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In Reply to: About Schmidt.... posted by patrickU on June 11, 2003 at 13:59:50:
Nothing about having fun, but about a man who finally has to face his life, and make some sense of it. Crepuscular and sad at times, but really connected to life itself. If you, I, us, like what happens in it, is irrelevant: it´s about shattering this old man´s persona, the mask he has identified with along most of his life ("Persona" comes from Greek "Prosopon", meaning "mask", which then evolved to Latin "Per sonare", "to sound through", and from there to "Persona"), and making him confront so many things he had taken for sure along his whole life (even his own wife´s fidelity), so he can uncover whatever truth there is inside him, bitter and sweet, and embrace it all so he can finally be a man, not just an actor playing his role in life, as so many of us die while doing.Cathy Bates is immense, and shocking as life itself is. Not elegant, nor even mannered, but immense.
Sure you won´t agree with me, but that´s how I saw, felt, and enjoyed this excellent film.
Best regards
BF
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Follow Ups
- Well, I liked it. A lot. - orejones 10:04:36 06/13/03 (11)
- In the pedant mode: Actually, "persona" ... - old geezer 17:58:55 06/13/03 (6)
- Not pedant; just trying to be precise, and trying (as it seems, in vain) to explain myself - orejones 04:16:20 06/14/03 (4)
- Clarification: I was referring to *myself* as being in the pedant mode ;-) - old geezer 12:48:00 06/14/03 (2)
- It seems we are splitting pretty thin hairs in two!! ;^)) - orejones 10:30:30 06/15/03 (0)
- Impersona & Me & myself..... - patrickU 02:32:02 06/15/03 (0)
- Clarification: I was referring to *myself* as being in the pedant mode ;-) - old geezer 12:45:50 06/14/03 (0)
- Re: In the pedant mode: Actually, "persona" ... - patrickU 00:31:38 06/14/03 (0)
- The film didn't make me feel anything.... - Mrs. Piggy 17:39:59 06/13/03 (1)
- Re: The film didn't make me feel anything.... - patrickU 00:33:23 06/14/03 (0)
- Re: Well, I liked it. A lot. - patrickU 10:56:58 06/13/03 (1)
- NO more rosé, Bernardo...nt - patrickU 12:50:01 06/13/03 (0)
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