. :))
I think you're absolutely right.
All the parole board has to do, if they haven't already, is listen to the taped phone conversation between Diane and Robert Knickerbocker, the married guy she was obsessed with who didn't want kids. In 45 minutes she rants on & on about the legal system and how she's being screwed and how her kids are lying about her being the one who shot them, and how she'll prove in court that her kids are lying and she needs to protect other victims like her from being screwed by the legal system. Not once does she seem concerned or worried about her kids' health or recovery. Remember, her 3 year old son is paralyzed, her 9 year old daughter had a stroke, both almost died, and the other daughter did die. Never mentions any of that, not once, no concern or sadness or grief or how horrible it was that they were shot. In fact she actually says that both of them are absolutely fine! But there IS one thing she keeps repeating throughout the entire conversation, over and over. She keeps telling him, "I'll never get my kids back. They'll never let me have my kids again." She's trying to convince him that now he can be with her. It's unbelievable to hear it. I'm sure the parole officers have. She's not going anywhere.
It could easily be called a dark comedy, I think.
Amen! But considering how skilled a director Todd Haynes is, I have a feeling he did that on purpose to increase the creep-out factor.
And your comment is a veiled hate letter against it.
Exactly. As a Jewish girl who grew up in NYC with Bernstein on TV every week if not more, the makeup was unbelievably perfect and accurate - it made you forget you were watching an actor. I have a suspicion that many of the people making an issue about the nose are anti-Semitic and trying to hide it
Most likely a gift or sign of respect from Bradley Cooper, who would have the last word on credits.
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