> From:         Dianne Hunter
> Subject:      The Hours
>
> I found THE HOURS on film very moving in its sadness, and thought it was
> great for telling in mainstream form the otherwise largely untold story of
> women's same sex desire.  I thought the main point was the story of Laura
> Brown, based on Cunningham's mother.  I thought Toni Colette doing Ethel
> Mertz as Kitty was a great performance linking the theme of the 50s mad
> housewife to the I LOVE LUCY series from 1950 American television and a
> wonderful comment on the relationship of the Lucy and Ethel characters in
> that show.  Lucy's son was "little Ricky," transformed in Cunningham to
> Richard.
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> From: "Murray M.Schwartz" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Institute for Psychological Study of the Arts
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> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 07:44:37 -0500
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> Subject: Fw: The hours
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> From: "Ida Kodrlová" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fw: The hours
>
>
> Dear Claire Hershman and Ryan Wells,
>
> thanks for you comments. I have seen "21 grams" as well and liked the film
> (more than "Amorres Peros") although the interweaving of the plots there
> seemed a little bit too complicated. On the contrary, the interweaving of
> the stories in "The Hours" have been given to a spectator on a silver plate
> (repeating motives connecting the stories of Woolf, Clarrisa and Laura - not
> only at the beginning). The Hours have been projected on the gay and lesbian
> festival in the Czech Republic and I suppose that mainly women have been
> touched by the film. Why? Is it because spheres of our unconscious are
> touched by the feeling of regret and unfulfilled wishes so much present in
> the film and as Ryan Wells wrote so beautifully spun through the film?
>
> Ida Kodrlova
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Institute for Psychological Study of the Arts
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Murray M.Schwartz
> > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:24 PM
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> > Subject: Fw: Fw: The hours
> >
> >
> > From: "Ryan Wells" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Fw: The hours
> >
> >
> >   I thought the film version of The Hours was quite wonderful.
> > The book was, well, needless to say, dollar book Woolf (correct
> > phrasing?).  The screenplay by playwright David Hare was very
> > Bergmanesque, and I found myself thinking that this is the
> > Hollywood version of a Bergman film such as Cries and Whispers.
> > There was something about the feeling of regret which was spun oh
> > so beautifully through the screenplay, and the lovely Glass score
> > as well. The ending too, was breathtaking.  It was very
> > reminiscent of the conclusion of Antonioni's L'avventura. But
> > that's my opinion I suppose.
> >
> >   Perhaps Eastwood's masterpiece Mystic River is the better
> > patient for psychoanalysis. Or maybe, maybe not.
> >
> >   Ryan Wells
> >
> > On Sat Mar 27 14:01:22 EST 2004, "Murray M.Schwartz"
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Claire Hershman" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: The hours
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought it was a horrid film and did not deserve as much
> > > accolades and
> > > praise as it got.... except for the computer graphics and
> > > enhancement. It
> > > did not seem to have a symbolic meaning that I could discern, nor
> > > really
> > > much of a story. Has anyone seen 25 grams with Sean Penn that is
> > > quite
> > > exceptional, I think.?  Claire odeon in london  Also although it
> > > is very
> > > english, I would imagine  I was watching on dvd last night' Bend
> > > it like
> > > Beckham,' great story, engaging  and quirky....
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Ryan R Wells
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