Gods. I wish there was a place half as cool around here.
I do still have access to JSTOR. If I find anything really worth reading, would you like copies?
Certainly. Thank you.
rushthatspeaks really wanted to watch this one because she felt that there are so many stupid movies about nuns and so few good ones.
That's true. I haven't seen many others myself. The Nun's Story (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053131/), with Audrey Hepburn, wasn't too bad. I've heard The Bells of St. Mary's (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037536/) is good, though I don't know anything about it.
Is she the sister who transfers the name to the Young General?
Yes, you're right. I'd thought it was Sister Honey, but I just popped the DVD in and it's Sister Ruth who says it--beginning with the words "Black Narcissus," drawing Sister Clodagh out of a memory of a date with her old sweetheart. You hear Ruth saying the words just as we see Deborah Kerr running eagerly out into strange, complete darkness. Brilliant work.
Hm. I think that effect only started to work for me late in the film.
You know, I think I felt the same way the first time I watched the movie. This could be another reason Powell and Pressburger films are better on multiple viewings.
She's even introduced as a negative space, named in absentia when the Mother Superior is assigning Clodagh the sisters she'll take to Mopu
Yes; good point.
Nice.
It occurs to me now that a better comparison would be to Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner, who also stalks the protagonist like an animal, and also finds himself at the end of his existential rope (though maybe that's Deckard more than Roy).
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Gods. I wish there was a place half as cool around here.
I do still have access to JSTOR. If I find anything really worth reading, would you like copies?
Certainly. Thank you.
rushthatspeaks really wanted to watch this one because she felt that there are so many stupid movies about nuns and so few good ones.
That's true. I haven't seen many others myself. The Nun's Story (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053131/), with Audrey Hepburn, wasn't too bad. I've heard The Bells of St. Mary's (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037536/) is good, though I don't know anything about it.
Is she the sister who transfers the name to the Young General?
Yes, you're right. I'd thought it was Sister Honey, but I just popped the DVD in and it's Sister Ruth who says it--beginning with the words "Black Narcissus," drawing Sister Clodagh out of a memory of a date with her old sweetheart. You hear Ruth saying the words just as we see Deborah Kerr running eagerly out into strange, complete darkness. Brilliant work.
Hm. I think that effect only started to work for me late in the film.
You know, I think I felt the same way the first time I watched the movie. This could be another reason Powell and Pressburger films are better on multiple viewings.
She's even introduced as a negative space, named in absentia when the Mother Superior is assigning Clodagh the sisters she'll take to Mopu
Yes; good point.
Nice.
It occurs to me now that a better comparison would be to Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner, who also stalks the protagonist like an animal, and also finds himself at the end of his existential rope (though maybe that's Deckard more than Roy).