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Re: "Life as a House"

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Posted by Bambi B on December 22, 2004 at 08:40:52

In Reply to: "Life as a House" posted by rico on December 22, 2004 at 01:28:36:

rico,

I was interested in "Life as a House" from a psychological point of view. I've long agreed with the Jungian characterization that a house is a metaphor for the psyche- you look at the way someone constructs their enviroment and of course it's very revealing.

Accordingly, I have high standards when someone wants to discuss this subject- it had better have some depth.

But "LaaH" lost me early on. Near the beginning the boss calls Kline over and says i.e., "Your make architectural models. Tomorrow we are going to use computer renderings instead. You're fired." I knew frrom that early point that Kline would turn out to be a complete imbecile- first: not to have noticed an "important" trend in his specialty coming, second, to work for 25 years for a heartless sphincter. Arch'l draftsmen had at least ten year' warning to be learning CAD. And models are still being made in nearly the numbers as always- there is no completely satisfying substitute for 3D. But I digress..

The real dissapointment was that the meanings attributed to the house- as implied by the title are all lost, obscured in sentimentality.

The final solution to of the disposition of the finished house was the final straw. I won't spoil this for the unlucky potential viewers, but this gets thrown in very late in the Peyton Place machinations and I wanted to provide the screenwriter a little bump off that attractive cliff.

I did like the little house -kind of super-duper Craftsman with early Wrightian pieces. That little CA ocean view house would be worth at least $1.5 million today! You're right rico, the severance package fromm that small firm must be as good as Welch gets from GE!

Kline has been likable in a couple of things- how about his "Pirates of Penzance" from out of nowhere?, but I agree with Victor there's generally a Costner-like flatness there.

Wouldn't a movie concerning the design and making of a really mysterious, idiosyncratic house by a genius, directed by Kurosawa have been a nice one?

Cheers,

Bambi B
-designer of 600 houses and currently (supposed to be) designing a house for myself..

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