Posted by giveawayboy on March 10, 2002 at 12:17:39:
: : ROSEMARY'S BABY--too great for words. philosophical, it is about modernism. it is a great story much like A CANTICLE FOR LIEBOWITZ.
: How weird, I thought I was the only person in the world that had read A Canticle for Leibowitz.
: Rosemary's Baby, isn't that a horror movie similiar to Carrie? maybe I have the wrong idea about it.
Man, I was so glad to see your interest in 'CANTICLE'. I would love to read that one again. So, Kat, what do you say about you and me getting together sometime and talking about some of these little things that we seem to keep having in common. I'll most likely see you today in 'whatever that 3:30 thing is called'--I guess Asylum for now--am I right?
Rosemary's baby is about a woman who is forced to conceive Satan's son Andy, who eventually grows up to become the anti-Christ. The whole thing was pretty neat. I think the author of the story Ira Levin was a Jew, but I don't know whether he was Jewish culturally, or if he practiced his religion. Anyway, there is a real feeling of the modern spiritual vaccuum in that movie. I loved it. I would require it for a Christian film class. However, the last scene gets a little hokey. Oh well, you can't expect every film to satisfy in every way.
I know I keep raving about TEA WITH MUSSONLINI, but I just saw it for the fourth time and I love it even more. I would STRONGLY RECOMMEND it to folks who like Franco Zeffirelli's other films, BROTHER SON SISTER MOON (soundtrack in TWM is not as hippie and drawn out as BSSM) and ROMEO AND JULIET. Check it out! I really love the relationsip between Cher and the woman who played the ex-ambassador's wife.
Last night I was over at my friend Jay's house and he and I watched DIAL M FOR MURDER, w Grace Kelly. Another Hitchcock film! Once again he proves himself the master of suspense. I am sure Steve most likely enjoys these great films. I can already see him totally anticipating all the criminal's moves. I think that they could substitute Steve in the last scene where that guy comes in and figures everything out. Right Steve? Steve--I would love to watch Hitchcock with you sometime! Did you like STRANGERS ON A TRAIN?
See you all later, Bill