last month, pc and i got to watch 'next to normal', the musical. so much buzz was generated i just had to watch it. so we caught it on its last weekend run. i won't review it here. but watching it reminded me of a 1981 oscar best picture, ordinary people, directed by robert redford.
i immediately downloaded the torrent file and got my chance to watch it again in the plane. i remember being so moved by it.
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. imdb
i remember being 'scared' of mary tyler moore's character. and overwhelmed by her acting, so different from the goody-two-shoes TV character she portrayed in her eponymous show.
timothy hutton as the troubled teenager won an oscar for his portrayal. and rightly so. he just didnt play the part. he inhabited it. and i related to his character, to his depression.
i found myself tearing up again. thank God the plane's cabin lights were turned off. lol. but i was touched totally by that movie, again.
that's what i miss about movies these days. movies during the 80's were about real people, in real situations. the camera was focused on relationships. myopic as it may seem, it was something that i could relate to, growing up. and ultimately, it was cathartic for me then. for i was a teenager with my own growing up problems then.
find time to watch this sometime.
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Ow. The image is broken.
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