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Mother's Day

1948-08-27 Drama 22mins

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity. (Melbourne International Film Festival)

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Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity. (Melbourne International Film Festival)

  • Released
    1948-08-27
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    22mins
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
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  • Production
    Farallone Films

Crew

James Broughton
Director
James Broughton
Writer
Keywords:
coming of age short film

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-07

"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a l... read more

"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a lively piano-based score and a series of not altogether coherent mini-sketches, we are presented with what appear to be memories of a couple, of them falling in love, of her widowhood and then more courting. She looks lovingly from her window, pining for what she had, what she wants? She's even offered a bribe in the form of some stockings! It's impossible to say just what this is about in any traditional sense, and it's a surprisingly pace-free affair for the most of it's rather abstract existence which appears to emanate from the naive and/or innocent mind of our unspoken narrator. Toys feature quite heavily as props and at times that's quite effective, as is some of the almost temperamental action from time to time, but it's all too surreal for me, sorry.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a lively piano-based score and a series of not altogether coherent mini-sketches, we are presented with...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-07

"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a lively piano-based score and a series of not altogether coher...

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