Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "The Take" channel.

  1. Very interesting ideas here about gender issues and gender roles yet I wonder how much was intended by Billy Wilder the director and how much is what people read into it.---Interesting to learn that the movie was well-received by a college audience. I had the pleasure of seeing "Some Like it Hot" at a university with an audience of mainly  college students---and people loved it!---I remember the "jolt" that went through the audience when Marilyn was shown in a gown that made her look topless. Marilyn was pregnant during part of the filming and, sadly, had a miscarriage.
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  2. That's a fascinating observation. What with the way we pick things up from grown-ups when we're still children, I wonder if Kiernan Shepka finds herself acting or talking like her TV parents even now in real life.
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  3. Fascinating analyses of the characters. These videos are terrific. One thing I think may not be historically accurate about "Mad Men" is when the characters hear something they don't like and they ask, "Excuse me?" I grew up in the 1960's and 70's and I didn't hear "Excuse me" used as a question. I think it would have been more accurate to say "I BEG your pardon" or "What did you just SAY to me?" That's what I heard.
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  4. As Sharon Tate was married to director Roman Polanski, I think of how he might have worked with her in continuing to develop her acting skill and in furthering her career by having Sharon in his own movies or in the selection of film roles that were right for her though directed by someone else.
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  5. Though only seen for a moment I'm curious about the portrait of Betty's mother. I wonder if that's really a painting from the 1920's or 30's and, if so, who was the woman portrayed? If the painting was made for the show are seeing a real woman or someone from the imagination of the artist? Either way the portrait is a wonderful work of art.
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  6. I don't know what this says about me and my family but I was born in 1961 and I also read "Rosemary's Baby" when I was about 13!
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  7. It's been a while since I read the original story but I think the activity of the birds may have been connected with the tides. Also a while ago I've read about Daphne DuMaurier herself and my recollection is that there are several versions of how the story originated and I don't recall that she ever said what the story meant. The author may have just left it up to the reader. Since Alfred Hitchcock used only the premise of the story he may have implied meanings that Daphne DuMaurier didn't have in her short story---which is one of the most frightening things I've ever read!
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  8. VERY interesting comments and observations. This film, though not what Stephen King intended, is remarkable as a stand-alone. In another "Shining"-related video someone posted a comment about the party scene in the Gold Room, that a woman walks by with what appears to be a bloody handprint on the back of her gown. I remember that in "Carrie" there's a scene in which the Miss Desjardin the gym teachers has a bloody handprint on her short pants from the incident Carrie had in the shower in the beginning of the movie. Maybe Kubrick was referencing "Carrie" in some way?
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  9. These videos are outstanding. I've never seen a single episode of "Mad Men" but I still find these videos fascinating. They even get me thinking about what would be said about me if I was a character in the show!
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