Re: Academy Awards
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 14:24:49 -0700 (MST)
do you by any chance go to CFU? will
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, AntiUtopia wrote:
> In a message dated 98-01-09 14:56:45 EST, you write:
>
> << Its really too bad everyone is ignoring Ulee's Gold, Peter Fonda deserves
> some
> nominations.
>
> >>
>
> I know this is a matter of taste, but I think Fonda deserves to be shot for
> Ulee's Gold :) If I didn't live in Central Florida, and wasn't familiar with
> the areas depicted in the film, I'd have been Completely bored off my arse.
> Ugh!
>
> In other words, THANK GOD everyone's ignoring Ulee's Gold... :)
>
> Sure, he tried to import mythological significance into trailer park
> life--Ulee, Fonda's character--was obviously Ulysses, and Penny was his
> daughter (Penelope--which was also his dead wife's name), but Fonda's
> character was, well, stiffer than Al Gore and Mr. Spock combined. And yes,
> like Homer's work by the same name, this film was about the restoration of the
> home and family--at least, that was the goal the characters in both works were
> moving toward. But at least Homer's Ulysses was human. Fonda's character?
> It's like the freaking guy wasn't even human or something. Grief and angst
> are one thing--that was ridiculous. He may as well have been made of paper
> maiche....
>
> Jim
>
> PS Brian--at least the question wasn't--"are you a homosexual music major?"
>