Review Harold and Maude (1971)

[High Plains Drifter]

 

[Carol]

Massively fond of this film - first saw it when I was closer in age to Harold... now I'm not so sure...

I love her putting her engagement ring in a safe place, I love the song, I love the sculptor and her nude scene, I love it all. It's one of those proper classics that must never be re-made because it could never be improved. Sweet, silly and scabrously un-pc. Funnier than The Graduate (which I also love, but Ben ended up with the wrong woman, for me) and a damn sight more outrageous.

 

[Hux]

Beautiful film.

 

[High Plains Drifter]

Still can't believe they wrecked that car. It was one of a kind. I remember someone on youtube had video of a H&M clone car.

 

[Elliot Thomas]

Delightful black comedy and cult favourite with eccentric humour. Bud Cort’s staged suicide attempts are especially memorable (and not in bad taste at all); Cat Stevens provides an excellent soundtrack too.

 

[Carol]

Cat Stevens provides an excellent soundtrack

Totally - don't know where you are on the planet, Elliot - I'd love to ask some American members how famous Cat was over there back then. Maybe it's one reason the film feels so cosy - the story is bizarre, but the music is totally familiar.
(Just realised that would also be true of The Exorcist and Tubular Bells - might have to think again

 

[High Plains Drifter]

Totally - don't know where you are on the planet, Elliot - I'd love to ask some American members how famous Cat was over there back then. Maybe it's one reason the film feels so cosy - the story is bizarre, but the music is totally familiar.
(Just realised that would also be true of The Exorcist and Tubular Bells - might have to think again

Honestly, I'm not a fan of Cat Stevens. Just something about his music never hooked me.

 

[Elliot Thomas]

Totally - don't know where you are on the planet, Elliot - I'd love to ask some American members how famous Cat was over there back then. Maybe it's one reason the film feels so cosy - the story is bizarre, but the music is totally familiar.
(Just realised that would also be true of The Exorcist and Tubular Bells - might have to think again

I'd have to ask my father. He was of that generation; unfortunately Cat has released no music in my life time (so far) which kinda sucks. I think he's like a hermit now,

 

[Carol]

I think he's like a hermit now

Not really - it's a year or so ago, but I heard a really good session on Radio 2 where he was playing old hits and newer stuff and mentioned that it was his son who'd encouraged him to play in public again. Glad he did!

 

[Doctor Omega]

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Mad_Monster_Party]

One of my favorite movies of all time, and I just saw it again today! Great movie!