Some other suggestions: TOKYO STORY, OHAYU and many others by Ozu Leo McCary's MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (the inspiration for TOKYO STORY) Mizoguchi's OSAKA ELEGY A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT THE JAZZ SINGER REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE Sirk's ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, IMITATION OF LIFE, and WRITTEN ON THE WIND Ron Howard's PARENTHOOD Disney's SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA, THE LITTLE MERMAID, etc. Harold Lloyd's THE KID BROTHER MILDRED PIERCE MY MAN GODFREY RED RIVER (adoptive family) LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT A THOUSAND CLOWNS sibling rivalry played light in many of the Andy Hardy series MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER HUD NOBODY'S FOOL COOKIE'S FORTUNE CHINATOWN (sort of) Eisenstein's BEZHIN MEADOW (only in reconstructed format) Pudovkin's THE MOTHER IVAN THE TERRIBLE, part II Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES (sort of), FANNY AND ALEXANDER, etc. Ang Lee's PUSHING HANDS, THE WEDDING BANQUET, and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE ICE STORM too!) JU DOU Imamura's INSECT WOMAN Oshima's CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, etc. Satyajit Ray's DEVI POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Albert Brooks' MOTHER WHERE'S POPPA? ONE TRUE THING PRACTICAL MAGIC HILARY AND JACKIE SPANKING THE MONKEY Souleymane Cisse's BRIGHTNESS Idrissa Ouedraogo's SAMBA TRAORE and TILAI Film versions of AGAMEMNON, OEDIPUS THE KING, HAMLET, etc. John Sayles' LONE STAR and LIMBO Meszaros' DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN John Waters' POLYESTER, SERIAL MOM, etc. Barry Levinson's AVALON AMERICAN BEAUTY THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS GRAND HIGHWAY (French, not American, version) THE GOOD SON, THE BAD SEED, etc. RAIN MAN Oh, and the initial STAR WARS trilogy! Don Larsson > > > I'm looking for films which centre around family in-fighting (sibling vs > > > sibling, parent vs child/ren, etc). Any ideas? > > > > Taking the request broadly, I offer (in no particular order): > > > > CELEBRATION > > ORDINARY PEOPLE > > A THOUSAND ACRES > > RAN > > HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS > > THE LION IN WINTER > > AMADEUS > > EAST OF EDEN > > SOUL FOOD > > MARVIN'S ROOM > > MOMMIE DEAREST > > THE CHOSEN > > MY SON THE FANATIC > > THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS > > LEGENDS OF THE FALL > > A SIMPLE PLAN > > MURIEL'S WEDDING > > > > Shari L. Rosenblum > > > > ---- > > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite