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Post by roverpup on Nov 6, 2021 2:56:16 GMT
Just want to quickly say that Dan and I saw Louis Wain this afternoon and overall enjoyed it. I'd describe as being definitely quirky and extremely charming.
First I thought BC was stellar. Just amazing!
And the visuals were just beautiful. As was the music.
I do have some reservations about certain aspects but it was very entertaining. Dan really enjoyed the first half but felt the second half was not as good.
Got a bit of a busy weekend but I am going to read this thread next week and join in the discussion afterwards. 😊
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Post by mllemass on Nov 6, 2021 2:58:42 GMT
I liked it, but not as much as I thought I would. Maybe I was just having trouble concentrating today. I liked the young and old parts better than the middle part. I enjoyed the visuals very much. I don’t think it will be an easy movie for some people. As I said when I first watched it, I didn’t think it had the uplifting ending they intended - for me, at least. I just kept thinking that this poor man lost the love of his life, and then lived another 50 years without her. He never got over her death. It’s painful just thinking about it!
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Post by mllemass on Nov 6, 2021 3:26:36 GMT
Oh there's a question I wanted to ask. In the end, where a piece of Emily's scarf (her mother's) is in his journal, did Louis preserve that piece himself after she passed, or did Emily put it there for him when she looked through his journal while he was asleep? I feel like it was the latter, but I'm not sure. She put it there. I’m sure they showed her with scissors. It was such a sweet thing to do! She covered the drawing of his nightmare with a piece of fabric he had admired so much.
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Post by queenzod on Nov 6, 2021 3:30:35 GMT
Yes, Emily put it there. A little moment from Up. 😭
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Post by queenzod on Nov 6, 2021 3:31:28 GMT
Also notice the preponderance of the color blue, again. 😁
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Post by mllemass on Nov 6, 2021 16:38:49 GMT
This terrific interview with Will Sharpe has tons of spoilers and fascinating details about filing the movie.
I wasn’t aware of this, even though I thought I was paying attention!
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Post by onebluestocking on Nov 9, 2021 3:53:24 GMT
I liked it, very much. I hope all of the BC fans who keep hoping for a romantic comedy see it. Just turn the TV off during his wife's doctor appointment. Then, it is a humorous film about a quirky artist, who marries his true love and settles in a beautiful country house with a kitten.
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Post by queenzod on Nov 9, 2021 4:26:05 GMT
Yeah, first half = romcom. Second half = romdram.
So no, I’m still going to wait for that outright romcom where he doesn’t die in the end, thank you. 😂
Anyone have a secret plot of this elusive romcom they keep in their heads? Is it period or modern, rural or urban, he’s an artist or a worker bee… C’mon, spill. 😉
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Post by onebluestocking on Nov 9, 2021 5:11:24 GMT
Autism doesn't typically cause hallucinations, but it would explain his lack of social skills (such as walking into Emily's room without knocking.) Not only the speed of his drawing, but the fact that he drew with both hands simultaneously, looked like a savant skill to me. It reminded me of Kim Peek, the inspiration for the 'Rainman' character, who could read and memorize two pages in a book at the same time; one with the left eye and one with the right. He didn't have autism, but a condition where nerves connecting parts of the brain were missing. Louis' nonstop motion also reminded me of ADHD.
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Post by mllemass on Nov 9, 2021 7:05:08 GMT
I think they say in the movie, through Olivia Colman’s narration, that LW discovered that walking quickly was a way to quiet the voices in his head. Or something like that. In one interview, Benedict said that the reason LW drew with both hands was to do it quickly because he had so much to do. And I think they were careful not to diagnose him because he never was diagnosed properly during his life.
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