I have seen this movie a few times over the years. And I cry HARD, and I mean HARD when this movie gets to the funeral scene. I mean crying like it was your own mama laying there. The kind of crying where you gotta go blow your nose and wipe your face kind of crying. Between Mahalia singing, Lora gripping the pew, and Sara Jane acting a fool, it's like your emotions just let it all out. This movie will have you torn UP!!!!! Anybody know what I'm talking about?
shareThe first time I saw it in the theater in June 1959 I did cry ,the worst part starts when Annie asks Sarah Jane if she is happy. ( At the motel in L.A. ) The scene shows Sarah Jane in front of the mirror and she says " I'm white, white, white.... " and from then on you can break out the Kleenex.......
" All that there really is to life is what happens next " from The Misfits 1961
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. No matter how many times I see this movie, and I've seen it more times than I can count, I alwas lose it at the end. I have the same reaction to the ending scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's when Holly finds the cat in rain an realizes she loves Paul Varjak, and "Moon River" is playing..Were after the same, rainbow's end,waiting round the bend, my huckleberry friend...Moon river and me...Always chokes me up!!!!
shareI gotta see this movie again it has be YEARs I am sure over 10 and you are right I start to cry thinking about it. Have you seen both versions? They both tear you to pieces like I said I am about due to see it again.
shareYes I remeber the very first time I had seen this movie. I must have been 9 or 10 and just happen to catch it on TV. When the ending came I was so overwhelmed I ran into my mothers bedroom crying uncontrollablly screaming she's dead, she's dead. OMG lol--I never had a reaction like that. The closes I ever came was with the movie "Awakenings" when everyone started to revert back to what they were. I cried in the movie theatre 15 minutes after it was over-sobbing uncontrollably.
Yes I have seen Imitation of Life --my goodness more times then I can count as well--and I always need my big box of Kleenex. It gets me everytime
One of the all time greatest movies as far as I am concerned
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Well, thanks for spoiling Awakenings for me, *beep*
share Have you seen both versions? They both tear you to pieces like I said I am about due to see it again.
To fruityblack:
I have seen both versions of the film...I saw this version first because the 1934 version is so hard to find...both were very good, same basic story but different plots, however the 1959 version had me much more choked up ...maybe it was the "over the top" portrayals but I cried more and harder watching Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner and Lana Turner than I did Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers and Fredi Washington
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i know what you are talking i weep when i see this movie it is great
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I'm sorry, but I have just the opposite reaction to this film...this film makes me giggle from the beginning to end...from the plastic performances of Lana Turner, John Gavin, and Sandra Dee, the lecherous agent played by Robert Alda, the over-top silliness of Susan Kohner's performance, to the hilarious histrionics of the funeral scene you just described...the only classy thing about this film is Juanita Moore's performance, which is perfection. Otherwise, this film is a big guilty pleasure that makes me laugh every time I watch it.
shareThis film was the first film I ever cried in, and I only saw about the last quarter of it. :( It's just so heartbreaking seeing Annie's funeral.
*The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades*
This is one of those nutty movies that just grab you. The artificial acting is part of the fun--except for Moore of course, she is sincerity personified. And I like Susan Kohner too. To me the most genuine moment in the whole film is when John Gavin shows up at Lana's crummy apartment with the photo he took of her little daughter at the beach. When the girl sees it she falls on the floor laughing. It is so natural, I crack up every time.
shareIsaac5855 wrote on (Fri Jun 15 2007 12:08:51)
I'm sorry, but I have just the opposite reaction to this film...this film makes me giggle from the beginning to end...from the plastic performances of Lana Turner, John Gavin, and Sandra Dee, the lecherous agent played by Robert Alda, the over-top silliness of Susan Kohner's performance, to the hilarious histrionics of the funeral scene you just described...the only classy thing about this film is Juanita Moore's performance, which is perfection. Otherwise, this film is a big guilty pleasure that makes me laugh every time I watch it.
It get's me every time! I also cry when Annie is talking over funeral plans with Miss Lora and she mention's her friends and Miss Lora remarks that "it never occured to me that you had any friends" Waaaaa!
shareTo the thread starter, I most definitely know what you're talking about!! The ending scene has always practically ripped my heart up--the whole concept of a woman rejecting a loving mother for something as trivial and meaningless as the complexion of her skin...and then in the end, seeing how worthless her behavior was and how much VALUABLE time she wasted when she realized she would never get the chance of spending any more precious time with her mother, her only family in the world. Ah! So sad.
shareI always start getting a bit sniffly from the scene where Sarah Jane is beaten by her boyfriend.
I watched this for maybe the sixth time last night, after not seeing it for a few years. I was a complete mess by the end. I was crying so much, there was snot all over my face and I was practically wheezing.
No other film does this to me.
From the time Lora goes to see Annie on her deathbed I'm usually in tears. I watched again tonight and it was no different. Cried again.
shareI'm not a weeper but yes, from the time Lora goes to see Annie on her deathbed, I'm all choked up and sniffly. I think Lana Turner was better at wearing high fashion than she was at acting but in that scene, she really gives a great performance. Her emotion seems very real and she's very moving.
And the whole rest of the film is just so intense, even after repeated viewings. It never loses its power.
I wonder how this movie can be so over the top and we realize that but are moved to tears just the same? Sirk really was an amazing director.
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