Reply #8: "Between Ellen and Jill, he came, bearing his masculinity,like a gun."

[bluedawg12]

That was the trailer to a 60's movie called The Fox, about two women who were "just deluded into thinking they were lovers," when they were really waiting for Keir Dullea and his "gun."

Of course the "butcher" of the two dies, when a tree falls on her ( as portrayed by Hollwood) dour, butchy self. :eyes: BTW this was adapted from a DH Lawrence Novella. Another worshipper of his own dingleberry.

Harr, Harr, Harr.

This sh*t is not promoted by real live gay women, it's usually str8 male fantasy. :eyes:



>>Jill Banford and Ellen March struggle to support themselves by raising chickens on an isolated farm in rural Canada. Dependent Jill tends to household chores and finances while the self-sufficient Ellen deals with heavier work, such as chopping wood, repairing fences, and stalking the fox that keeps raiding their coops, although she is hesitant about killing it. Jill seems content with their secluded existence, but the frustrated Ellen is less enchanted by the solitude.

In the dead of winter, merchant seaman Paul Grenfel arrives in search of his grandfather, the now-deceased former owner of the farm. With nowhere else to go while on leave, he persuades the women to allow him to stay with them in exchange for helping with the work. Tension among the three slowly escalates when his attentions to Ellen arouse Jill's resentment and jealousy.

Eventually Paul tracks and kills the fox. Just before his departure, he makes love to Ellen and asks her to leave with him, but she confesses she would feel guilty about abandoning Jill. After Paul returns to his ship, the women resume their regular routine. Paul returns unexpectedly while the two are chopping down a dying oak. He offers to complete the job and warns Jill to move away from the tree's potential path as it falls, but she refuses to listen and is killed when it crashes on her. Ellen sells the farm and she and Paul set off to start a new life together.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film "a quiet, powerful masterpiece" and added, "Do not go to see The Fox because of its subject matter, and do not stay away for that reason. The scenes which disturbed Chicago's reactionary censors are filmed with quiet taste and an intuitive knowledge of human nature. And they are only a small part of a wholly natural film. Indeed, it is the natural ease of the film that is so appealing . . . The delicately constructed atmosphere of cold and snow, of early sunsets and chill lingering in the corners, establishes the tone . . . Miss Dennis has a difficult role . . . could have become ridiculous, but manages it well. Dullea is also stronger than he has been in other recent performances

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_(1967_film)<<