#judith rossner

[anamon-book]

ミスター・グッドバーを探して ジュディス・ロスナー、小泉喜美子・訳 早川書房 装幀＝高須賀優、写真＝桜井ただひさ

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My late 20s could have ended terribly.

[theoscarsproject]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.

I wasn't really sure about how I felt about this movie while I was watching it, but it's one I've thought about a lot since. Diane Keaton is transcendent as the lead in what has to be one of the riskiest roles of her career, and the way the movie weaves through time and experiments with structure is really interesting. It's challenging viewing, but compelling, and it's one that really stays with you. 7.5/10.

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: "So often I heard people paying blind obeisance to change – as though it had some virtue of its own. Change or we will die. Change or we will stagnate. Evergreens don't stagnate." –Judith Rossner (Nine Months in the Life of an Old Maid)

[rapturousrot]

“For years she had drifted into fantasy as she lay in bed at night or sat quietly looking at a book without reading it. Now her fantasies began to serve a more urgent purpose. It was much more bearable to be a princess getting tortured in a dungeon than a crooked little girl being tortured by doctors; after all, if you were a princess being tortured by bad guys, the good guys might rescue you at any moment.”

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) dir. Richard Brooks

[vsthepomegranate]

Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)

dir by Richard Brooks

[rickkanelives]

Today's Thrift Store Loot - Looking for Mr. Goodbar in hardcover - for $1.10 (!!)

[hamoimproviso]

Long time since I saw this and not sure it has aged well. Some very seventies vibes. I was conflicted about the sexual politics. Theresa's sexual liberation comes at the cost of her murder, which doesn't seem like a wildly positive message. Her murder happens at the hands of a conflicted gay man who feels shamed by what he takes to be her mocking tone when he can't perform sexually, which again, is not the most progressive message. It is based on a true story but seems lurid and exploitative at times, while thoughtful and sensitive at other times as Theresa's behavior is explored through the prism of her violent father and rigid Catholicism and guilt. Ultimately I wasn't sure what the message was, and maybe I was supposed to draw my own conclusions, but performances were brave and in the case of Gere, star making. Enjoyed the humor of him telling Diane Keaton he'd enjoyed the film of The Godfather. He had clearly failed to notice she played Kay.