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Rebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.Rebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.Rebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
Miranda Rhyne
- Angela
- (as Miranda Stuart Rhyne)
Charlotte Eve Blythe
- Ellie
- (as Charlotte Blythe)
Caitlin Hall
- Anne
- (as Sara Caitlin Hall)
Frances Conroy
- Anne's Mother
- (as Francis Conroy)
Rodger Phillips
- Frank
- (as Rodger L. Phillips)
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- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- GoofsBoom mic visible. Several times throughout the film, a boom mic (and even part of the boom) is VERY clearly visible, mostly in outdoor scenes when the boom was more necessary. This is a masking problem on an early DVD release, and is probably present on any VHS release as well (the DVD is likely transferred from the VHS). The movie was filmed in academy ratio with the intent to mask it to widescreen, in which it was shown in theaters. When telecined to VHS/DVD for home use to watch on your TV set, or perhaps even for TV broadcast, it wasn't masked: black bars were not placed over the top and bottom to make it letterboxed for widescreen. This was commonly done in Pan&Scan versions of many theatrical movies for TV broadcast and VHS release so you could get the whole screen without those annoying black bars which would give you a smaller amount of image to squint at. Unfortunately, with the whole screen image you also get portions of the image that were not meant to be seen, such as boom mics and track lights on the top and cables and camera dolly tracks and crew-members feet on the bottom. Older DVD releases of many movies just copied the full-screen without remasking it, which would require a whole new telecine transfer from the original film source. Even some newer DVD releases INCORRECTLY masked some movies, as the bars either weren't covering enough or were disproportional (covering too much on top and too little on bottom or vice-versa), since the widescreen aspect ratio varies and WHERE you put the masks can vary in a single movie. This is a big controversy, and happens more frequently than you might think; see the 3-DVD release of the Back To The Future trilogy for a famous example of improper masking. Pretty much, whenever you see boom mics visible, it is almost always a masking problem on a video release (TV broadcast or VHS or DVD transfer); it is not the fault of the director or cinematographer or editor.
- Quotes
[Angela tackles the boy who threw a doll at her sister, Ellie]
Angela: You could've killed my sister!
[the boy doesn't say anything, so she turns to Ellie]
Angela: Sit on his head.
[Ellie sits on the boy's head]
Tom: Get the kid away from me!
Angela: Apologize or she'll fart!
Tom: Sorry...
Angela: Say, I'm very, very, sorry, Ellie and I love your smile.
Tom: I'm very, very, sorry, Ellie and I love your smile.
Angela: Okay, Ellie. Take it away.
[Ellie gets up]
- ConnectionsReferenced in Wear (2015)
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Beautifully shot, and miller does a wonderful job of creating a sense of unease and tension throughout, which makes everything unpredictable and terrifying all at once. I love how it approaches the mental illness aspect and like most movies I've seen recently, doesn't treat it as a horror device. It presents it as it really would be, a person slowly slipping away from your eyes, which in my opinion is more terrifying than any horror monster ever could be. The devil constantly tempted her, and her view that she must clean herself of her sins to reach serenity like her mother wasn't able to reach (her saying to vincent gallo baptist "do it again" during her baptism). It is that childhood innocence that this movie understands so well, which ultimately leads to even more hurt for angela. It also doesn't take this poverty angle and make everything disgusting as a result, everything feels real and lived in, and there is always a feeling like dirt is always on the floor. One of the few movies that understand small-town poverty, and how they go to religion for any sense of help or comfort. Doesn't shy away from saying that mental illness will slowly eat away the people you love, you are next, and there is nothing you can do to stop it.
- millerian-02797
- Feb 10, 2024
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