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Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:32 pm to Yellerhammer5
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To Kill a Mockingbird
While certainly a staple of Southern literature and film, does TKAM really qualify as Southern Gothic?
I'd put All the King's Men up there too, in that case (though I don't necessarily consider Robert Penn Warren a Southern gothic writer).
When I think Southern Gothic, I think Flannery O'Connor, Faulkner, Capote, Harry Crews, etc. It's got to have a little perversion of some kind in there (though not necessarily sexual perversion; could be religious or social perversion).
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:33 pm to TechBullDawg
quote:
Cool Hand Luke
I could lump this one in there
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:34 pm to Jack Ruby
Ah. Sling Blade. Good stuff.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:00 pm to IStandBytheU
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Tender Mercies
Places in the Heart
The Trip to Bountiful
On second thought, add:
In The Heat of The Night
The Long Hot Summer
Cool Hand Luke
frickin A that's a good list.... I'd add Cat on a Hot Tin Roof too.
Tender Mercies is so good it's stupid.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:08 pm to Jack Ruby
thinking a bit outside the box but I'll add JFK and Benjamin Button
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:13 pm to Brosef Stalin
Shy People
It's not on DVD and never comes on television or cable, but the full movie is on YouTube in segments.
Few have seen it and fewer know of it. Barbara Hershey was amazing
It's not on DVD and never comes on television or cable, but the full movie is on YouTube in segments.
Few have seen it and fewer know of it. Barbara Hershey was amazing
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:16 pm to tylerdurden24
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It's got to have a little perversion of some kind in there (though not necessarily sexual perversion; could be religious or social perversion).
It's about a rape (incest?) case. Since it's through the eyes of a child, it's not going to be explicitly spelled out. TKAM also perfectly hits on the supernatural theme of southern gothic by being from a child's perspective.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:45 pm to IStandBytheU
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Sling Blade. Good stuff.
Ever seen that?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:06 pm to No Colors
I did.
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:09 pm to Jack Ruby
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:12 pm to RabidTiger
quote:
The Client
Yes. Several of the Grisham movies might qualify. Might even add The Firm. It had that dark undertone, the Mob, murders, the brother in prison, deceit, more murders, adultery. Nothing supernatural, but there was the secrecy behind Bendini, Lambert, and Locke.
I'd add The Firm.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:48 pm to AlaTiger
Two not mentioned, Tick... Tick... Tick and Hurry Sundown.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:50 pm to drjett
One more. This Property is Condemned.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:55 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
Sling Blade
Mmmmmhmmmm
Posted on 12/1/16 at 10:03 am to madmaxvol
I haven't seen the movie only read the book, but what about The Prince of Tides?
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