Inland, Dreaming of Waves

East Coast talks

Last night was fun, even if Autumn Sonata was not a fun movie. It had Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca) in her next to last role and Liv Ullman as her daughter. The woman who played the other daughter was a phenomenal actress--she had to play a woman with some kind of degenerative disease, and the way she struggled to talk was simply amazing.

I honestly did NOT recognize Ingrid Bergman in this movie. Now I want to see Casablanca again.

Afterward, we talked to Ted and his wife, his father (I can see what Ted's going to look like when he's old--his father has a very nice face), his stepmother, who used to be a writer for the Today show, and a friend.

There's this myth in Hollywood (at least, I think it's a myth) that they have to make movies for 12 to 29 year old males because they're the audience. I don't buy it. I have no proof of it, but since women are in the majority and spend most of the money in this country, I think women and older people (especially now, with the population aging) really dwarf that young audience.

I think the REAL reason is that all these older, fat, balding executives are trying to relive their youth. And they use young men as the excuse.

posted by Price of Silence @ 9:42 AM