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Steel Magnolias
1989 · Film · 117 min
Directed by Herbert Ross
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
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"Furiko (Pendulum), a Japanese short film about the passing of time."
Well that was fun.. :)
Didn't make me cry, but came close. I don't know if i feel stress relieved. It made me feel even more aware of my own mortality and mistakes i made/make in life. Don't feel particulary happy or relieved.
So i clicked again
"A scene from the movie Steel Magnolias (1989). A woman mourns the loss of her daughter. (6:44 min)"
Oh hell no..
Third and last attempt
"A scene from the movie Bambi (1942). Bambi mourns the loss of his mother. (02:47 min)"
You sure this is about stress relieving? :)
This is a tale as old as time observation, and its spot on. We’re not meant to be alone. Those who are find something else to replace human company, usually a pet, or obsessive hobby.
I know the film gets some hate, but Ouiser from Steel Magnolias is a classic example. She’s a curmudgeon, but she’s not alone. The women in that town embrace her for who she is and they do life together. Everyone needs someone.
Dunno if the millennials,Gen Z,Gen A etc. know these sorts of things - well, there is an old lady by name Julia Roberts who was nominated for an Oscar (its like an award) for a movie about Type 1 Diabetes that I first saw in a theater (that's like a place where us Boomers go to watch stuff you would normally see on your iPhone). I don't know if you have the patience to sit through a long, quite funny and very talkative movie about a bunch of old ladies, one of who's a diabetic, talking about everything under the sun but diabetes, in a salon. Half the diabetic community believe the movie is over dramatized or what have you, but hey, the other half disagrees. Regardless, it remains one of my most favorite films. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Magnolias
Hollywood is mostly a system of aggregating tropes into stories. The minority sidekick, token minorities, the plucky Southern Women (Steel Magnolias? Really?), the imminint danger down to the second, etc. There is a book on movie plot writing called, "Save The Cat" that is the most insightful book I've read on that subject.
The plot of "Avatar" was depressingly cliche; a standard retelling of the standard action movie plot, done once again. The special effects made it worth seeing, twice for me. Rarely does a movie rise above such things.
http://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book-Screenwriting-Youll/dp/1932907009