Two In One Seventeen times in Academy Award history the same film has produced two Best Actor or Best Actress nominations. Name the women nominated for the title roles in Thelma & Louise
I have decided to adopt an attitude regarding TCM's airing of some of these all too contemporary films during the month of Oscar celebration. I was old enough when (some of) these films were released, and presumably with some amount of discernment, to decide they weren't films worth seeing. Yes, I realize that as I get older, the definition of "classic films" will change with a younger audience ... but really, Thelma and Louise?
I wouldn't call Thelma & Louise a classic, although I guess I would call it a cultural phenomenon, at least at the time of its release. Sort of the same way Fatal Attraction was. Not quite the same thing as a classic but it does provide a glimpse into the national zeitgeist, circa 1991.
1991. Holy cow. That makes Thelma & Louise twenty years old.
Which makes me ... well, never mind how old that makes me.
In any event, Katie-Bar-The-Door was home today due to an unexpected snow day. We put The Thin Man in the machine. Now that is a classic.
Two In One Seventeen times in Academy Award history the same film has produced two Best Actor or Best Actress nominations. Name the women nominated for the title roles in Thelma & Louise
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis
ReplyDeleteYou know, I almost posted a picture of Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, just to make this one a little tougher.
ReplyDeleteI respond to T & L viscerally - hatred.
ReplyDeleteWomen aspire to recreate ugly qualities if men in face of those ugly qualities.
Charming
. . . ugly qualities of men. . . .
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis drive their car off a cliff. I'd call that a win-win.
ReplyDeleteIf you posted a picture of Curtis and Poitier, I would've know it was The Defiant Ones having seen it already.
ReplyDeleteI have decided to adopt an attitude regarding TCM's airing of some of these all too contemporary films during the month of Oscar celebration. I was old enough when (some of) these films were released, and presumably with some amount of discernment, to decide they weren't films worth seeing. Yes, I realize that as I get older, the definition of "classic films" will change with a younger audience ... but really, Thelma and Louise?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call Thelma & Louise a classic, although I guess I would call it a cultural phenomenon, at least at the time of its release. Sort of the same way Fatal Attraction was. Not quite the same thing as a classic but it does provide a glimpse into the national zeitgeist, circa 1991.
ReplyDelete1991. Holy cow. That makes Thelma & Louise twenty years old.
Which makes me ... well, never mind how old that makes me.
In any event, Katie-Bar-The-Door was home today due to an unexpected snow day. We put The Thin Man in the machine. Now that is a classic.