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movie: Auntie Mame
2010-Jan-05, Tuesday 09:11 amIt's still subzero (Fahrenheit). The sun's been up for an hour, but weather.com still says it's -8F (-22C). It was similar last night when I walked to the Heights Theater to watch a showing of the 1958 film "Auntie Mame". While there, I met ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cpj (sorry about your pager interruptions?), perkk , and geometrician . There is a lot of ice all over the roads and sidewalks here these days. Walking the 1.3 miles to the theater was okay since it was downhill. The walk back home, however, was slightly uphill the whole way. I slipped a lot, and I nearly fell 4 times.
The movie itself is still a classic. It is a slowly unfolding amusement, more complex than you'd expect from a "mere" comedy. It's nice to see an eccentric old woman tackle issues of racism and classism. It's rather shocking, however, to see how sexism (even threat of physical abuse) doesn't phase anyone in the least. The times have certainly changed (for the better).
The quotes available from the movie don't really do the film justice. This experience is more than just the script. It's the delivery by actress Rosalind Russell that makes it memorable. Her carefree and absentminded character are very well played.
I hope you have a local theater that still has film feels for some of these old classics. Go watch them when you get the chance.
In contrast to today's Avatar movie, the sets in the old Auntie Mame are just important background and plot devices. They are neither the main character of the story nor the moral lesson.
cpj (sorry about your pager interruptions?), perkk , and geometrician . There is a lot of ice all over the roads and sidewalks here these days. Walking the 1.3 miles to the theater was okay since it was downhill. The walk back home, however, was slightly uphill the whole way. I slipped a lot, and I nearly fell 4 times.The movie itself is still a classic. It is a slowly unfolding amusement, more complex than you'd expect from a "mere" comedy. It's nice to see an eccentric old woman tackle issues of racism and classism. It's rather shocking, however, to see how sexism (even threat of physical abuse) doesn't phase anyone in the least. The times have certainly changed (for the better).
The quotes available from the movie don't really do the film justice. This experience is more than just the script. It's the delivery by actress Rosalind Russell that makes it memorable. Her carefree and absentminded character are very well played.
I hope you have a local theater that still has film feels for some of these old classics. Go watch them when you get the chance.
In contrast to today's Avatar movie, the sets in the old Auntie Mame are just important background and plot devices. They are neither the main character of the story nor the moral lesson.