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| 119.1 | | DSSDEV::RUST | | Tue Apr 06 1993 13:24 | 9 |
| Woman is paralyzed in an accident, becomes bitter and withdrawn, meets
feisty nurse, some kind of personal growth ensues. ;-)
[I haven't seen it yet, but probably will; it doesn't look like it's
one of Sayles' best, but I've enjoyed more of his movies than I've
disliked, so I'll give it a try. Oh, and (of course) David Strathairn's
in it, with - or so it sounds - more than a bit part this time.]
-b
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| 119.2 | it was very good | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | my building has every convenience | Tue Apr 06 1993 15:35 | 21 |
| I enjoyed this quite a bit. Although it sounds, from the brief
discription of the plot, like it could be a very corny story, it's
actually quite well done, and doesn't come across as cornball at all.
The acting is excellent, and the two main characters' personalities are
explored in depth, for a movie. I thought all the characters reacted
very realistically in the various situations, and, in general, the
movie had a very real feel for me (although I've never actually been in
a similar situation in real life, so suppose I don't really *know* but
it felt real to me).
The woman who is paralyzed had been an actress on a popular TV soap
opera, and one extremely funny scene happens when three other actresses
come to visit her, at her home, after she has been paralyzed.
Also, it takes place in Louisiana, and there is some local color shown
in the movie - bayous, cajuns, etc.
I would recommend it, 'ren. I think you'd like it. :-)
Lorna
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| 119.3 | Yup | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler group | Wed Apr 07 1993 19:26 | 5 |
| I generally concur with .2. Yes, Strathairn has more than a bit part...
I'm not sure which was funnier, the visit from the fellow actresses or
the visit from the two childhood friends. Neat camera work in the
swamp tour, too. Helps if (like me) you're partial to Cajun/Zydeco music.
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| 119.4 | Is this name right? | SPEZKO::TOMG | Dragon Dictate User | Mon Apr 12 1993 14:23 | 7 |
| The actress is Mary(?) Mcdonald. She was in Dances with Wolves and
played the emergency room head doctor in the sitcom in the TV show
"ER" with Elliott Gould.
I haven't seen this film, but I liked her in DwW.
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| 119.5 | | ASDG::FOSTER | Black Feminist | Wed May 05 1993 11:17 | 9 |
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I saw it. If you've seen a lot of action movies, it comes across as
very slow. Kind of like peeling off layers. But I wasn't ready for it
to end when it did.
Me being the radical I am, I would have loved it if Mae Alice had been
black and Shantelle had been white, because some of Shantelle's
realities troubled me. But maybe that would have made it less
believable...
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| 119.6 | Coy titles send me down the vomitorium | 11843::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Jun 22 1993 13:53 | 7 |
| Annoyingly cryptic title. Is it a passion-play/loaves-and-fishes
reference for those Religiously In The Know? Did they throw darts at a
dictionary?
I'll catch it on dollar night at the video store...
Leslie
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| 119.7 | | 12368::michaud | Jeff Michaud, DECnet/OSI | Fri Aug 13 1993 10:09 | 8 |
| > Annoyingly cryptic title. Is it a passion-play/loaves-and-fishes
> reference for those Religiously In The Know?
Having now seen this wonderful film I know know what
a Passion Fish is. A Passion Fish is a fish found in
the stomach of a larger fish that you've cut open. Folklore
has it that if you hold the Passion Fish really hard between
your palms and wish for loving from someone, you'll get it.
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| 119.8 | | DSSDEV::RUST | | Wed Aug 18 1993 16:46 | 7 |
| Re .7: Yeah - but. I had the distinct feeling that the character in the
film was making the whole thing up to further his own plans. [True,
pressing a dead, once-eaten fish into your love-object's hand may not
be the _traditional_ way to win her heart, but it sure makes you hard
to forget... ;-)]
-b
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