tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876274144355475019.post6467754508524928376..comments2012-08-04T17:10:58.654-07:00Comments on Docs on Films: The Origins of Wendy and Lucy (2008), OR Umberto D (1952)natalie.leppardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14906249342960844252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876274144355475019.post-65474546779201011172010-09-15T12:51:24.645-07:002010-09-15T12:51:24.645-07:00Yes! I didn't think of that but they really di...Yes! I didn't think of that but they really didn't try to make him any less a man because of his situation--almost the opposite since it was a gang of old poor men causing fights at the beginning. Although the only time he really flirts at all is with a nun and you know that disturbs me.<br /><br />Wendy doesn't really use any of her femininity at all in the film. The doe-eyed thing is really gender neutral and doesn't imply anything other than "I'm pitiful and poor." The only time her being a women is pushed in the audience's face is when she's almost raped by a homeless man in the woods in the middle of the night.<br /><br />The lack seems sort of odd for a couple of reasons. I don't buy that she's been living out of a car for however long and no man has tried to take advantage of her until she stupidly decides to sleep in the woods. I also don't buy that she's broker than broke and she's not tried to use her feminine wiles to get anything especially when that tends to work better than, say, shoplifting.<br /><br />Ha! We'll just talk about what we want to talk about so there!natalie.leppardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906249342960844252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876274144355475019.post-31073265771660639642010-09-15T08:29:11.714-07:002010-09-15T08:29:11.714-07:00That actually reminds me of something I DID like a...That actually reminds me of something I DID like about the movie--it never suggested that Umberto was emasculated by either his age or his poverty. Does Wendy use her "feminine wiles" to get money? Is that troubling in the movie or to you? I like how we're totally just talking about a different movie now. You are not the gods of us, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die editors!tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257433148648928341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876274144355475019.post-20595151934072844392010-09-14T20:47:33.608-07:002010-09-14T20:47:33.608-07:00Ugh--we have to watch another movie by this direct...Ugh--we have to watch another movie by this director? *Sigh* It better be legitimately awesome or I'm writing the editor(s) a letter.<br /><br />Filke was totally exploited by Umberto. Grow a pair and beg for your own money, dude. I was *almost* moved by his inability to open his hand to beg but then it was just annoying and cloying. Lucy wasn't exploited that way in Wendy and Lucy but Wendy never gets to panhandling--she just does the doe-eyed whiny begging to not have to pay her bills and outright steals (or tries to anyway).natalie.leppardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906249342960844252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876274144355475019.post-21638629161952808622010-09-14T05:23:23.075-07:002010-09-14T05:23:23.075-07:00Yeah, why was this movie on the list? I suspect th...Yeah, why was this movie on the list? I suspect that it's riding (no pun intended) the tails of The Bicycle Thief, which I've of course never seen, but is supposed to be legitimately awesome. I guess we'll see about that. And I don't know about Wendy and Lucy because I referenced it without ever having seen it (full disclosure: I do stuff like that all the time), but I felt like Filke was being exploited in the movie. Not by the director, but by Umberto. When he made him stand and hold his hat out because he was too ashamed to do it? Not cool.tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257433148648928341noreply@blogger.com