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re: Is Out of Africa worth watching?
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:13 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:13 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Imagine thinking you have to be female in order to enjoy an epic that isn't action-centered.
imagine being bored with an epic that isn't action-centered. It was no Godfather or Lonesome Dove, Boo. Sorry. But glad you enjoyed it.
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Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:29 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 3/9/23 at 5:52 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Soundtrack and Scenery are excellent, but the movie didn’t overwhelm me although I liked a few of the characters. I’m probably an outlier on it.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 9:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Another observation/tangent regarding this movie:
Back when it first started (first as a catalog operation, then as physical mall stores), Banana Republic actually sold stuff geared to its name- sort of like J. Peterman, every item had a "backstory" dealing with travel, exotic locales, colonial history, etc.
The stores even had a sort of safari/colonial motif inside:
They became very popular due primarily to movies at that time (Raiders of the Lost Ark AND Temple of Doom, Gandhi, A Passage to India, and (of course) Out of Africa) as well as because of the many MTV videos featuring exotic locales (most notably, Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf).
Of course, they were bought out by The Gap, and although the name was kept, it eventually became just another basic, non-descript mall clothing store.
Back when it first started (first as a catalog operation, then as physical mall stores), Banana Republic actually sold stuff geared to its name- sort of like J. Peterman, every item had a "backstory" dealing with travel, exotic locales, colonial history, etc.
The stores even had a sort of safari/colonial motif inside:
They became very popular due primarily to movies at that time (Raiders of the Lost Ark AND Temple of Doom, Gandhi, A Passage to India, and (of course) Out of Africa) as well as because of the many MTV videos featuring exotic locales (most notably, Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf).
Of course, they were bought out by The Gap, and although the name was kept, it eventually became just another basic, non-descript mall clothing store.
This post was edited on 3/10/23 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 3/14/23 at 2:26 am to BRich
We finished it last night. When it was over my wife said, “Good new is, I won’t ever have to watch that again.”
Posted on 3/14/23 at 6:54 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
I enjoyed it and consider it as a good movie. If I remember correctly, Hemingway said the book on which it was based was the best book about Africa that he'd read.
Posted on 3/14/23 at 10:18 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
It's one of those visually pleasing films that shows a lot of the beautiful African landscape. If you're not into love stories, those parts of the film will go slowly, but it also has a tiny bit of WWI history and the African landscapes & animals.
I thought Redford was perfect for his role as the, detached, loner, Denys Finch Hatton, a real big game hunter. The books it's based on were written by Karen Blixen, an actual woman who moved to Africa.
Denys Finch Hatton Wiki
Karen Blixen Wiki
I thought Redford was perfect for his role as the, detached, loner, Denys Finch Hatton, a real big game hunter. The books it's based on were written by Karen Blixen, an actual woman who moved to Africa.
Denys Finch Hatton Wiki
Karen Blixen Wiki
Posted on 3/14/23 at 10:29 am to chinese58
Did it seem at times that Redford went from some kind of English accent to his regular accent?
Posted on 3/14/23 at 12:16 pm to chinese58
Read “African Kaiser” about General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. He was like. German Forest Gump. He rode a ship to Africa with Meryl Streep’s character, probably knew her biblically, then led the German forces during the WW1 actions in Africa. He blew up the bridge at Tsavo that Val Kilmer designed in “Ghost and the Darkness.”
Posted on 3/14/23 at 5:05 pm to Methuselah
“Hemingway said the book on which it was based was the best book about Africa that he'd read.”
Hemingway was referring to “West With the Night” by Beryle Markham.
Look her up. She is represented in the Out of Africa movie with a different name. Maybe Felicity.
Her father raised horses.
Markham was taught to fly by Denys French Hatton, the character Redford played.
He asked her to fly with him to do some scouting but she declined due to a premonition someone had about the planned excursion. In her book Hatton had a prop issue and crashed and died.
She made the first non-stop flight west across the Atlantic. Thus the title West with the Night which was autobiographical.
Interesting to read her different descriptions and experiences with the different tribes. All seemed distinct.
Hemingway was referring to “West With the Night” by Beryle Markham.
Look her up. She is represented in the Out of Africa movie with a different name. Maybe Felicity.
Her father raised horses.
Markham was taught to fly by Denys French Hatton, the character Redford played.
He asked her to fly with him to do some scouting but she declined due to a premonition someone had about the planned excursion. In her book Hatton had a prop issue and crashed and died.
She made the first non-stop flight west across the Atlantic. Thus the title West with the Night which was autobiographical.
Interesting to read her different descriptions and experiences with the different tribes. All seemed distinct.
This post was edited on 3/14/23 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 3/14/23 at 5:10 pm to TejasHorn
quote:"On Karen! On Blixen!"
the scene where Karen and Blixen
Posted on 3/19/23 at 3:01 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Oddly enough, the one misstep is the use of visual effects (in one scene) that have aged badly.
Holy crap. Watching this on Netflix right now…the scene you refer to is SO horrible.
(Then the score begins and all is well.)
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