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MARVIN’S ROOM (1996): Love and Care

Posted on July 13, 2017 by rinaross

It is the end of the U3A summer term for the U3A Old Women in Film Group. I had put aside, to consider later, Marvin’s Room (1996) Screenplay by Scott McPherson (1959-1992), based on his own play. With : Diane Keaton … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, care, critics, Film Analysis, grief | Tagged actors, AIDS, aunt, beauty, black humour, bone marrow transplant, care, dependence, Diane Keaton, disablement, dying, empathy, family, feminism, food, Gwen Verdon, Hume Cronyn, humour, intergeneration, Leonardo Di Caprio, leukaemia, Meryl Streep, reviews, Robert de Niro, sisters, tv, TV soaps, women | Leave a comment

Camera Obscura (2008) or what happens next?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by rinaross

Camera Obscura (2008) is an Argentinian film directed by Maria Victoria Menis. It is not about an old woman but I thought that this unknown film is well worth watching and studying for its multimedia form, its outdoor lyrical shots, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, FILM RECEPTION, motherhood | Tagged ambiguous endings, beauty, daughter, documentary, family, family photos, film reception, intergeneration, jewish film, jews and Argentinian gauchos, mirror scene, mother, mother/daughter, motherhood, multi media film, open endings, photos, surrealism, the gaze, ugliness, war | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: beauty

MARVIN’S ROOM (1996): Love and Care

Camera Obscura (2008) or what happens next?

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