![]() ![]() ![]() Gordon is facing his own issues as Kay and Sweetie's mother, Flo, has just left him on a trial separation, their issues largely stemming from his protecting Sweetie at all cost, Sweetie who had most recently been living with them. Kay's pleas to her father Gordon to help get Sweetie out of her house go largely ignored, as he has never judged Sweetie, who he still sees as his performing loving little girl. Their relationship is placed under a strain with the arrival of Kay's formerly institutionalized sister Dawn - nicknamed Sweetie - and Sweetie's current boyfriend, Bob, who Sweetie believes will help her get into show business. That destiny may change with the fortunes of what she sees as the next symbol of their relationship, a somewhat sickly elder tree Louis plants in their garden for their one year anniversary. All-in-all, if you're receptive to emotions and understanding them, this will probably be one of the best movies you'll ever see.Based solely on a tea leaf reading, superstitious and introspective Kay believes she and Louis are destined to fall in love with each other, he who she is able to convince of the same despite he just having gotten engaged to her co-worker, Cheryl. The soundtrack includes beautiful African gospel. To add to these delights, the movie is beautifully, artfully photographed and the sets are also artistically satisfying. ![]() Dawn's boyfriend, like Dawn (Sweetie), lacks control over his expression, in this case his actual, physical body. There are numerous comedic scenes like the one above, that weave in and out of the movies' main issues (i.e. The boyfriend, still asleep, then falls to the floor dragging the contents of the table top with him, and ends splayed out on the floor in a baroque mess. At this point the father tries to remove the boyfriend's coat, which is actually Louis's (Kay's husband), and which they have been trying to get him out of for a long time. The boyfriend then spontaneously falls asleep (he has some kind of sleeping sickness). At the table Sweetie's father begins to talk about how Sweetie "was such a talented little girl". I love the scene where Sweetie's new, wasted "talent manager" boyfriend is taken to a cafe, by Sweetie's father, in order to get rid of him. Her character tells us that it's possibly to be so free and unfettered and survive, up to a point. Sweetie freely expresses herself, in ways that might seem childish to some, but are secretly ways we might like to act if it were accepted. The actress who plays Sweetie is an established comedian and her comedic acting is hilarious and convincing. It's filled with comedy, which has been called "black comedy", but in my view the comedy itself doesn't have any heavy, negative under tones. Sweetie is a 1989 Australian black comedy drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, and Jon Darling. While the film deals with these serious subjects, it is in no way (as far as I'm concerned) a depressing movie. The film seems to reconcile these aspects until we reach some sort of balance at the end. We see the interaction between these characters as a struggle between stifling repression and an out-of-control, externally-destructive unleashing of feelings. Dawn, on the other hand, seems completely oblivious to the fact that she has problems, and seems to live her life freely and spontaneously. It was released on November 2, 1929, by Paramount Pictures. and Lloyd Corrigan, and starring Nancy Carroll, Helen Kane, Jack Oakie, William Austin, Stuart Erwin, and Wallace MacDonald. This seems to manifest itself in her sexual problems with Louis. Sweetie is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Frank Tuttle, written by George Marion Jr. Kay seems somewhat conscious of, but at the same time unwilling to express her psychological problems. " Sweetie" and Kay, who both (as we see it) struggle with their psychological health. This is one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen that deals with such dark issues. ![]()
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