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Hey Foster, I know how I came off making the comment I did. Sure, I sound ignorant and very un-2024. But I just thought it was kind of a gay look. I can't help it - when I saw him in 2019 wearing a neckerchief, like the OP, I thought, 'I wonder if he's bi.' Not proud of it, but it seemed responsive the the discussion that was started on this thread.
Are you f|_|cking kidding me? Scarlett Johansson, okay, she's tied with Natalie Wood. The rest of them cannot even hold a candle to the late Ms. Wood. Carla Gugino?! Seriously?! Some of these actresses you mentioned are lucky to find work. TO say they are prettier than Natalie Wood - ABSURD!
True, but she would have gotten the role(s). Brainstorm is a fairly interesting movie. I think it has been overshadowed by the fact that it was on this set that she met Christopher Walken and all of the rumors surrounding Walken, Wagner, and her death in Nov. 1981. But I think she was a very talented actress (from girlhood on) and she would have gotten a meaty enough role to garner an Oscar in the '80's or '90's. At the very least she would have gotten a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in her 70's or 80's had she lived (and not won an Academy Award in her 40's, 50's, or 60's. I think one problem she suffered was that she was always viewed as more of a movie star than an actress. That was not fair, and doubly unfair was the fact that she did not have the majority of her 40's and 50's to rise above that prejudice.
I think there could be some merit to this because he seems obsessed with wearing neck scarves. I watched a documentary produced by his step daughter aimed at clearing his name in the death Natalie Wood once and for all. There were all sorts of archival photos and video footage from the '70's and early 80's of him wearing neckerchiefs. Okay, perhaps that look was fashionable back then and it was common for straight men to adopt that style. But he was being interviewed by his step daughter when the doc. was made (circa 2019), and he was wearing a neck scarf. I don't know - I know he's been happily married to Jill St. John for over 35 years, but that neckerchief in the 21st Century made me think he could swing both ways.
I agree with you, dougshow-05045 ... 8 years later. That line was sinister in so many ways. First, that if he were to escape justice for that crime that he would have the audacity to approach her again. Second, that he could be so remorseless that he sees her as a complete object, free to gawk at her good looks but also mar them with his violent brutality. Three, it implies that there were other women that he raped/battered. He just likes this one's looks more so he may pay her another visit.
This sounds exactly like what my father, who was a very successful plaintiff's personal injury lawyer, would say!
Apparently, it also translates to "trouble" or "sorrow."
Onanism, as detailed in the hyperlinked article you provided, refers to the withdrawal method of birth control or 'spilling the seed onto the floor at the moment supreme.' Onanism has also been broadened (perhaps through a lack of specific understanding of the biblical story from which it derives) to masturbation.
Luckily for you, you can't get it from onanism as well.
I do think your timeline is accurate, but the reason comes down to hairdo. She had that nice, mousy brown/blond hair worn straight down with maybe a little of that Marsha Brady natural wave toward the bottom. That was a very good look for her. In around 1976 (A Star is Born) she adopted that henna-colored perm that did not suit her very well. It kept popping up in various degrees of fullness and curliness into the '80's.
But by the time she made Nuts (1987) she had a nice hairdo again and that same mousy brown/blond shade. It looked very nice in 1990 (Prince of Tides). Even though she was in her late 40's, I think you have to hand it to her, she reclaimed those nice looks of the early-mid '70's. I also happen to think she looked very pretty in the late '60's. Look back at the footage of her accepting the Academy Award for 1968's Funny Girl (in 1969) - especially that see-through dress. Hubba hubba!
He was a conspirator to a felony. He would be held accountable in the eyes of the law for any death(s)/bodily injur(ies) even if he wasn't wielding the gun or present on the day(s) of the robber(ies).
Mrjeelsfan is right. She did not marry below her station. She was a domestic; he was (likely) a chauffeur. He statement was part of her fantasies/dementia. The only poor choice she made was divulging too much to the obnoxious lady at the national assistance office. She should not have said, "This is likely the last time I shall be here," and she certainly shouldn't have revealed the bank notes in her purse. That set her on a terrible crash course she was fortunate to survive. Her money is stolen by the fellow assistance seeker. Her husband and son literally cart her off to an alley and leave her to catch pneumonia. She is cared for by the National Health, but in the process, the people at the mental hospital (somehow) think it's a good idea to reunite her with her estranged, destitute husband. He treats her like garbage until he has to split town. That turns out to be the best thing for her. He's out of the picture. Her worthless son is in prison. And she can go back to her routine and fantasy world. Not the best existence, but better than her experience after she 'lucked' into that money and had the ill-conceived notion to blab about it to an opportunist stranger.
Hi Annkat. Good to read your posts again.
I agree with everything you said, but "slap on the wrist?" In the first robbery, a civilian took a bullet in the leg. Then in the second, I think that one got far more messy. Were there more injuries? Deaths? I just seem to recall that it worked a second time, but it was more violent. I don't know about a slap on the wrist. Don't you think even if he paid back all of the money he would face some sort of jail time for no other reason than the injuries the heists occasioned and the threat of physical injury/death endemic to all armed robberies?
I happened to notice a very attractive, young Indian woman in a sari on the tube (when Billy escapes with the ransom money) talking in a very animated way to an interested, older Welsh or Irishman. The guy looked like a miner or barkeep. I know it was the Swinging '60's, but would such an interchange be common on the streets (or under the streets) of London in 1964? I'd like to think that was the case as opposed to two extras being told how to act.
Good point, but your list is not complete without mention of Polanski's The Tenant (1976).
Give Sian Phillips some work? I'd take her anyway I could've her, especially in that era. Hard to believe anybody could play Anne Smiley other than Sian Pihillips at that time.
Yes, the Mary Tyler Moore character (Beth) is at the core of Ordinary People. Robert Redford was so intuitive for a first time director. He sensed there was something deeper to MTM that people never saw from her roles in The Dick Van Dyke Show (Laura Petrie) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Richards). He wanted people to see "the dark side of Mary Tyler Moore," and, boy, did he accomplish that.
I found her character a bit more sympathetic than most because I grew up near Lake Forest, IL (where the book and novel were set), and I was familiar with that personality and how it forms. The decision to nominate her for the Best Actress Academy Award as opposed to Best Supporting Actress that year likely robbed her of an Oscar. Sissy Spacek was not going to lose for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn (Coal Miner's Daughter) in 1980. But, again, Moore's character of 'Beth' was so central to the story of Ordinary People, it would have been awkward to nominate her for a supporting role. (Though she would have handily nabbed the award in that category.)
No, he did not just assume Lorraine would take him back. When asked if her would go back to his wife, he replied, "If she'll take me." That showed a lot of humility in my opinion. She may very well be done with him.
That's awesome, pazuzu9. I'm flattered you took my advice and happy you enjoyed it as much as I have. What a good example of what a film discussion site like this can accomplish. So glad the IMDB boards found a place to go once IMDB terminated serving as the clearinghouse.
I went to college in Wisconsin, so I am very familiar with the physique, blond hair, and light eyes.
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