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She wasn't a good girl and didn't want to be a good girl. After getting away from her Catholic parents and up bringing and getting out of her body cast she just wanted to get screwed by several different men. That's what the movie was about.
The movie showed the counter cultural movement going on at the time. Sexual freedom for women because of the pill, porn movies were just coming out of the closet and Vietnam was just rapping up. Most young people had no faith in the government or their parents strict believes. The hippie movement was at it's end and illegal drugs were being easier to get.
If you saw it when it came out you would understand the considerable undertones to the movie.
Ok, maybe I'm a generation too late to really get this film.
I remember the scene where she was waiting for the subway, and had a brief (guilt-inducing?) glimpse of a nun. Maybe she successfully shed the baggage.
Ok, maybe I'm a generation too late to really get this film.
I remember the scene where she was waiting for the subway, and had a brief (guilt-inducing?) glimpse of a nun. Maybe she successfully shed the baggage.
You're likely correct. Like topical humor (SNL) it may not translate well to today.
Ok, maybe I'm a generation too late to really get this film.
I remember the scene where she was waiting for the subway, and had a brief (guilt-inducing?) glimpse of a nun. Maybe she successfully shed the baggage.
My wife and her whole family are Catholic's and I understand the brain washing that goes on with them. My wife and her sister are still haunted by the church and get chills when it's brought up.
My wife and her whole family are Catholic's and I understand the brain washing that goes on with them. My wife and her sister are still haunted by the church and get chills when it's brought up.
I found the film a bit entertaining because of my own Catholic upbringing, plus back surgery and wearing a brace. I never did become a quaalude-popping barfly, though. Nor did I ever meet Richard Gere.
I read somewhere not long after seeing it, that it was based on a true story. I found some old articles about the original murder online. That's pretty interesting too.
LFMG is a brilliant film, but if you think it's sole message is that it's trying to warn women away from a promiscuous lifestyle, then I think you're missing the point. Sure, the film is probably a cautionary tale of sorts about being careful whom you bring home...however, plenty of women (and men, obviously) from the '70's - today are sexually active in non-monogamous relationships, and don't end up killed by their random hook-ups; I don't think the film is trying to insult the intelligence of the viewer by making them think that this is really a serious threat. I actually believe that if you're living this lifestyle you're more at risk of getting a potentially deadly (or at least incurable) STD than you are of getting killed by your partner - if you're not careful, that is.
To me, the film is really about the sexual revolution of the 1960's/1970's that made it "OK" for women to sleep with different guys. And, obviously this sexual revolution also made it easier for guys to sleep around with different women as well Going along with this, the film is also about abandoning the traditional gender roles that our society has placed upon us. And, note that even now, there is a large majority out there who think that "true happiness" only occurs when women and men settle down, get married, and have a family. So, even though this film is nearly 40 years old, these conservative attitudes haven't changed "that much" since the film was first released...
What I liked about the main character (Diane Keaton) was that she didn't want to fall into the "trap" of getting married & settling down, probably because that's what her parents wanted her to do. Her behavior was an act of rebellion in a way.
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Well, I should make it clear that the real Goodbar woman that got stabbed and killed, should not have been murdered, and did not deserve it. However, if this was just a fictional movie I would have high expectations that she would be violently raped and murdered at the end.......and I think the audience would be kind of disappointed if it didn't turn out that way. She goes to porno theaters and sleezy bars, picks up strange men, psychotic men (remember the one that jumped around like a monkey and broke into her apartment on a later occasion) but that wasn't enough, she kept going back for more.
And I also can't help but think some of the blame for this murder comes from her own bad housekeeping. There is great probability that one of the roaches crawled into the dude's ear while they were having sex, thus rendering him impotent and causing him to go insane. A clean home is a godly home, she was living in sin and needed to learn how to cook and clean. Her father should have been more strict with her when she was growing up.
I would also like to recommend The Entity (1981) as a great companion to this film, I'm sure you've already seen Taxi Driver, The Shining and Sudden Impact, so no need to mention those, or Porky's.
To me, the film is really about the sexual revolution of the 1960's/1970's that made it "OK" for women to sleep with different guys. And, obviously this sexual revolution also made it easier for guys to sleep around with different women as well Going along with this, the film is also about abandoning the traditional gender roles that our society has placed upon us. And, note that even now, there is a large majority out there who think that "true happiness" only occurs when women and men settle down, get married, and have a family. So, even though this film is nearly 40 years old, these conservative attitudes haven't changed "that much" since the film was first released...
Or maybe the film's true theme is What can go wrong, will...
Nah, that's an oversimplification. It's a great movie. A classic. I'm sticking with your breakdown. And with regard to the fourth sentence in the paragraph above: I concur.
Yes, that's the problem...the message that "girls" had better watch it because if they try to do what guys do, it'll come back to get them...ya gotta be a good girl or you die.
Or how about a message of being smart? Yes, men get to take strange girls home mostly risk-free, but then men are the ones who get violent more than women. I thought it was a good message. Too bad it isn't thought about often enough in this day of apps or websites to make "hooking up" with complete strangers a reality. I don't understand how so many people have lost their survival instinct.
hmmmmm. well I'll say this mofford. The 1970s, and early 80s were indeed a time when we had to face up to some of excesses of the left.
Of course, today, in 2016, we are dealing with the excesses of the right.
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Excesses of the right? Are you kidding?
How about excessive illegal immigration & open borders
How about Bruce aka Caitlyn Jenner.... an excess I can do without
How about the excess 19 trillion of debt, much of it run up during this administration?
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Going along with this, the film is also about abandoning the traditional gender roles that our society has placed upon us. And, note that even now, there is a large majority out there who think that "true happiness" only occurs when women and men settle down, get married, and have a family. So, even though this film is nearly 40 years old, these conservative attitudes haven't changed "that much" since the film was first released...
