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7/10

posted 15 years ago by dustin-jones
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7 out of ten is dead on for this movie. I could have been great but for Steven Keats. Something about him I just didn't like. However, what I wanted to say is that never before have I watched a movie that was so strtange to me and not been able to identify why I found it so strange. I liked the movie, but it truely is very strange on an imperceptible level. Most of you probably don't see it, but it's like a fog at the back of my brain. Also the divorce ceremony was wierd. Did they really do that back in the day?

Favorite Quote from Hester Street- "Listen Potkovnik I was in this country while you were still in Russia hauling away on the bellows. You cant pee up my back and make me think its rain."

[–] oonagimaki 14 years ago

Not only did they do it that way 'back in the day' but I imagine getting a 'get' (a hasidic divorce) is very similar in the orthodox jewish community today. This movie really haunted me too--it seemed sooooo real for some reason (black and white? sets? I dunno). The divorce was very beautifully done--it was both tragic and in a way, happy.

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[–] DannyJane 14 years ago

I think Carol Kane as the most expressive eyes since Giulietta Masina.

[–] TCall2004 14 years ago

I think she is adorable.

[–] carolyn38104 14 years ago

Agreed. I want to watch La Strada again.

[–] DannyJane 14 years ago

Agreed. That was another very sad and touching movie.

[–] scottsteaux63-735-780576 12 years ago

Carol Kane's deep-set and expressive eyes have always been her best feature, and she uses them to their fullest effect here in a stunning performance that is made all the more forceful because so much of it is internal.

And I agree about Giulietta Masina; now you've got ME wanting to see LA STRADA again!

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[–] astockton_uk 9 years ago

Zvee Scooler, the actor playing the rabbi, was also the rabbi in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof!

As many times as I've seen Fiddler, I recognized him right away in the get scene. At first I wondered if Scooler was a real-life rabbi who also played rabbis in films, but I've since learned that he was simply an actor who worked mostly in Yiddish theater. As such he probably played a lot of rabbis.

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[–] greenbudgie (2355) 5 years ago

I think that is the best quote from the film. Some of the jokes I didn't quite get. I suppose that it's a cultural thing. You're right in 7/10 being dead on for the movie. That's how I rated it.