On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Heather Addison wrote: > I'm also interested in any films that present decades of a character's > life but suggest that young adulthood is the richest/best period of the > human life cyle. Crike, how depressing! ;) I'm just now beginning to do my best work, to my mind. Actually, I think this is a theme (if not the decades part) in a great many films, some more self-consciously addressed than others. Just saw _The Swimming Pool_, which makes to my mind a cryptic observation about stagnant age vs. wild, rich youth, in that the aging writer gets her inspiration from the young French daughter of her publisher... or at least her "version" of the young French daughter. The ending was very mysterious. What about _American Beauty_ for this category? > If anyone can suggest some titles in these areas (particularly the > first), I'd really appreciate it. People who "shed their age" when they die. Hmmm. Maybe _What Dreams May Come_. Actually, this presents the reverse. In this film the young deceased sons and daughters are represented in heaven by their adult selves, one of them, the girl, by an Asian woman in her thirties. Sarah ********************************************************************* Sarah L. Higley [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Associate Professor of English office: (585) 275-9261 The University of Rochester fax: (585) 442-5769 Rochester NY, 14627 ********************************************************************* Py dydwc glein / O erddygnawt vein? "What brings a gem from a hard stone?" Book of Taliesin ********************************************************************* ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org