Wow ok fist post in a while.
Was in a Chemistry class, just vegged out some TCM, and Youtube compilations, Jackie Chan. Lots of TCM. Lots of sitcoms, Everybody Loves Raymond, pretty good. 2 and a Half Men always down with a quick laugh.
Some TCM were memorable, some not so much or only caught half of it.
On my break right now, wanted to get back to the Columbia 100 year movie list, I had actually bought this one some months ago, but something happened and missed watching regularly. I think this movies sort of depressing tone, wasnt in the mood to watch it right away. But now that I have I really enjoyed it.
Lets see its a psychological thriller. Its a mystery, Its a semi romance, its defintely a mystery, but not in the sense of a detective or a who dunnit, more of a blocked by mental anguis, no one can pin point the truth. The Doctor actor is pretty good hes straight faced during the whole thing. Hes a lobotomy specialist, but hes a human too and has feelings and a professional side lol. Its almost comical but he pulls it off well. Classic case of getting more money for the hospital you just have to lobotomize my dead sons girlfriend or partner in a sense. Then its a another classic case of Im not insane, or Im insane cause everyone tells me. The boss is like no, you do that surgery we need money! The family like lobotomize her so I can get that 50k in the will. The evil stepmother is played by Katherine Hepburn. You can allude to her being mad from just going off on a tangent of no sense when the doc asks her anything. The insane lady in question is other than miss Catherine, played by Elizabeth Taylor. So she plays the role well, damsell in distress a bit, loose cannon. Temptress, fainting, screamer, suicidal lonely loving. Pretty wide role actually. I think this is one of my first films with her. Although I know who she is and recognize her. Back to Katherine Hepburn, plays a rich snob type. With a ADHD attention span, hell bent on the lobotomy lol, which is kind of demented. Sadistic. Anyways, I thought the film was boring at first, and wondering what the deal was, psycho hospital, asylum, this story about the turtles and the birds, and the poetry, and Sebastian, thats a charter deceased, but still part of the film, only brought about in vague memories or second hand descriptions. A garden, playing with imagery and metaphors of God and life and death. Death itself in nature and imagery of skulls skeletons and angels. So the film was very creative in that sense, so I began to get more intrigued as to what actually happened. Because everytime the film would reveal a little, it would pull back, and cover it up again. Finally in the end, just a rush of the story as it was, it becomes pretty intense, and this is a story youve never heard before. Imagination runs a bit wild. So it ends nice, lol, can you imagine the lobotomy surgeon romantically with his patient, lol. Its not quite like that but for humours sake. So yeah was a ok movie, maybe shoulda put it on during Halloween, cause it was more of a thriller Horror than a xmas movie. So particular screams, and when she runs away from the doctor to end up being attacked and causing a riot in the lobotomized men section was creepy, and equally creepy as when she wanted to jump in the pit of lobotomized old women, makes for a classic asylum horror. Ah it was good different kind of movie. Not something I knew much about or was on my radar for films to watch so I like the Columbia 100 Year list, plus going through the years, I suspect wont be many more Black and White films coming up .
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Montgomery Clift was the doctor, passed away young. Method acting, using your own experiences to give depth and reaction to the character, guess it was a controversial method as opposed to classical. Hwy was a decent movie, not calling it the best but for the script writing acting, sets performances, story all pretty good. You know who esle I recognize looking at the cast now, is the nurse
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Mercedes Mccambridge from all the Kings Men
