Homecoming- hmmm...

Posted by tunenut (A) on December 21, 2020 at 09:21:34

In Reply to: Do you like Pinter? posted by Victor Khomenko on November 12, 2020 at 07:55:42:

I just watched The Homecoming on Criterion. I was both intrigued and irritated. My first exposure to Pinter. Early on, I saw that this is one of those movies where people don't talk like people but like characters. OK, that can work. Everyone in the family is either passively aggressive or actively aggressive virtually throughout. They lack any sort of normal human boundaries, Lenny, for example, talking about his urge to kill a woman to someone he just met, just casual conversation. And the returning brother maintains all those family characteristics, and his wife, just meeting the family, adopts them quickly and naturally.

There is some wickedly funny dialogue and behavior. It was all quite claustrophobic, inside a shabby house with those few unpleasant people. But the dialogue kept my interest throughout. I will probably watch it again.

I watched this mainly because of a book The Best Movie You've Never Seen, in which Atom Egoyan recommended this as his neglected classic and described all the reasons he loves it.

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Topic - Do you like Pinter? - Victor Khomenko 07:55:42 11/12/20 (18)

Homecoming- hmmm... - tunenut 09:21:34 12/21/20 (0)

RE: Do you like Pinter? - Rod H. 12:58:32 11/19/20 (1)

Of all his films mentioned here I like the Accident best - Victor Khomenko 15:56:53 11/20/20 (0)

I am rather fond of Pinter for a number of reasons... - TWB 10:42:31 11/14/20 (4)

Yes, I looked her up - Victor Khomenko 16:11:46 11/14/20 (3)

And how was the "stab?" nt - tinear 05:42:15 11/15/20 (2)

Excellent - Victor Khomenko 09:59:41 11/15/20 (1)

Will get out my poniard and give it a poke. nt - tinear 12:21:28 11/16/20 (0)

RE: Do you like Pinter? - Rod H. 09:28:51 11/13/20 (8)

He did the screenplay for 'The Comfort of Strangers' . . . - Billy Wonka 13:20:24 11/16/20 (0)

The Servant and Accident are great - Victor Khomenko 09:39:15 11/13/20 (6)

Well, I'm a Criterion member so I also re-watched, "The Accident." This - tinear 11:22:37 11/14/20 (4)

Accident after so many years - Victor Khomenko 10:04:19 11/15/20 (3)

Delphine Seyrig. Watched "Marienbad" (which incidentally wasn't - tinear 12:30:32 11/16/20 (2)

I remember being taken by Marienbad... - Victor Khomenko 13:02:10 11/16/20 (1)

Didn't like the film, liked Seyrig! nt - tinear 16:46:53 11/17/20 (0)

RE: The Servant and Accident are great - Rod H. 12:21:13 11/13/20 (0)

I'd like to, really, because so many fine actors appear in his - tinear 08:44:03 11/13/20 (0)

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