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another near perfect period piece recreation. It's 1951 and Mara is working in a NYC department store when Blanchette makes her acquaintance over a model train. Slowly Blanchette moves on Mara who is somewhat entranced by the older more worldly person. If not for the spurned and angry ex-husband (Chandler) things would have happened sooner. In order for her husband to cool down about her latest female attachment (and custody battle) the girls take a road trip from NYC to Chicago. During that time something finally happens between the two and Mara "hawks her wares". A very "tasteful" scene. (No pun.)
They are discovered and Blanchette disappears for the good of her relationship with Mara and her custody case. But, alas, the unrequited love will come full circle.
I suppose this is an actor's movie. The leads have noms but I don't see it. The film was compelling in a molasses kind of way and the actors spent practically all their time dealing with unspoken attraction and a few emotional outbursts. Blanchette and Mara have both done better elsewhere. I feel the Academy may be celebrating new found freedoms with the Oscar bids here.
The film was well done, the art direction and cinematography excellent. The subject matter borders on the mundane and setting it in 1951 merely differentiates it from other such films. It strikes me as an odd project.
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If it were about a 46 year old man seducing an 18 year old shop girl the protagonist would be quite creepy instead of being sympathetic, yes?
"To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find Out Who You Are Not Allowed to Criticize."
-Voltaire
the two leads are called to communicate non-verbally most of the time. There is always an element of this in the craft of acting, but here the words are few, while the postures, gestures and expressions, are used to convey most everything. And they succeed. And as you said, the evocation of the period is pitch perfect. The story, such as it is, is a basic love story, but there will always be basic love stories, and this one was in the top rank. The technical aspects are also carefully considered, the grain in the film that makes it look so much like a 50s throwback, the faces through rainy windows, the winter scenery. I thought it was all quite compelling.
and concentrate more closely on the leads. One thing, the Kyle Chandler scenes were unnerving with his anger and revenge exposed.
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