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3/4 (Good).
I love Joan Fontaine, but she is disastrously wrong as a Fred Astaire love interest, even aside from the fact that she can't sing or dance. Gracie Allen steals the show; not all her jokes land, but she's always fun.
(Apr. 2022)
As the months pass, Anne's irrepressible energy reasserts itself and she constantly teases Peter, whose only attachment is to his cat, Moushie. Isolated from the world outside, Otto schools Anne and her sister, Margot (Diane Baker), as the sounds of sirens and bombers frequently fill the air. Mrs. Van Daan passes the time by recounting fond memories of her youth and stroking her one remaining possession, the fur coat given to her by her father. The strain of confinement causes the Van Daans to argue and pits the strong-willed Anne against her mother, Edith Frank (Gusti Huber). One day, Kraler brings a radio to the attic, providing the families with ears onto the world. Soon after, he asks them to take in another person, a Jewish dentist named Albert Dussell (Ed Wynn). When Van Daan complains that the addition will diminish their food supply, Dussell recounts the dire conditions outside, in which Jews suddenly disappear and are shipped to concentration camps. When Dussell confirms the disappearance of many of their friends, the families' hopes are dimmed.
One night, Anne dreams of seeing one of her friends in a concentration camp and wakes up screaming. In October 1942, news comes of the Allied landing in Africa but the bombing of Amsterdam intensifies, fraying the refugees' already ragged nerves. During Hanukkah, Margot longingly recalls past celebrations and Anne produces little presents for everyone. When Van Daan abruptly announces that Peter must get rid of Moucshi because he consumes too much food, Anne protests. Their argument is cut short when they hear a prowler break in the front door and the room falls silent. Peter then sends an object crashing to the floor while trying to catch Moushie, and the startled thief grabs a typewriter and flees. A watchman notices the break-in and summons two police officers, who search the premises, shining their flashlights onto the bookcase that conceals the attic entrance. The families wait in terror until Moushie knocks a plate from the table and mews, reassuring the officers that the noise was caused by a common cat. After they leave, Otto, hoping to foster faith and courage, leads everyone in a Hanukkah song. (fonte: imdb)
2/4 (Indifferent).
There are a handful of funny parts, and Tracy & Hepburn are good together. But it pushes the relationship problems too far to be redeemable. It might have made a good drama, with a very different ending.
(Jan. 2022)
3/4 (Good).
It's good when it's a romantic comedy. It's pretty tedious when it tries to be a legal/political drama.
A wanderer helps homesteaders fight cattlemen.
2/4 (Indifferent).
It's 30 minutes too long, and often irritating.
She was born on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, and was the second daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Hollander. Her sister Margot was three years older. She enjoyed four happy years growing up in Frankfurt until the Nazi's came to power.
Of German Jewish descent, she and her family moved to Holland in 1933, where her father set up a business. By 1934, Edith and the two girls were living in Amsterdam, where they both attended school. From a young age, Anne showed an aptitude for reading and writing, while her outspoken and energetic personality shone through. When Holland was occupied by the Nazis in 1940, their heritage put the family under threat.
The family were subjected to the same rules as German Jews, namely Jewish children could only attend Jewish schools, they faced curfews, were not allowed to own a business and were forced to wear a yellow star. Otto transferred his shares in his company to a friend and resigned as director leaving the family with enough income to survive. (fonte: History Channel)
Con loro portano il minimo indispensabile, riducendo il più possibile il bagaglio, in modo da passare inosservati. Nei giorni successivi un'altra famiglia va a vivere con loro: i signori Van Daan e il figlio Peter. Ultimo arrivato è il signor Dussel. Dopo un po' di tempo, fra Peter e Anna nasce una forte amicizia che giorno dopo giorno si sviluppa in un tenero amore. Nel suo diario Anna Frank parla delle angosce, delle illusioni, dei sogni, della speranza, della distribuzione del cibo, dei turni in bagno, del cibo che non arriva, delle malattie temute e dello svolgimento della guerra. L'ultima annotazione porta la data del 1º agosto 1944; il 4 agosto l'alloggio segreto verrà scoperto e tutti i suoi abitanti arrestati.
1.5/4 (Meh).
It's like we're watching the writers try to find a story to tell in real time.
Does Shane die in the end?
Possible "spoilers" for those who have not seen the film, nor read the book
I read this book not too long ago (after watching the 1953 film).
The film's ending imagery suggests that the character "Shane" dies in the end of the film. The final few seconds of the film show the title character slumped in his saddle, about to fall off, as he rides through a cemetery towards a bright light in an otherwise dark, midnight sky . The night is almost pitch-dark, there is no moon, just this heavenly-bright stretch of sky.
Shane is riding directly towards this light, indicating his spirit is about to enter heaven.
Final image of the film (look quickly, it is only a second or two) shows Shane and his horse *descending* into the ground, between two of the tombstones in the cemetery, until both are lost from view.
Shane's mortal body is being returned to the earth.
Pretty unmistakable what is happening here, for those who care to look carefully and think about it a bit.
The book ends differently.
In the book, we know from Bob's description that Shane has been shot in the torso, as he rides away into the dark, soon lost from view. The book doesn't end there, though, but goes on to state that when Bob's father, Joe, finds out that Shane is still alive after the gunfight, he (Joe) is surprised and happy at this news.
And yet. . . and yet. . .
Although Joe, Bob's father, having been informed that Shane has been critically injured in the gunfight - most likely fatally - Joe never bothers to go out to look for Shane, not to help him, not even to, perhaps, find his body to bury him. A man in those days - any days, really - with a gunshot to the torso would not be able to ride a horse very far at all.
Joe does not go to find Shane, even though Shane, by his selfless act, has saved Joe, Joe's family, Joe's homestead and likely the entire homesteader community at large. Whew!
The whole of the story is extremely well written, but this last bit to me seems illogical, and at odds with the previous body of the work. True, Joe and Shane have just engaged in fisticuffs, but considering the kind of man Joe has been portrayed as throughout the book, I don't think this would have stopped him from going to search for his friend Shane.
It seems to me like a betrayal - of both Shane and of Bob - that he does not do so.
This has been bothering me quite a bit, and I would be very interested to know how other readers look at how the book ends.¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬-
May be spoilers below for those who have not seen the film or read the book
I read this book not too long ago (after watching the 1953 film).
The film's ending imagery suggests that the character "Shane" dies in the end of the film. The final few seconds of the film show the title character slumped in his saddle, about to fall off, as he rides through a cemetery towards a bright light in an otherwise dark, midnight sky . The night is almost pitch-dark, there is no moon, just this heavenly-bright stretch of sky.
Shane is riding directly towards this light, indicating his spirit is about to enter heaven.
Final image of the film (look quickly, it is only a second or two) shows Shane and his horse *descending* into the ground, between two of the tombstones in the cemetery, until both are lost from view.
Shane's mortal body is being returned to the earth.
Pretty unmistakable what is happening here, for those who care to look carefully and think about it a bit.
The book ends differently.
In the book, we know from Bob's description that Shane has been shot in the torso, as he rides away into the dark, soon lost from view. The book doesn't end there, though, but goes on to state that when Bob's father, Joe, finds out that Shane is still alive after the gunfight, he (Joe) is surprised and happy at this news.
And yet. . . and yet. . .
Although Joe, Bob's father, having been informed that Shane has been critically injured in the gunfight - most likely fatally - Joe never bothers to go out to look for Shane, not to help him, not even to, perhaps, find his body to bury him. A man in those days - any days, really - with a gunshot to the torso would not be able to ride a horse very far at all.
Joe does not go to find Shane, even though Shane, by his selfless act, has saved Joe, Joe's family, Joe's homestead and likely the entire homesteader community at large. Whew!
The whole of the story is extremely well written, but this last bit to me seems illogical, and at odds with the previous body of the work. True, Joe and Shane have just engaged in fisticuffs, but considering the kind of man Joe has been portrayed as throughout the book, I don't think this would have stopped him from going to search for his friend Shane.
It seems to me like a betrayal - of both Shane and of Bob - that he does not do so.
This has been bothering me quite a bit, and I would be very interested to know how other readers look at how the book ends.
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The story opens as Julie (Dunne) is getting ready to leave Roger (Grant) because of the pain caused by a tragedy in their lives that he can’t even bring himself to talk about, so they can begin to heal as a couple. When she finds an old stack of records she begins to trace the various stages of their love through the memories recalled by each song. It is through the records that we see how it all began, and how it ended up here, in a wonderful framing device for the romantic and heart-breaking narrative.
Roger sees Julie through the window of the record store where she works, and though he doesn’t even own a phonograph player, he ends up buying a big package of songs just so he can spend time with her. He pretends he is going her way after work and it isn't long before she becomes “his funny little redhead.” There are some wonderful scenes such as Julie and Roger sitting in a cabana by the beach reading fortune cookies which gives the story a very romantic atmosphere.
When Roger, who is a reporter, has a chance to go to Tokyo for a few years, the two get married and have a truncated honeymoon on a train which results in them becoming prospective parents. An earthquake, an inheritance, a small town paper in the States, all combine to form a warm, sweet, and sadly moving story that lets the viewer in on how everything got so broken, leaving Julie standing at the phonograph, recalling their lives together before she leaves.
Whether their love and marriage can be saved is only resolved in the last few moments of this beautiful film. Edgar Buchanan as Apple Jack is absolutely wonderful as he lends both support and humor to this true screen classic. Beulah Bondi is also memorable as the kind Miss Oliver, going out of her way to create a family for two people who love each other. A warm and sentimental film every classic film fan will cherish.