NP - wallowing in the banal

[Mark Kohut]

I do want to see that yet unmade movie: Not a Hint of Mawkishness. Write it! 

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> On Dec 26, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Saw it last night & agree that it's worth seeing for the cinematography alone, even if it does border on mawkish.
>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've actually seen The Square twice. Brilliant! I wouldn't go near the Shape of Water. Even a hint of mawkishness is more than I can bear.
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 26, 2017 1:35 PM, "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Shape of Water.......Sally Hawkins...
>> 
>> The script isn't at all original, and it frequently veers to the mawkish, but
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>> 
>> It is visually stunning....a great deal of Teal....the collection of late 1950s autos, but particularly the bus (looks like it came out of the Sunbeam collection). A lot of pop rivets.....kinda homely, but I really want one.
>> 
>> and Sally Hawkins.....as a mute..... near impossibly expressive eyes which dominate a face which at first may look plain, but within 3 minutes becomes literally unbearably beautiful...There is a scene with Richard Jenkins wherein she tries to recruit him into the enterprise - if you aren't crying, you are a zombie.
>> 
>> love,
>> 
>> cfa
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