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pahunkboy -> movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 7:42:15 AM)
i liked it. one doesnt see too many 4 star films. who shot the gun at the end? it implies the wife,but might have the neighbor did it?

KatyLied -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:12:29 AM)
I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.

mnottertail -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:16:43 AM)
It more than implies the neighbor did it. You want fries with that? Sorry, for anyone who hasn't seen it. Ron

SL4V3M4YB3 -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:19:19 AM)
I never saw American Beauty but wasn't it released in 1999 or are you talking about another film entirely?

kittinSol -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:20:57 AM)
American Beauty ought to be mandatory viewing for all high school students. I'm an arts fascist, I am. [sm=book.gif] PS: and yes, it's '99, not '91 (the aesthetic is obviously end of the millenium).

KatyLied -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:23:07 AM)
quote: Sorry, for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's such a dark movie. There is a lot to like about it. But it's not for the faint of heart viewer, that's for sure. Chris Cooper, he's good.

SL4V3M4YB3 -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:25:12 AM)
I like the music from it Dead Already, Music Paradiso but I've never seen the film due to lack of opportunity.

KatyLied -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:26:38 AM)
Rent it soon! I don't think you'll be disappointed. I should also add that I have weird taste in film.

RealityLicks -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 9:57:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SL4V3M4YB3 I never saw American Beauty but wasn't it released in 1999 or are you talking about another film entirely? You're thinking of the remake. Lots of people make that mistake. The earlier Hollywood pic starred Oliver Reed, Sissy Spacek and Tracy Lord and is far superior. This in itself is only a version of a German original starring Klaus and Nastassja Kinski with Charlotte Rampling although it suffers from low production values and the director Wim wenders nervous breakdown during filming due to his wife's infidelity with Lord.

SL4V3M4YB3 -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 10:00:42 AM)
I thought it could be something like that. They do say there are no new stories anymore.

RealityLicks -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 10:03:59 AM)
Joseph Wark-Waddle covers this very subject in his seminal work "The Curate with a Thousand Eggs". Thanatos Press, 1953

Kana -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 10:13:13 AM)
Great movie. I love how dark it is, the underside of suburbia. watched The Salton Sea last night, what a cool flick that is.

softness -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 10:42:51 AM)
It's the neighbour and its a great film ... i think it should be inforced viewing for all fathers as well ... his face when she tells him the truth ... emergency guilt sammich anyone?

domiguy -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 11:05:53 AM)
One of my favorite movies....Can't see how the original could be better...He was killed by the neighbor who was played by Chris Cooper in this version. Chris Cooper is a pretty damn good character actor. Everytime I watch it, my smile just gets bigger with each passing frame...Soooo fucked up and yet soooo beautiful.

Jeffff -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 11:12:25 AM)
It was pretty good, but it's no Fargo..........eh? Jeff

pahunkboy -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 11:13:13 AM)
A mirror of life and it isnt alwsy pretty but interesting. Show me a normal family and I will show you a sorry azz tribe of slackers-like the play "our town" i have offbeat tastes in movies. I love how the film mocks perfection!! no one is perfect. any movie recommendations?

DesertRat -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 11:15:49 AM)
One of the best ever. Dark, yes, but the relationshop between the daughter and the neighbor boy...I don't know exactly why but it rang some bells in me. Everything about American Beauty just blows me away every time I see it. Magnolia had a very similar effect on me and, again, I don't know exactly why. Bob

kittinSol -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 1:55:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jeffff It was pretty good, but it's no Fargo..........eh? Jeff Speaking of the Coen brothers, I went to see No Country for Old Men - it rocks (have they ever done a bad movie?).

angelikaJ -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 2:25:12 PM)
"My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood. This is my street. This... is my life. I'm forty-two years old. In less than a year, I'll be dead." http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/AmericanBeauty_final.html It won the Oscar (among others) for best screenplay btw (Alan Ball) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/awards

Owner59 -> RE: movie "American Beauty" 1991,**** (2/17/2008 3:24:48 PM)
It was the neighbor.I think he was gay and in the closet for way to long. I think he projected that his son was also gay and fooling with Spacey`s character.

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