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Post by kijii on Nov 20, 2018 16:13:58 GMT
What do YOU think this movie is about?
Rather than writing a review, I would like to get your thoughts on the movie.
Why does James Garner call every woman he meets, "Grace."
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 20, 2018 16:21:45 GMT
Oh dear, now I'll have to watch it again..... I like it so thanks for getting me to add it to the ever growing rewatch pile. |
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Post by Staccato on Nov 20, 2018 16:46:33 GMT
Good question Kijii. I saw the film once quite a while ago. I've always liked films about people with amnesia. Some I can remember: Mirage with Gregory Peck, The Third Day with George Peppard, Somewhere in the Night with John Hodiak, 36 Hours with James Garner, Random Harvest with Ronald Colman, Black Angel with Dan Duryea, and Memento with Guy Pearce. My thought about Grace is that Katharine Ross, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jean Simmons were all his wife, but at different ages. But, like Aussie, I need to see the film again. |
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Post by Staccato on Nov 20, 2018 17:06:22 GMT
Off topic, I can also remember two good TV shows about men with amnesia:
Coronet Blue with Frank Converse
A Man Called Shenandoah with Robert Horton
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 21, 2018 6:21:03 GMT
Grace is his wife.
Each of the 3 women he called "Grace" reminded him of her at different stages of their relationship:
Katharine Ross - courtship
Suzanne Pleshette - early marital struggles
Jean Simmons - final disintegration of the marriage
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Post by timshelboy on Nov 21, 2018 12:11:04 GMT
Others have given you the answer, but just thought I'd add my voice to the endorsements on this one - not that it is such a great film, but anything with an amnesia plotline gets a pass from me, and this has a splendid cast (including a sparsely used Angela Lansbury) and as a mid 60s time capsule - and one of the last B&W "A" pictures from a studio - it is of note. I've heard it called an "Existential Noir" and that's about right.
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