What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?
May 24, 2020 19:51:27 GMT
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Post by kijii on May 24, 2020 19:51:27 GMT
Avalon (1990) / Barry Levinson
This is beautiful movie, set in Baltimore--as many of Levinson's movies are--it relates the story of a Polish Immigrant who enters the country in 1914 and traces it forward until his death. The movie demonstrates how an extended family evolves over time, through petty arguments and real family tragedies. I just sank into the movie and loved it. I was especially impressed with the cinematography as it tries to capture the mood of the times it is following.....
Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) : I came to America in 1914 - by way of Philadelphia. That's where I got off the boat. And then I came to Baltimore. It was the most beautiful place you ever seen in your life. There were lights everywhere! What lights they had! It was a celebration of lights! I thought they were for me, Sam, who was in America. Sam was in America! I didn't know what holiday it was, but there were lights. And I walked under them. The sky exploded, people cheered, there were fireworks! What a welcome it was, what a welcome!
Michael Kaye (Elijah Wood): I don't want you to leave!
Sam Krichinsky : One way or the other,we all have to leave.
This is beautiful movie, set in Baltimore--as many of Levinson's movies are--it relates the story of a Polish Immigrant who enters the country in 1914 and traces it forward until his death. The movie demonstrates how an extended family evolves over time, through petty arguments and real family tragedies. I just sank into the movie and loved it. I was especially impressed with the cinematography as it tries to capture the mood of the times it is following.....
Michael Kaye (Elijah Wood): I don't want you to leave!
Sam Krichinsky : One way or the other,we all have to leave.