5.0 out of 5 stars
I just love this movie., Feb 25 2002
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This review is from: Blume in Love (VHS Tape)
And Chester... God he was a good ol' goat.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I adore this movie and hope you will, too, Jan 4 2001
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This review is from: Blume in Love (VHS Tape)
I just watched "Blume in Love" again after a long lapse, and it's held up beautifully. It's about an attorney (George Segal) who still loves his ex-wife (Susan Anspach) even though she no longer loves him and is living with a musician (Kris Kristofferson in his first role). There's so much to savor that I'll just record a few random impressions for you:
The closing shot, which is perfectly symmetrical with the opening shot, is one of the most satisfying I've ever seen. It gives me the same kind of transcendent joy I got at the fadeout of "Annie Hall" and "Field of Dreams."
There's a rape in the plot that troubles some people, and yet given the era this movie was made and the way the characters themselves deal with the situation in that period, I don't have a problem with it.
The visual riffs on "Death in Venice" are very funny and sweet.
The idea of a shared cold (very early in the movie and never spoken of, just shown) expresses intimacy as well as anything could.
Kristofferson is hilariously laid back and sweet here, and his song about Chester the goat will stay with you a while.
If you've never been to Venice, and if after "Don't Look Now" you swore you'd never go, this movie might just change your mind.
I hope you see this movie if you haven't.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps not for everyone, but for those who have experienced, Aug 14 2000
This review is from: Blume in Love (VHS Tape)
some of life and love's ups and downs, inside and outs, a wistful comedy about a shmuck who destroys his marriage with a casual affair and thereby liberates his ex-wife into becoming an independent woman who go on with her life, while he tries to regain that which he had had and lost; Segal, Anspach, and Kristofferson perfect in their roles in this period piece (70's) but with lasting appeal. A woman's movie that appeals to consciousness-raised men as well, with love winning in the end, but between which parties? Ah, there's the rub. Enjoy SHALOM Alex
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