tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805967105022667872.post1977611244580984436..comments2024-02-20T18:19:28.881+00:00Comments on Things to Make and Do: "Far From Heaven"Jane Houshamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00838867793630660837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805967105022667872.post-73395063992949164752012-02-06T00:46:51.091+00:002012-02-06T00:46:51.091+00:00Fascinating review - I'm ashamed to say that I...Fascinating review - I'm ashamed to say that I'm not sure if I've seen this film. It seems familiar but I don't remember it. I'm capable of forgetting having seen a film, so I'm really not sure. (Old age is a terrible thing!) I'll have to look out for it now.<br /><br />Having said that, I LOVE 'All That Heaven Allows' ever since we were shown it as part of our film studies course at college. (I think Douglas Sirk was 'in' at the time.) I love the saturated technicolour of those fifties films, and the style of everything. <br /><br />I too have a pile of DVDs yet to be watched - mostly ones that have been bought as presents. How does one find the time for everything?Kitsch and Curioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199950395051649169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805967105022667872.post-83756089326663905442012-02-05T17:10:11.711+00:002012-02-05T17:10:11.711+00:00Sniggering at Lesley's comment re the DVD bein...Sniggering at Lesley's comment re the DVD being overpriced!<br /><br />Loved your analysis of the use of colour in the film.<br /><br />We have VERY few DVDs, but every now and then we watch one of the free ones that come with the Sunday Papers. Some have been pretty good, it has to be said. Oh, and we once watched an IKEA promotional one (yes, REALLY!) which was fascinating in the way that it sucked you and "made" you watch the whole thing in much the same way that the shops "encourage" you to take in the whole store.......menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805967105022667872.post-34152957462809371482012-02-05T09:47:24.795+00:002012-02-05T09:47:24.795+00:00I watched those Douglas Sirk films as a child and ...I watched those Douglas Sirk films as a child and bought both the Rock Hudson/Jane Wyman ones for my Mum to watch again a few years ago. I love the one where he's a surgeon and the only one that can restore her sight...what a tearjerker.... so I think this might be right up my street, except, like you Jane I have a pile of unwatched dvd's languishing in the corner. I just watched Julia Roberts in 'Eat, Pray, Love', a £5 bargain from Morrisons- at least £3 overpriced.... get the picture?LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805967105022667872.post-59320011226113161042012-02-03T23:00:39.998+00:002012-02-03T23:00:39.998+00:00I have to confess that I had never heard of Todd H...I have to confess that I had never heard of Todd Haynes until reading this post, so thank you for making me realise the error of my ways! I will be looking out for "Far From Heaven", it looks superb. <br /><br />xJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159166921836676091noreply@blogger.com