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To: Grainne who wrote (28887)	1/23/1999 4:19:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

That movie (A Thousand Acres) is basically Lear with a modern twist. I read the book, which is better than the movie, but there are so many better movies out there- see the good ones first! :-) Try Zero Effect or Ridicule or Wilde or Artemesia (I think you would really like Artemesia- it is about the Rennaissance artist Artemesia Gentelesci (sp?) a rare thing for her time- a female painter, and a marvelous one at that).

To: Grainne who wrote (28887)	1/23/1999 11:17:00 PM
From: MSB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I thought one of the most interesting things about the film was how the lives of the daughters seemed to fall apart when their father decided to turn over his estate to them (in equal portions) before he passed on. I got the impression that while they wished to have better things or have more say in how the farm operation guided their lives, the reality of having it didn't materialize in the ways which they had envisioned. My grandmother had 11 siblings and all of them lived on a farm in north central Kansas. I wonder, thinking back to the way two of the daughters families worked in unison with their father who initially owned all of the property, if this type of family unity is common in that particular industry or if it could be applied to other types of business. This is a concept which is completely foreign to me. I am under the impression that one makes everything one has by his or her own iniative. Sharing the responsibilities of it through a family group effort are completely unfamiliar to me. For me, the most compelling part of "A Thousand Acres" was the after-taste the movie left me with. The actual viewing of the film didn't really satisfy the desired emotional rush. It was kind of like creeper weed, after it is all said and done, it sneaks up on ya and nails ya. <g> The best two films I saw in '98 were "The Game" with Michael Douglas, and "Great Expectations". These two I would recommend highly regardless of other's opinions. :-) Mike