Suitcase of Love and Shame2013
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This is a wonderful example of how documentary considered as a from of creative non-fiction can capture the feeling and mood of a particular time and place, in this case, America in 1965. Watching this, it is easy to see what the hippies where seeing as they reacted to mainstream American culture with the psychological response much akin to projectile vomiting as a physical response. The hippies where right.
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This is a wonderful example of how documentary considered as a from of creative non-fiction can capture the feeling and mood of a particular time and place, in this case, America in 1965. Watching this, it is easy to see what the hippies where seeing as they reacted to mainstream American culture with the psychological response much akin to projectile vomiting as a physical response. The hippies where right.
It feels on my ears like a great novel,I have never found any movie so beautiful.
Couldn't agree more!
Perfectly said.
This was a very curious project. It was captivating on some levels, but ultimately I found it very disturbing. We clearly are invading someone's privacy. I actually think this, if indeed these are the actual tapes, is wrong. Have you ever taken a private photograph or written a very private letter? If someone found these fifty years from now, would you consider it acceptable for someone to not only look at them, but to display them for large groups of people to see? I don't think the notion of are gives us the right to violate someone's privacy. If on the other hand, this is purely fictional, then my criticism is retracted, and in which case I would say this is at least marginally interesting as a look into the foolish things we do when we are attracted to.
one of my all time favorite films!
Amazing. A film I could have enjoyed with my eyes closed through the whole thing - except that I would have missed those little glimpses of a leg or a hotel room or of her red hair etc. The winning and enduring voices were REALLY impressive and persuasive: congrats to the director and the actors. They totally made the film. Although the pace sometimes seemed slow, I came to appreciate that those long pauses that provided little moments when I could ponder and consider and make some conclusions. I've never reviewed a film like this where so much was contributed by what was left out. Please provide us with more work by Jane Gillooly!
Have you ever wondered how lovers talk in private? Ever wanted to listen in on private phone conversations? If so, this is a movie for you. It just goes to show how banal and common all those conversations between lovers that (the lovers) feel are unique.
An experiment with no resolution.