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Post by cynthiagreen on Oct 3, 2019 16:43:20 GMT
Wikipedia lists it in a list of set in New England although yes you correct - it doesn't appear to have been filmed there. I don't have the novel to hand to check location. Sorry. Rewatched the film recently after reading the novel - beautiful film. Yes, a beautiful film, indeed. Oh, you read the novel! Wow! I read Salamanca's novel "The Lost Country", which I thought was simply brilliant (later it was made into the Elvis Presley film, Wild in the Country - vastly inferior to the novel, but still, in my opinion his best film, because of the story). I'd would have loved to read "Lilith", but never came across it - this was decades ago. Did you like it? I'm assuming you did. The novel was exceptional, and definitely enhanced my (re)viewing of the film. A very faithful adaptation I'd say. I'd definitely recommend the novel if you get the chance.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Oct 3, 2019 18:30:13 GMT
Somewhat New England-related: I always got a chuckle out of the sub-plot in The Seven Year Itch (1955) where Richard Sherman's (Tom Ewell) wife and son are going off to Maine to spend the summer, leaving poor Richard to stay behind in New York City to continue with work. There's a certain hayride in the Maine countryside that plays into the plot... now, obviously it wasn't actually shot in Maine, probably some back-lot in Hollywood, but, having spent several summers in Maine myself, I always get a kick out of that part of the movie. i swear there was a john wayne or maybe lee marvin movie filmed in maine, surviving a blizzard or something after a plane crashes... nutsberryfarm 🏜: you may be thinking of Death Hunt (1980), with Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson. It took place in the Canadian Rockies with lots of snow and blizzard-like conditions, also there was a plane crash scene in it.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Oct 3, 2019 22:50:09 GMT
Hi there spiderwort I may be a little off course, but you may be interested to know that the region where I live high up on the tableland in Northern NSW Australia is also called New England, gazetted in 1839 as the New England District. Two notable films come to mind that were filmed in the district The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Fred Schepisi and surprisingly in 1968, an absolute culture shock for the locals of Tamworth was the arrival of a Japanese cast & crew to film the excellent revenge western Koya no toseinin , The Drifting Avenger (1968) Jun'ya Satô starring Ken Takakura
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 4, 2019 15:47:02 GMT
I am not sure if Long Island is part of New England and i am to lazy to look it up, but if it is than Dark Victory (1939) is set in New England. And if its not well than this is a pointless post.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Oct 4, 2019 19:37:58 GMT
I am not sure if Long Island is part of New England and i am to lazy to look it up, but if it is than Dark Victory (1939) is set in New England. And if its not well than this is a pointless post. Technically, New York State is not part of New England (New England comprises the following six U.S. states: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut) however, many parts of New York - especially upstate areas - do have a New England look and feel about them. So, yeah, I can see where movies filmed in New York State could remind one of New England.
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 5, 2019 16:56:35 GMT
Hi there spiderwort I may be a little off course, but you may be interested to know that the region where I live high up on the tableland in Northern NSW Australia is also called New England, gazetted in 1839 as the New England District. Two notable films come to mind that were filmed in the district The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Fred Schepisi and surprisingly in 1968, an absolute culture shock for the locals of Tamworth was the arrival of a Japanese cast & crew to film the excellent revenge western Koya no toseinin , The Drifting Avenger (1968) Jun'ya Satô starring Ken Takakura
Oh, I had no idea! I love that. But I bet your weather is quite different from that of the New England world in America. It's a bit cooler here, I imagine, though I could be wrong. And of the films you mentioned, I haven't seen Koya no toseinin. But The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is one of my all-time favorites. What a wonderful film that is. So haunting and beautiful, to me anyway. So, hello, down under New Englander! I'm so pleased to meet you.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Oct 6, 2019 20:10:00 GMT
Hi there spiderwort I may be a little off course, but you may be interested to know that the region where I live high up on the tableland in Northern NSW Australia is also called New England, gazetted in 1839 as the New England District.
Oh, I had no idea! I love that. But I bet your weather is quite different from that of the New England world in America. It's a bit cooler here, I imagine, though I could be wrong. And of the films you mentioned, I haven't seen Koya no toseinin. But The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is one of my all-time favorites. What a wonderful film that is. So haunting and beautiful, to me anyway. So, hello, down under New Englander! I'm so pleased to meet you. Hi there spiderwort yes a very different environment to your New England , those first British settlers would never have come up with the homesick name had they arrived today. We are now in the third year of a devastating drought , dust and smoke pollutes our air, towns are running out of water, the countryside, normally picturesque rolling green pasture and hills has long turned brown, along with dying trees and gardens, todays spring forecast 35 C with a severe fire weather warning !! Back to your New England, The first and a favourite film that comes to mind, All That heaven Allows (1955). Douglas Sirk uses the setting of Stoningham in suburban New England. The magic of cinema ! it was actually filmed at a Universal studio backlot in California, built to mimic a leafy upper-middle class, New England town...
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Post by london777 on Oct 6, 2019 20:43:25 GMT
Back to your New England, The first and a favourite film that comes to mind, All That Heaven Allows (1955). Douglas Sirk uses the setting of Stoningham in suburban New England. The magic of cinema ! it was actually filmed at a Universal studio backlot in California, built to mimic a leafy upper-middle class, New England town... I am sorry, planetx but, if you present the fake New England of "All That Heaven Allows", you leave me no option but to offer the equally fake New England of its pastiche offspring: Far From Heaven (2002) dir:Todd Haynes, Supposedly set in Connecticut, it was actually fimed in New Jersey.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Oct 6, 2019 21:05:43 GMT
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Post by Eλευθερί on Oct 15, 2019 2:01:28 GMT
It Chapter Two Love Story I Married a Witch The Sainted Sisters
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 15, 2019 2:35:34 GMT
in 1960 the farm scenes in SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS were shot on Staten Island, which, I thought, looked a lot like Kansas ( I think of Staten Island as part of Long Island).Close but nope … it's across from Brooklyn which IS part of Long Island. The highway that now connects Staten Island to Brooklyn goes right past the childhood home of .
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Post by london777 on Oct 15, 2019 7:03:05 GMT
The Ice Storm (1997) dir: Ang Lee is set in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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Post by millar70 on Dec 28, 2019 19:51:20 GMT
Well, this is a great thread that I feel like contributing to. I was born and raised in a beach town in Rhode Island, spending the first 20 years of my life there before moving to California in the early 90's. I was glad to get out of there when I was a young man, but I am so glad I grew up there.
If you want to see about as close to where I was as possible, that would be the film Mystic Pizza. My sister lives in Mystic, Ct. and there are PLENTY of sites from that movie that I know very well. And though Jaws was filmed at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, those beaches look exactly like the ones I walked on in Rhode Island. The people of "Amity Island" remind me, for better or worse, of the folks from my hometown.
The Farrelly brothers movies may be crass, but they do show great shots of Rhode Island (Dumb And Dumber, Me Myself and Irene).
And two GREAT Boston movies that haven't been mentioned yet are Mystic River and The Fighter, both of which really capture the essence of Boston and the people that live there.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 20:00:51 GMT
millar70Mystic Pizza …. great sleeper of a movie .. needs to be watched more often !
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Post by millar70 on Dec 28, 2019 20:09:37 GMT
millar70Mystic Pizza …. great sleeper of a movie .. needs to be watched more often ! When it first came out, I wasn't too thrilled because it's a "chick movie", but as time has gone by, I've appreciated it a lot more. Plus, like I said, it does have many familiar locations for me to look at. Jaws is really my go-to movie when people ask me what it was like where I grew up. That's a "cooler" one to bring up with the guys than Mystic Pizza 😎
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 16, 2020 14:48:17 GMT
Jaws (1975) - Massachusetts Ellen Brody: You see the kids? Brody: [looking out the window] They must be in the back yard. Ellen Brody: In Amity, you say yahd.Brody: [starting out of the bedroom, speaking with a bad New-England accent] They're in the yahd, not too fah from the cah. [looks back at Ellen] Brody: How's that? Ellen Brody: Like you're from New York. "Amity, as you know, means friendship."
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