tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post8194601049727040879..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Friends of the Experience #7NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23319557794493822922007-03-24T11:28:00.000-04:002007-03-24T11:28:00.000-04:00Yeah, Hattie Macdonald annoyed the hell outta me. ...Yeah, Hattie Macdonald annoyed the hell outta me. The worst part of the entire movie.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-22917140209811276282007-03-23T12:08:00.000-04:002007-03-23T12:08:00.000-04:00That would make a fascinating post, in and of itse...That would make a fascinating post, in and of itself.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713972514003681234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61464161804620251152007-03-23T10:59:00.000-04:002007-03-23T10:59:00.000-04:00what an awesome story. isn't it crazy how so many ...what an awesome story. isn't it crazy how so many actors have such erratically successful lives even if they're part of something so huge?NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87272889475405435962007-03-23T10:46:00.000-04:002007-03-23T10:46:00.000-04:00I'm so glad to see all this discussion of my favor...I'm so glad to see all this discussion of my favorite, Vivian Leigh and GWTW. It's a huge, beautifully made entertainment that washes over you. <BR/><BR/>I grew up near Augusta, GA, where Butterfly McQueen lived most of her life. In the early 60s, a friend of my parents worked at a department store and interviewed her for a custodial position. He was quietly gay (given the time and place) but was overwhelmed to meet her. She said she had a cabaret act, but there wasn't much interest and she had to pay the bills. He asked her to perform at a little cocktail party he was having, and could only pay her a small amount. She readily agreed. <BR/><BR/>Her cabaret show was terrific. She played the piano, sang, danced, told jokes. She was a pro and everyone loved it. My only regret is that I was too young to go to the party and meet her.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713972514003681234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-15597195126655890772007-03-23T09:33:00.000-04:002007-03-23T09:33:00.000-04:00Re: Hattie McDanielThe worst winner of Best Suppor...Re: Hattie McDaniel<BR/>The worst winner of Best Supporting Actress EVER. Until I think of someone else. Renee Zellweger, so McDaniel is number two. (smile).<BR/>She was no better than the script for playing up to the stereotype - a truly unintelligent and grating performance. Butterfly McQueen on the other hand took the p**s out of the script and the character and turned in a scene-stealing performance (upstaging even Vivien Leigh on the staircase). SHE should have won, though I guess that a Black Female mocking a White Racist movie whilst still being entertaining and gelling with the movie was far too 'modernist' for the Academy. Still would be now, actually...<BR/><BR/>However, I do love the film despite its flaws if mainly due to Scarlett, the nasty piece of work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11469822101020382482007-03-23T02:43:00.000-04:002007-03-23T02:43:00.000-04:00I guess I'll have to be the first one to disagree ...I guess I'll have to be the first one to disagree here. I HATED Gone With the Wind. I can't get past the embarrassing racism. It romanticized a shameful time in our history. <BR/><BR/>Apart from the racism, I thought it was way too long. I did like Vivien Leigh. I also liked a lot of the dialogue. But the entire movie was a huge disappointment to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-833095777505723412007-03-22T22:21:00.000-04:002007-03-22T22:21:00.000-04:00I watched Gone with the Wind for the time a few mo...I watched <I>Gone with the Wind</I> for the time a few months back. I was scared because it was four hours and I thought that was crazy but by the time 3am rolled around and the credits rolled I was stunned. I wanted it to just keep going. Vivian definitely gives one of my favourite perfs ever. I didn't, however, like Hattie MacDaniel. <BR/><BR/>When older movies were really long it was because they had epic storylines that justified it. Nowadays there are one-joke comedies that are over 2 hours and popcorn flicks that are over 2 and a half and it's just ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen Jane Fonda in <I>Coming Home</I>, but I wish Geraldine Page had won Best Actress for <I>Interiors</I> and then in 1986, instead of giving Page a payback oscar they gave the Best Actress prize to Whoopi Goldberg for <I>The Color Purple</I>.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-46220633220023209102007-03-22T22:03:00.000-04:002007-03-22T22:03:00.000-04:00why is Divine a shameful admission? Divine is so o...why is Divine a shameful admission? Divine is so one of a kind!<BR/><BR/>Goran I hear you on Titanic vs. GWTW but they do both fall in that same epic all-time blockbusters that took over the world shortlist. What can i say I fell for Titanic's spell and saw it four times in the theater --it wasn't even my favorite film of that year but still... it's weird that people are always hating.<BR/><BR/>Anyway... VIVIEN LEIGH. yes. complete brilliance. I'm not sure enough people know this but VIVIEN LEIGH was actually Natalie Wood's favorite actress and since Natalie Wood was mine all throughout childhood Vivien Leigh became my default #2. The Scarlett O'Hara star turn is something else indeed.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49111246592760575672007-03-22T21:56:00.000-04:002007-03-22T21:56:00.000-04:00I find it hard to admit that I like Harris Glen Mi...I find it hard to admit that I like Harris Glen Milstead (aka Divine). I like her in "Pink Flamingos", "Polyester," and "Hairspray." She was a riot.Mariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606970820680869047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37212908043915779112007-03-22T20:58:00.000-04:002007-03-22T20:58:00.000-04:00It's so easy to disassociate the stormy epic brill...It's so easy to disassociate the stormy epic brilliance of Vivien Leigh and Gone with the Wind from the naive politics that I don't know why you'd bother complaining.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand it's so difficult to disassociate the awful dialogue, wooden lead and TV-movie dramatics from the fun bits of people drowning in Titanic that I don't know how you'd find the energy to continue to defend it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-66949022841373609432007-03-22T17:39:00.000-04:002007-03-22T17:39:00.000-04:00I have actually seen Gone with the Wind, and I'm g...I have actually seen <I>Gone with the Wind</I>, and I'm glad I did. It truly is a grand epic picture, and Vivian Leigh is down-right brilliant. So is Hattie McDaniel. And Olivia de Havilland. And Clark Gable. Okay, so everything about it is good. Well, except the raging racism, but what do you expect? It was a film about the 1860s made in the 1930s. It wasn't going to <I>not</I> be there.J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17126912928153855523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-15990120225686719342007-03-22T16:45:00.000-04:002007-03-22T16:45:00.000-04:00well James that just means you've seen more movies...well James that just means you've seen more movies than them ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-13419344389366156402007-03-22T16:40:00.000-04:002007-03-22T16:40:00.000-04:00I am not ashamed in admitting that "Gone With the ...I am not ashamed in admitting that "Gone With the Wind" is my all my time favorite film. I have loved it for years and years and can watch it repeatedly without getting bored. And need I even mention the perfection that is Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. I'll admit that after seeing it again recently there are a couple of cringe-worthy moments in terms of racism, but I believe that everything great about the film balances it out. Just because there are a couple of bad things about it, doesn't mean we should disregard it as a cinematic milestone (and especially because it doesn't get as explicitly racist as "Birth of a Nation").<BR/><BR/>It's a little strange being on a college campus and talking about favorite films with film lovers who all rave about "Fight Club", "Requiem for a Dream", "Garden State" and anything Wes Anderson while here I am raving about "Gone With the Wind", "Singin' in the Rain" and "Bringing Up Baby".Dame Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-92233680927822874942007-03-22T15:41:00.000-04:002007-03-22T15:41:00.000-04:00Beau, that is funny. I'm glad i don't remember say...Beau, that is funny. I'm glad i don't remember saying stuff like that but I KNOW I DID. ;)<BR/><BR/>yeah and Page is a marvel in Interiors but then so is Maureen Stapleton (*whimper* RIP) as her narrative and thematic counterpartNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91568460714569293012007-03-22T15:27:00.000-04:002007-03-22T15:27:00.000-04:00Page was brilliant in 'Interiors'. I'm not crazy a...Page was brilliant in 'Interiors'. I'm not crazy about the film itself, I dug it but didn't fall head over heels, but she was one of (if not THE ONLY) element(s) of the film that I thought was/were flawless. Superb.<BR/><BR/>And I LOVE me my Gone With the Wind and Titanic, most especially the latter. I remember walking out of that theater, blown away. Nothing had ever come that close, hit me that hard and shaken me as that glorious epic. For that passionate reaction, I still continue to defend that glorious film today, even after acknowledging its now obvious shortcomings. (When it wasn't nominated for Best Original Screenplay, I remember telling my mother, "Oh, it's okay. That's just a really minor award that doesn't mean anything."<BR/>*grins*Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12330740987516007108noreply@blogger.com