It's "Pick a Movie" Time again....
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It's "Pick a Movie" Time again....
Spygirl | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:37 pm  My classmates (Frankie included) were so impressed with the choices you've listed before on these threads, they've asked me to post THEIR topics, too! This is the description of the first movie (there will probably be more INSIDE this thread over the next 10-14 days. I won't make a new thread each time). THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!! This is from classmate "KB": I am looking for a movie that illustrates the following: The purpose of the family is to meet the needs of its members and to maintain the larger society. To perform its functions in an optimal fashion, the family must have a particular kind of structure such as the "traditional family" with each member fulfilling his/her assigned role such as, working dad, stay-at-home mom and three children. In other words, I'm looking for a movie that illustrates the belief that "family" should be a certain way and that the purpose of family is meeting the needs of family members AND the needs of society. |
Lancecrossfire | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:43 pm  Mr. Mom |
Jetticat | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:43 pm  One True Thing..... When the family was facing crisis, each have to step out of their respective places and that isn't always convenient. |
Max | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 05:08 pm  Classic: Yours Mine and Ours (Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda) More recent: Parenthood (Steve Martin) Moonstruck (Cher and Nicolaus Cage) Once Around (Richard Dreyfus and Holly Hunter) |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 07:51 pm  Oh, what was that Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland one? Something People? Ordinary People! Ordinary People 1980, Drama, R Director: Robert Redford With: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, James Sikking, Fredric Lehne, Basil Hoffman This is the story of one family trying to come to grips with the death of one of their own. The son (Timothy Hutton) makes an unsuccessful suicide attempt, the father (Donald Sutherland) offers little emotional support, and the mother (Mary Tyler Moore) seems stuck in the moment and cannot rise beyond the crisis. The film won well-deserved Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hutton), and Screenplay. Moore was nominated for Best Actress and Hirsch was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
Labmouse | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 08:39 pm  1947-"Life with Father" 1948-"I Remember Mama" |
Egbok | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 11:04 pm  "Terms of Endearment" - Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson (I hope I spelled their names correctly) |
Lancecrossfire | Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 11:26 pm  If you want complicated, go with Death Of A Salesman |
Twiggyish | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 12:43 pm  American Beauty. A bit skewed, though. |
Spygirl | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 01:02 pm  You point out an interesting thing, twiggy -- in this case (for once ) we aren't looking for a family in a crisis situation or some extraordinary experience. For once we're looking for a movie that demonstrates how a "functional" family looks (and how people define "functional" is subjective, too, so that is a difficulty with this topic). In fact, I'm not even sure movies have been MADE about normal families...where's the entertainment in THAT!!! LOL! Thanks for the suggestions -- keep 'em coming! We REALLY appreciate your help. "KB" passes along his appreciation for your suggestions thus far as well -- and he's already researching the suggestions you've made. -SpyGirl |
Bijoux | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 01:10 pm  It's A Wonderful Life? with Jimmy Stewart. |
Sparky | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:03 pm  Birdcage (as you said, functional is subjective) |
Spygirl | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:19 pm  LOL, Sparky! Perfect example! LOVE that movie...Nathan Lane is FABULOUS! |
Tess | Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:31 pm  Father of the Bride Steel Magnolias (with a few extra besides family thrown in) |
Spygirl | Monday, July 09, 2001 - 10:03 am  <bump> I also have a new movie "search"... This one is for classmate "AA": I'm looking for a movie that shows how a family system changes and how the world contributes to that change (and vice versa). A good example of a movie of this kind would be AVALON (but the movie has already been shown in our class to demonstrate another topic so I have to find another movie) So, to summarize, we are looking for a movie that shows "traditional" family roles for KB, and a movie that shows how family changes society and how society changes a family for AA Thanks everyone! -SpyGirl |
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