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Funny, I always thought the point of the movie was to make audiences enduring the Great Depression feel warm, fuzzy and hopeful that they were going to be rescued by God or guardian angels (or whatever) in the end and ride off into the eternally blissful sunset or something. If the movie had any similarity to any kind of reality it would have ended with George old, feeble and decrepit slowly watching his arthritic body deteriorate with the very last scene being of him being pickled and shoved into a coffin. Optimists know no reality.Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:00 am Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.
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Enduring the Great Depression? Actually, it takes place post WWII. Not sure why, but many seem to think that all black-and-white films are much older than they are.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:34 amFunny, I always thought the point of the movie was to make audiences enduring the Great Depression feel warm, fuzzy and hopeful that they were going to be rescued by God or guardian angels (or whatever) in the end and ride off into the eternally blissful sunset or something. If the movie had any similarity to any kind of reality it would have ended with George old, feeble and decrepit slowly watching his arthritic body deteriorate with the very last scene being of him being pickled and shoved into a coffin. Optimists know no reality.Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:00 am Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.
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My bad. The 1930s were the golden age of Hollywood and mostly B&W films, I was thinking it came from then.ThinkOfOne wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 12:44 amEnduring the Great Depression? Actually, it takes place post WWII. Not sure why, but many seem to think that all black-and-white films are much older than they are.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:34 amFunny, I always thought the point of the movie was to make audiences enduring the Great Depression feel warm, fuzzy and hopeful that they were going to be rescued by God or guardian angels (or whatever) in the end and ride off into the eternally blissful sunset or something. If the movie had any similarity to any kind of reality it would have ended with George old, feeble and decrepit slowly watching his arthritic body deteriorate with the very last scene being of him being pickled and shoved into a coffin. Optimists know no reality.Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:00 am Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.
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