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Petulia
1968 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Richard Lester
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
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I'd love a good literature class where we intersperse classic and contemporary writing. Often times I wonder how much of the subtext I am missing due to my ignorance of the classics. It'd be a lot of fun to read some Ralph Ellison, then a Chang Rae Lee novel.
After all in film, an area I'm a little better with the classics (although not entirely—I have massive gaps), it's really fun to point out the allusions and inspirations. The deep focus multi-narrative comedy of errors that is The Rules of the Game begets the combinatorial explosion of country music that is Nashville begets the post modern family drama of Yi Yi begets the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Or how non-linear editing in Hiroshima, Mon Amour could lead to Petulia.