Tag Archives: caring

PAULINE AND PAULETTE (2001)

Posted on November 21, 2017 by rinaross

Third film at the Ealing Oldies Network. The 18 people present were enthusiastic. They appreciated the film and the exchange of views at the end was very lively and informed. It was evident that a few had some experience in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, audience responses, care, FILM RECEPTION | Tagged actors, amateur dramatics, care, care home, carer, caring, communication, family, flowers, learning difficulties, mother/daughter, nature, photos, representation old woman, retirement, reviews, shop keeper, sisters, small village, women | 3 Comments

FEMINISM, AGEING, AND FILMS

Posted on August 31, 2016 by rinaross

It is bizarre at the age of 81 to have a feeling of deja vu about the experience of seeing a film. And this is the only way I can explain my profound distaste of Chronic. I have tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, care | Tagged Ageing, assisted suicide], carer, caring, death, end of life care, family, feminism, grief, incontinence, old woman, voyeuristic style | Leave a comment

CHRONIC (2015) : ambiguities and control.

Posted on August 23, 2016 by rinaross

I must come back to Chronic. A friend mentioned to me another film directed by Franco: After Lucia. I viewed it immediately and the experience urged me to revisit Chronic and analyse it. I found that the two films … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis, FILM RECEPTION | Tagged ambiguities, assisted death, assisted suicide], carer, caring, daughter, death, disability, film genre, film reception, grief, incontinence, long takes, palliative care, point of view, sexual harassment, story and plot, subjective point of view, vomiting | Leave a comment

Chronic: palliative care or a man’s portrait?

Posted on July 29, 2016 by rinaross

Holidays. Time to reflect on some questions I asked myself after a few viewings. In my post about Wrinkles I wrote: “But one cannot help being intrigued by the predominantly male atmosphere of the film when it is common knowledge that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, animation, critics | Tagged Ageing, Ageism, amour, assisted suicide], carer, caring, death, end of life care, family, film reception, intergeneration, intimate care, Naked bodies, palliative care, sexual abuse by carer | 3 Comments

A WOMAN’S TALE : an overview

Posted on July 25, 2016 by rinaross

I have written about Paul Cox’s Innocence (2000) three years ago but I have wanted to consider this great director’s A Woman’s Tale ( 1991) for a very long time. In June this year Paul Cox died at the age … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, carer, caring, death, dying, dying at home, friendship, loneliness, metaphors, mother, mother and son, old man, old woman, Paul Cox, social contacts, terminal cancer, war trauma | 2 Comments

THE WINTER GUEST: PHYLLIDA LAW AND EMMA THOMPSON. On women friendships

Posted on May 23, 2015 by rinaross

In my previous post I noted that it might be rewarding to examine Mother Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Daughter Frances’ (Emma Thompson) story in The Winter Guest. The task of tracing their narrative in this crazily edited puzzle was very … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, anger, caring, daughter, death, editing, Emma Thompson, film reception, friendship, grief, jump cuts, mother, mother/daughter, Phyllida Law, script and cinematography, women friendships | Leave a comment

KEEPING MUM (2005) or “it is the least a mother can do”

Posted on March 25, 2015 by rinaross

Like Tatie Danielle, Keeping Mum is difficult to categorise. The reviewers call it a black comedy and their assessments range from Ebert and Rope “It’s probably one of the funniest films to come out of England in years” to Philip French “laboured … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis, motherhood | Tagged Ageing, british comedies, caring, daughter, family, grandmother, housekeeper, intergeneration, mother, mother and grownup family, mother/daughter, murder, nanny, oldwoman/teenager, sermon, song of songs, teenager, unhappy family, vicar | Leave a comment

BABOUSSIA (2003) self sacrificing great grandmother

Posted on January 27, 2015 by rinaross

I have used italics for film quotes and bold italics for director’s quotes mainly from http://www.kinoglaz.fr/u_fiche_film.php?num=60 in French or the extras from the DVD. I have used the spelling of Baboussia used on the DVD cover but there are different … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, carer, caring, daughter, director's comment, family, family and war, grandmother, great-granddaughter, grief, intergeneration, mother, mother/daughter, passive old woman, representation old woman, rural/urban, Russia, self sacrificing old woman | 1 Comment

THE WHALES OF AUGUST (1987)

Posted on September 27, 2013 by rinaross

At the 2006 U3A/NFT Older Women in Films Study Day the focus film was The Whales of August. The film at the time was not available on DVD or Video but the film group had watched a copy from the TV. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, blindness, braille reading, carer, caring, cataracts., death, disability, friendship, hearing aid., linear and circular time, lined faces, looks, low and high tides, moonshine, nature, representation old woman, sea, sisterhood, sisters, stroke, whales, white hair, wrinkles | 2 Comments

Baghban (The Gardener – 2003)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by rinaross

66 years later than Make Way For Tomorrow and 50 years later than TS, Baghban (2003) treats the same subject of the generation gap in a changing world. But in contrast to both MWT and TS Poojah the old woman … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged adopted son, Ageing, Baghban, bollywood, caring, daughter-in-law, escapism, family, grandmother, indian film, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, oldwoman/teenager, separation, sexism, sons and mothers, teenager, tokyo story | 2 Comments

QUARTET (2012)

Posted on May 25, 2013 by rinaross

SEE ALSO UNDER ‘RESOURCES’ THE FILM GROUP RESPONSES When I first saw Quartet at the London Film Festival I was as enthralled as the whole audience. We left the cinema with smiles on our faces. There were so many pleasures … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, amour, best exotic marigold hotel, care home, caring, friendship, intergeneration, La Traviata, music, musicians, opera, Quartet, representation old woman, retirement home, Rigoletto, verdi | 1 Comment

AMOUR – QUESTIONS

Posted on April 1, 2013 by rinaross

ALSO SEE UNDER FILM GROUP PAGE THE RESPONSES OF THE FILM GROUP Two people have said to me: your blog is about the representation of old women and yet you do not address this in the one about Amour. This is true. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, Ageism, carer, caring, co- housing, daughter, death, family, film reception, Haneke, looks, old woman, oscars, representation old woman | Leave a comment

AMOUR – A PERSONAL VIEW

Posted on March 26, 2013 by rinaross

At long last Amour. I was waiting for our film group to meet before writing about this amazing film. Being interested in how viewers receive a film and what is on-screen I found that above all other films Amour demands … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged amour, anger, carer, caring, dead body, death, euthanasia, funeral, group of old women, Haneke, long takes, paralysis, physical disability | 1 Comment

BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) and AGEWISE

Posted on February 14, 2013 by rinaross

I was rereading chapter 1 of Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s book AGEWISE : The Eskimo On the Ice Floe. At the back of my mind lurked vague thoughts about a film group. I decided to revisit The Ballad of Narayama which has the same theme as the Eskimo … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged abandonment, Ageing, Ageism, Agewise., caring, death, folk myth, Gullette, Imamura, intergeneration, Kinoshita, mother and son, obasute, old woman, otherness, ritual | Leave a comment

Haneke’s Amour

Posted on November 29, 2012 by rinaross

I have delayed writing about Amour. Of all the films I have ever seen Amour is the one that has touched me the deepest in my intimate world. I have in the last few years witnessed the slow physical and mental decline and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Ageing, amour, carer, caring, Haneke, mental disability, separation | 8 Comments

Iris and cultural ageism

Posted on August 24, 2011 by rinaross

A while ago the film Iris (2001) provoked an animated discussion in our Older Women in Films Group. Some women thought that the account of Iris Murdoch Alzheimer’s disease was very well treated and the fact that she was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageism, Conferences and comments | Tagged Ageism, alzheimer, caring, cultural ageism, fermale philosopher, Iris Murdoch | 4 Comments

Volver : women’s lives and deaths

Posted on April 24, 2011 by rinaross

The U3A screening at the Lexi in March was Almodovar’s Volver. The audience, as usual composed of a majority of women, greatly appreciated the film. This was expressed by lively contributions by many of them. There were general comments: idealisation … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged caring, daughter, death, food, grandmother, group of old women, intergeneration, mother, old woman, supernatural | 3 Comments

Pauline and Paulette

Posted on November 16, 2009 by rinaross

November 16th 2009 Pauline and Paulette The film shown at the Lexi at the October U3A film group meeting was Pauline and Paulette (2001). The session was well attended. Although the film is simple and gentle it provoked in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged caring, death, mental disability, siblings | 1 Comment