Are any of you heathens planning to see “Winter’s Bone?” And are any of you hillbillies planning to see it? Because I am dying to talk to someone about it, having just seen it.
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Haven’t seen it yet, but now I want to go!!
Planning to see it tomorrow night.
Great. Get back to me on it, won’t you?
OK, I’m back from seeing it. Now I want to read more about it also.
Shall we start the discussion? Or wait for others?
Why wait?
Except I could go to bed…
Do that. Get rested. Pray on it. We’ll chat.
nighty night
Backatcha.
“Why wait?”
Because sometimes people divulge too much!
Umm, am I going to need a pack of Kleenex for this tonight?
Yes, I am. I heard the article about it last week on NPR.
Love that part of Missouri.
Wahoo! A handful more and we’ll have a minyan.
You are aware that most everything in the movie is actual? They made precious few changes in people’s homes.
They also traded new clothes (Carhartt, etc) for the clothes folks were wearing for the wardrobe.
I’ve read shockingly little about the movie, though I’ve set aside time tonight to do just that.
This looks good. I hope it’s still in the theaters when I have time for a movie. I’d like to see it.
When do you start studying again?
Right now. I have a final exam tomorrow.
Wow. Why did I think you had a few weeks off?
I had 2 weeks off in May. After tomorrow, I’ll have about 2 months off before I start up again. I’m only taking one class now, so I have a MUCH lighter load than pre-mid-May.
Got it. I won’t wish you luck on your final — you won’t need it — but I will be thinking of you.
Thanks
FWIW: just saw an interesting movie about Hannah Senesh, Hungary’s Jewish “Joan of Arc” — a poet who went to Palestine against her widowed mother’s wishes, but who then parachuted back into Europe toward what would be the end of the war to try to help get Jews out of Hungary: “Blessed Is The Match.” Good blend of historical footage and re-creation.
Wow. I’ve never heard of her. Thanks for the suggestion.
I hadn’t either, but my old roommate belonged to a B’nai Brith youth group that had Senesh’s name, so SHE was aware of her. I think it’s a fairly new film, shown this evening at the MV Hebrew Center.
Looks like a great flick. I am always amazed that people could be sent off their own land.
We own land in Italy that has been in the family for centuries. It will always be ours. Government cannot take it away. As long as we have the deed, it is our land.
Is that true? Where in Italy?
Road trip!
And again: ROAD TRIP!
If it involves Italy, it is SO WORTH saying a third time:
ROAD
TRIP
PLUS BOAT! OR MAYBE PLANE! (I’ve not been and I Very Much Deserve to Go).
Ready to discuss, DJ, but for the sake of Cynical and others we ought to signal upcoming spoilers in our comments so that those unfortunate people who haven’t see the movie yet can skip our bits.
So, this is not a spoiler to say:
I can hardly find the words to describe that movie. Any word I can come up with is trite or cliche or has already been used by a fawning critic. I think it will be appreciated, dissected, loved, analyzed, and reflected upon for many many years.
Same here. I was stunned.
It’s one of those movies/stories where the author/makers may or may not have consciously meant all the layers of meaning in it, yet it is indeed so full that you could dive down into that movie so many layers deep you’d never reach the bottom.
There were so many scenes I want to dissect, but I feel an obligation not to do that until at least Cynical has seen it. It would be giving too much away.
And I know everyone is raving about the lead actress, but IMO the guy who played Teardrop deserves every award an actor could possible earn. Could you EVER tear your eyes off of his face? My Goddess, but he was brilliant.
John Hawkes. He rocks.