"Red Lights" with Robert DeNiro is along the same vein.
On 11/24/2012 12:59 PM, Susan wrote:
> Just added Another Earth. A movie that might be int he same vein and I found
> amazing but not necessarily fun at all is Melancholia.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote:
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Barry. Really interesting film. And, I could see
>>> this happening in real life. Brit Marling is lovely, isn't
>>> she? And she co-wrote it. I am going to get another copy
>>> from Netflix just to see the last scene.
>> Good for you. That's hard core. :-)
>>
>> Seriously, if you're considering this, also consider
>> ordering her first effort, an equally low-budget but
>> equally high-quality film called "Another Earth." She
>> was the co-writer and star of that film, too. I think
>> she's officially Someone To Watch In The Film World.
>>
>>
>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote:
>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote:
>>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote:
>>>>>> Just saw it on DVD from Netflix. On the DVD we viewed, the
>>>>>> movie ended with Peter leaving the museum, holding the hand
>>>>>> of the little girl. He is taking her outside to meet Maggie,
>>>>>> which was not the agreement. Then the screen went blank and
>>>>>> black, finito. It was abrupt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OTH, when I checked online (Wiki), the plot apparently
>>>>>> continues, with Maggie meeting the young girl, giving the
>>>>>> secret handshake, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, did I get a defective DVD from Netflix, and missed the
>>>>>> last scene? Or was the official and final version as I saw
>>>>>> it what the writers wanted?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My take on the whole thing was that Maggie was a fraud, and
>>>>>> was actually the mother of the young girl she had Peter bring
>>>>>> to her.
>>>>> SPOILER ALERT for those who may see the movie, which I
>>>>> definitely recommend. If you want to truly enjoy it,
>>>>> don't read any further. You've been warned. If you've
>>>>> seen the film or haven't and can't read, scroll down.
>>>> BTW, "knows her" in my earlier spoiler post should
>>>> have been "knows it," meaning the handshake. The
>>>> girl *didn't* know Maggie.
>>>>
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