Logo shows "Early Frost" and "Our Sons"
Logo shows "Early Frost" and "Our Sons"
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#0Logo shows "Early Frost" and "Our Sons"
Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:39pm
Quietly effective World AIDS Day programming on Logo: Mid-80s and early 90s AIDS awareness movies of the week, both powerful, both superior examples. "Early Frost" was a landmark, and it still holds up. And "Our Sons," with Julie Andrews and Ann-Margaret, though a bit too predictably schematic, manages to be effective by holding back the genre-dictated sentimentality. We know approximately where it's headed, but it still has quiet surprises. Julie is steely and chilly when you'd expect her eyes to moisten. And Ann-Margaret is especially effective in what could be a sterotypical white trash role (especially with her playing it). Though she even lives in a trailer, she never condescends to the type, and underplaying throughout, makes the reunion scenes with her dying son fresh. By playing the emotion with dry-eyed itensity, it's twice as moving.
Both are worth another look, for anyone who hasn't seen them in years.
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#1re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:42pmI actually saw "Our Sons" fairly recently. It freaked me out to hear Hugh Grant speaking with an American accent. And it was rather schematic. But who couldn't love the cast?
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:44pmThe acting in "An Early Frost" was stellar -- Ben Gazzara, Gene Rowlands, Sylvia Sydney were all particularly wonderful.
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robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:47pmJohn Glover really made an impact as well. Really good film.
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#4re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:58pm
Early Frost is an awesome movie.
I pretty much have Logo on all the time for some reason. I guess I just like the programming.
#5re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 6:03pmOUR SONS gets a DVD release on December 12th. I thought Julie and Ann-Margret had some nice chemistry in that film. I would like to see them work together, again. I like AN EARLY FROST, as well.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#6re: Logo shows 'Early Frost' and 'Our Sons'
Posted: 12/1/05 at 8:22pm"Longtime Companion" and "Angels in America" are being show tonight. Double dose of my beloved Mary Louise Parker
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