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Local Hero (1983) Bill Forsyth

July 5th 2020

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Truly, Madly, Deeply - Intelligent version of the much more popular ‘Ghost’

This is the movie that made me go on ebay and buy a cello and learn to play it.

A much more intelligent version of 'Ghost', the wildly popular US film starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. This one got mostly overlooked by the US market because it had the misfortune of coming out around the same time as its more popular cousin. I discovered it years later when it showed up on cable, and I've returned to it again and again in the years since.

This one features Juliet Stevenson as the grieving ex lover of a deceased cello player (Alan Rickman). He comes back to haunt her in her apartment, and while at first, it is all sweet and romantic, it takes a more realistic turn about halfway through the movie. The ghost is a bit clingy, and has all the annoying habits that we tend to forget once someone has passed on, he begins bringing dead friends home to camp out in the living room and endlessly watch old videos. Juliet Stevenson gives a knockout of a performance that is almost too painful to watch at times because she channels a bit of her own real grief into early scenes (she actually lost a lover recently when the film was made), and Alan Rickman turns in a sweet performance, with none of the over-acting that typifies most of his US villain roles.

One of my favorite romantic films, mostly because of how true it feels. Yes, you will grieve the loss of someone you hold dear, but life goes on. Bittersweet, tender, and with plenty to think about afterwards.

4.5 stars out of 5

Released 1990, First viewing June 1995

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Local Hero (1983) Bill Forsyth

January 4th 2020

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Truly Madly Deeply

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Truly Madly Deeply: Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. They were even happy enough to be able to live happily ever after…

Genres:-Drama,Fantasy,Music,Romance

Actors:-Alan Rickman,Arturo Venegas,Bill Paterson,Christopher Rozycki,David Ryall,Deborah Findlay,Frank Baker,Jenny Howe,Juliet Stevenson,Mark Long,Michael Maloney,Nitin…

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Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply is an intelligent, moving, and deeply funny story about love and death. Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a scatterbrained professional translator, has lost the love of her life, Jamie (Die Hard's Alan Rickman). As her life (and her flat) slowly falls to pieces, she's inundated by an endless stream of repair men and eligible suitors. But rather than go on with life, Nina dwells on her dead love, slumped at her piano, endlessly playing half of a Bach duet. Then, in a truly magical sequence, his cello suddenly joins her melody ... and Jamie's back from the dead. At first it's bliss. (Think of the superficially similar blockbuster Ghost--only with real people instead of pretty faces Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.) But Nina gradually realizes it's a thoroughly real Jamie who's back, complete with every annoying, argumentative fault she'd conveniently forgotten. (He might be dead, he explains, but he still attends political meetings.) Moreover, he has to hide whenever any of the living are around. And he's constantly ice-cold. And he invites his dead pals to her place at all hours. What's a living woman to do? Director Anthony Minghella went on to create the melodramatic period piece The English Patient--but in this film, he shows a far more sensitive, subtle touch. The photography is brilliant, capturing the simple beauties of suburban London. And the wonderfully acted characters, quirky and all too real, will keep you laughing--and always guessing what will happen next. --Grant Balfour

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Peter Riegert & Christopher Rozycki