Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:10 AM
lagomorph777 (30,613 posts)
On The Beach
One of the best movies I've ever seen. Particularly apt at this moment. Best performances I've ever seen, from every one of the all-star cast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike in the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war; the film hints that global annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment.
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lagomorph777 | Mar 2020 | OP |
Sugar Smack | Mar 2020 | #1 | |
lagomorph777 | Mar 2020 | #2 | |
peacefreak2.0 | Mar 2020 | #3 | |
Sugar Smack | Mar 2020 | #4 | |
TreadSoftly | Mar 2020 | #5 | |
John1956PA | Mar 2020 | #6 | |
Aristus | Mar 2020 | #7 | |
PlanetBev | Mar 2020 | #8 |
Response to lagomorph777 (Original post)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:13 AM
Sugar Smack (18,748 posts)
1. That story has been on my mind. I saw the more recent version,
with Rachel Ward in it. I forgot how long it was, but I remember feeling socked in the gut by it.
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Response to Sugar Smack (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:15 AM
lagomorph777 (30,613 posts)
2. Look up the original. It's stunning.
Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #2)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:21 AM
peacefreak2.0 (906 posts)
3. Re-read it a while back
Still powerful, but so sexist. Good read.
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Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #2)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:21 AM
Sugar Smack (18,748 posts)
4. I definitely will. Thanks!
Response to lagomorph777 (Original post)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:22 AM
TreadSoftly (218 posts)
5. Amazing movie
There are many memorable scenes in that old movie which I won't spoil. Sobering to see Fred Astaire in serious acting and Tony Perkins before he was typecast as Mother.
I had always wondered: using horse-drawn carriages in the beginning: was that typical Australia in 1960's or is that part of the "running out of resources" theme? Outside of that drama: Ava Gardner said something dismissive about Australia which won her scorn. |
Response to lagomorph777 (Original post)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:23 AM
John1956PA (1,894 posts)
6. As a teen, I read the novel and was taken by its descripton of people facing their fates.
The scenarios in which the characters found themselves saddened me when I read the book. Over the years, particularly when debates about nuclear arsenals have made the news, I have thought back about the haunting vision which Nevil Shute gave us.
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Response to lagomorph777 (Original post)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:27 AM
Aristus (61,167 posts)
7. The movie was great. The novel was astonishing.
I cry at sad movies. I rarely cry reading sad novels, but this was one time in which I did. The end was shattering.
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Response to lagomorph777 (Original post)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:57 AM
PlanetBev (3,972 posts)
8. I saw it at the movies
I was only nine, so I didn’t quite understand it.
Seeing it years later, definitely one of the best and saddest films ever made. |