tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post8676816527188045887..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Movie Moments, 15: Who am I?Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-7864869852363647712009-06-12T08:31:51.761-05:002009-06-12T08:31:51.761-05:00Hi, Momo: That's cool you remember it too!
I f...Hi, Momo: That's cool you remember it too!<br />I figured since I found the clip on youTUbe that it must be memorable to many people--it does stick in the mind and there's nothing else quite like it...<br /><br />Moonstruck is such a bad movie in many ways, but there's so much good in it, it's one of my favorites, and Dukakis is exceptional.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-28058694984397073782009-06-12T08:19:09.549-05:002009-06-12T08:19:09.549-05:00Brilliant juxtaposition. I remembered an-TOINE doi...Brilliant juxtaposition. I remembered an-TOINE doinel vividly, but had forgotten the Moonstruck moment. There are so few movie moments of women making mature decisions!momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-35364565923705738302009-06-11T20:50:21.936-05:002009-06-11T20:50:21.936-05:00"we think... by continuing to stare in the mi..."we think... by continuing to stare in the mirror, we hang on to our youth."<br />Wow, good line Rudy! <br />That's a good definition of narcissism--continuing to stare into the mirror--and we Americans seem to like to cultivate that instead of self-awareness of the "see it and move on" variety. So, I think Rose is an unusual character in American movies--a wise and attractive older woman.<br /><br />Ha! And yes, maybe we need to get hit by a few trains before we figure out we just need to step off the tracks---godknows that was true for me. <br />Humor is helpful too.<br />Thanks for your good comments.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-44633662550119822002009-06-11T14:45:56.679-05:002009-06-11T14:45:56.679-05:00This is a great post. "Existential slapstick&...This is a great post. "Existential slapstick" indeed. Who knew there was such a thing? I think what I love here is your theme that what is charming--even necessary--at 20 is self-indulgent and weak in some way at, say, 40, or 50, or 60. Or, ahem, 37. The Olympia Dukakis character has faced herself in the mirror, seen what is there, and moved on. I think in our culture, with our cult of youth, we think it is a negative to see what is there and move on--that somehow by continuing to stare in the mirror, we hang on to our youth. Instead, we just become an old person that refused to grow up. It is a good thing, as you say, to know how to step out of the way of a train wreck. But perhaps you need to get hit by a few trains before you learn how to do this. Great post, Fresca, love it!Rudyinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527306418916412817noreply@blogger.com