shoot himself


love sealed with a kiss


Bud and his mom

我一直想看這部電影,可惜台灣沒有發行
應該是一部好看的愛情電影

well, there has been some problems between Cort and paramount
really a pity

http://www.geocities.com/budcortfanclub/April1987.html

an interesting fact:
H&M is Mary's favorite movie in [ THERE'S SOMTHING ABOUT MARY]
..............................
MAGDA
Then why you going out with him if he's a
schlep?

MARY
Come on, Magda
(SIGHS)
It's like that movie Harold and Maude.

MAGDA
I don't watch the new ones.

MARY
This one's almost thirty years old. It's
about a young kid and an old lady who fall
in love.

MAGDA
That's exactly why I don't watch 'em
anymore--it's bullshit! Why the hell would
an old lady go for a young kid?

Mary smiles at this.

MARY
The point is, love isn't about money or
social standing or age, it's about
connecting with someone, having things in
common kindred spirits.

........................

jaguar replaces hearse


new experience of oat straw tea :
"Wonderful! Try something new each
day. After all, we're given life
to find it out. It doesn't last
forever."

(more pics from the movie : http://www.homevideos.com/revcom/33b.htm )

it didn't come out immediately as a hit
bc of the unusual subject

but I really think of it as a 1-out-of-a-million excellent film
so originally written and craftily made, soul-touching and life-lifting.
the script, the cast(both leadings and extra), the music of Cat Stevens
everything is so perfectly together
I'd say it is a timeless master-piece

"Harold and Maude is unique work of art that is a subversive black comedy but is also ultimately a spiritual film with a surprising life affirming message."


a bigger pic:


Harold and Maude
(classic black comedy,
cult movie, the scripter of which died of AIDS in 1988)

it is a crazily weird movie
but touching
for me it's unforgettable since the 1st sight of it

Ruth Gorden gained an oscar at the age of 72 and was 75 acting 79-year-old Maude, and died of stroke at 89
Bud Cort was just like the character Harold

he was 'treated like garbage' by paramount bc he refused to do any publicity for this movie
to protest their cutting of it, and for each 2 years he'd receive $11 for H&M

I really hope one day there'll be a collector's version of it.