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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 STRAIGHT STORY 2

Posted on September 1, 2014 by rinaross

Ageist language I could not resist flagging. From the NFT viewing notes of Charulata (1964 – dir. Satyajit Ray) I quote : … I saw old women doddering out of the cinema with tears in their eyes …. the ancient women emerging … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Conferences and comments, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, Amir Cohen-Shalev, contemplation of, daughter, disability, film reception, guilty past, intergeneration, nature, nature contemplation, old man, old man/daughter, the past, writing about films | Leave a comment

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THE STRAIGHT STORY 2

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