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Harold & Maude

gornorft

10:22 / 19.01.03

My favourite movie of all time. The most beautiful, I think, movie of all time. It looks beautiful, it sounds beautiful (Cat Stevens, what a hero he was before he went all "Let's kill Salman Rushdie"). It's also a beautiful story.

I love the cars.

I've just watched, for the first time, my new DVD copy of the aforementioned movie. *Contented sigh* Oh the symbolism. I could write a whole page on Uncle Victor alone. And the suicides. God I love the suicides. No movie has ever impressed me to the degree of Harold & Maude. You could try and try and try but you will never convince me that there is a better movie. Go ahead. Try!

gornorft

10:29 / 19.01.03

and if anyone says "The Wicker Man" I'll, I'll... Um... hunt them down and slap them! I hate that movie.

Mourne Kransky

13:15 / 19.01.03

You soppy romantic fool. Yes, good movie (although Bud Cort's eyes alarm me, but Ruth Whatsername - Gordon, just remembered - is highly entertaining), even better book though. Rocketh right enough, though not my all time favourite by any means.

Baz Auckland

15:23 / 19.01.03

Book?!? Who? Where? What?

Mourne Kransky

18:53 / 19.01.03

This cult novel which charmed me as a boy, Mr A. A fine read.

betty woo

12:25 / 20.01.03

For someone who already has a very good video copy, are the DVD extras interesting enough to make it worth picking up?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:45 / 20.01.03

I fear that JAMM is gonna have to hunt me down and kill me.

Look, it's only a movie, okay?... (please don't hurt me)

And anyway, everyone knows "Ed Wood" is the greatest movie ever made. Anyone who doesn't cry when Bela dies is some kinda fucking lizard.

Old brown-eye is back

12:58 / 20.01.03

From what I can recall, there's barely even the film on the DVD - at least the Region 2 version. All this Harold and Maude fun is making me want to change back into Ruth Gordon again.

Baz Auckland

14:28 / 20.01.03

Yeah! Uni library, call#PS 3558 I355H3! I'm there in an hour!

grant

16:59 / 20.01.03

moving to film forum....

gornorft

20:55 / 24.01.03

There's nothing extra on the DVD at all which disappointed me greatly. There are screen shots on the cover of bits I've never seen - and this was part of the excitement in the purchase but, alas, no new footage during the actual film. The only other extras are a couple of trailers which I thought were cool.

Baz Auckland

21:59 / 24.01.03

I finished the play a few days ago, and it can stand in as a director's cut. It was fantastic. It has everything from the movie plus extra bits like Maude talking about her husband, and Harold's mum meeting Maude. Wow.

gornorft

23:33 / 24.01.03

There are bits in the theatrical trailers that weren't in the movie. One is a pasionate kissing scene with Harold & Maude and another has Harold and Uncle Victor walking through a field with injured soldiers falling about on crutches, talking about how war brought us the ball point pen, with a rickety bunch of ten foot high poles spelling out the words "FUCK WAR" in the background, the "FUCK" bit of which falls over.

gridley

14:41 / 17.03.03

Please help me...

You see, I've just heard a terrible rumor and I need someone to tell me it isn't true.

Emilio Esteves is starring in a remake of Harold & Maude with Rosario the maid from Will & Grace.

Fortunately, I can so far find no trace of the rumor on the internet.

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