tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post5830575392044278851..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Desperate Characters (1971)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-4532872466782321492023-06-03T19:26:46.967-07:002023-06-03T19:26:46.967-07:00Just saw this movie for the first time and it hit ...Just saw this movie for the first time and it hit like a sledgehammer, especially towards the end. Otto is an absolute tyrant of a husband, whether he's casually telling Sophie to shut up or when he's raping her, "forcing himself on her" in the more polite parlance of the time. And the scene with him chasing the cat is absolutely horrific. As far as the "The American form of wisdom- no room for doubt" line, I'm pretty sure Otto responds with "Do you hate America?"L Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092637853636709254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-81237269617081538942019-10-12T20:01:14.101-07:002019-10-12T20:01:14.101-07:00This seemed both very gloomy and very pointless to...This seemed both very gloomy and very pointless to me ... I guess saying that MacLaine is "admirably restrained" in this, is one way of expressing that if she repressed 95% of her genius, spark, verve, and personality; that she can still play a depressed housewife just dandy ... But why bother???poochiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747791020366880257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-87933976509517347122019-06-03T19:20:52.356-07:002019-06-03T19:20:52.356-07:00Dreary, flat drama limited in scope and setting. T...Dreary, flat drama limited in scope and setting. The film open and closed without attracting an audience. Only a masochist could love this film. Frank Gilroy's From Noon Till Three (1977) is so much better.Joseph Kearnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360334357262197758noreply@blogger.com