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Movie Monday: Love in the Afternoon (1957)
I know I have been absent for a few weeks now, but it has all been for a very good reason. You see, I am a college student and part of the honors program that I am a member of at my university requires me to do research projects. Well, one of my research projects had to do with documenting the changing analytics of this website, Faintly Familiar. So, now that I got my research out of the way, it is back to regularly scheduled programing here on Faintly Familiar! It’s a new Movie Monday and today I am reviewing the classic Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper film Love in…
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Movie Monday: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Today for Movie Monday I am reviewing yet another Frank Capra classic – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Like Meet John Doe, Capra’s leading man in this movie is Gary Coopers. However this film replaces Barbara Stanwyck with the timeless actress Jean Arthur. Like in many (if not all) of Frank Capra’s films, we see an ordinary man be put into extraordinary situations. When all hope is lost, it is the will of the people that wins out. This, in my opinion, is a very American way of thinking. The idea that one man can make such a large impact on the lives of others around him all while simultaneously…
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Movie Monday: Meet John Doe (1941)
Recently, I watched the film Meet John Doe for the first time and it instantly became one of my favorites! Plus, can you ever really go wrong with an inspirational Frank Capra film? Let’s review this classic! I find that Frank Capra films are chock full of symbolism and inspiration. Between Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Capra was never short of holding the “American Dream” in high esteem. Something about this film in particular, however, shows just how important the people are. The collective empowerment of how when looking out for one another you can really make a wonderful impact is one of the…
