I do not like IAWL. It’s a depressing movie based on personal tragedies, thoughts of suicide, thievery, drunkenness and more.
No wonder the movie was a flop when released.
I absolutely love this movie, it is timeless in that these are struggles we have as humans.We have dreams, disappointments and blessings we would never realize if it weren’t for the disappointments.
I’ve never seen it but intend to someday.
It taught me, as a child, how banks work.
Capra is ‘goat’ in Italian.
It is said the Jimmy Stewart was essentially suicidal with depression before and during the making of the movie. Having to keep up appearances (in an era when being depressed was considered un-masculine at best) made it worse. Those who know said he had considerable PTSD from WW2 and ‘survivor’s guilt’ as well; some of the scenes are not really acted as much genuinely felt.
...same could be said of politics.
"Inspired by the classic American film, It's a Wonderful Life, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects."--Www.joelandry.com
It’s A Wonderful Life is simply the greatest movie ever made.
I developed a crush on Donna Reed after watching that movie. Bedford Falls was modeled on the upstate NY town Seneca Falls and I had relatives who lived there during the time period this movie was made.
Blackrock = Mr. Potter
This movie is being lived out today. Everyone has to rent due to a selfish Mr Potter having control of banking due to a hero being erased from this world.
OMG, people can find anything to bitch about, even a terrific movie like “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
The author is full of it. Check the McCarthy description.
Second, it’s not a Xmas movie. It just ends at Xmas time. No mention of Xmas until then.
“Practically all the Hollywood film-making of today is stooping to cheap salacious pornography in a crazy bastardisation of a great art to compete for the ‘patronage’ of deviates and masturbators.”
Boy, Capra sure got that right! If he could see the film industry, now, he’d probably be thunder struck.
Bfl
I love the movie. There are scenes such as when George and Mary are on the phone with Sam; and George kisses Mary that make me cry everytime I see them.
Well,there’s talk of a woke remake that they may like better...
I watched it years ago. I didn’t really care for it. It was too depressing.