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April - 'Please Murder Me'

28/4/2018

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​This month we watched Please Murder Me.  

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Plot: A lawyer wins an acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder.  After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal.  Guilt-ridden, and knowing that she can't be tried again for the murder, he devises a plan to bring her to justice.

Key Characters: Myra Leeds (Angela Lansbury), Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr:).

Review: we rated as 3 out of 5.

The movie seemed to be slow to start.  Some of the acting was rigid but was typical of the period in which it was made.  As it continued, the movie started to keep us guessing until the end. We realised then that the name of the movie was perhaps Craig Carlson, unable to live with himself, asking/forcing Myra to murder him – please murder me.  This allowed him to ease his conscience by ensuring that she would be tried for his murder, after she had wrongly been found not guilty of her husband’s murder. Raymond Burr was perfect for the role, and we could see how this formed his entry into his later role on TV as Perry Mason.
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We also discussed the term film-noir, a term originally applied to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944–54, a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.  Similar films could include the 1946 adaptation of the James M Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice.  We decided to watch this movie in May if it could be found.

Further: Our May movie will be The Postman Always Rings Twice starring Lana Turner and John Garfield.  We aim to start watching the movie promptly at 1:00pm so that we have time to discuss the movie.
With all the movies we watch, we look at them as literature – literature in a different medium, the medium of film.  This helps to focus the discussion, covering ideas around genre, characters, plot, but also adding the aspects that relate to film, such as cinemascope, music and atmosphere.

Joy Shirley
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    About Film as  Literature 

    Do you enjoy watching films?  Do you find discussing films adds to your enjoyment?  We certainly do.  Do you find that you can better understand a movie by hearing and sharing thoughts about the film?  In our Film as Literature class we review a film we have watched, discussing the film as we would a book.  In 2019 we all watched a selected film screening at BPACC and then discussed the film at our regular class.  Due to the closure of BPACC during 2020, we each chose a different film, depending on what we could access (DVD, iView, SBS World Movies, Netflix, etc).  We then shared a review with the rest of the class (refer * below).  This approach resulted in a wide range of films and interests covered.  We will continue this approach for 2021 until we are able to access films at BPACC, either meeting in person to discuss the films watched or sharing our thoughts via email. ​

    Convenor and Contact Details

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    Joy Shirley 0417065351​

    Meeting times

    2nd Wednesday
    1.30 - 3pm
    Benalla Library 
    " 2020 - New Normal?" 

    * During Covid,  we  shared reviews of films watched during the month via email, with our monthly newsletter report reflecting the wide range of films reviewed.  We are including ratings with our reviews.   

    We welcome anyone who wishes to join us.
    Contributions are due by the second Monday of the month - email jshirley@internode.on.net 
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    ​2019 - "Normal"  Hopefully in 2021 we will be able to return to our usual format in which we meet together each month to discuss a film we have watched, discussing the film as we would a book.  
    • We select a film screening at BPACC
    • Participants attend the film at a time which meets with their individual commitments.
    • We meet in the Library on the 2nd Wednesday at 1.30 to discuss the film.
    • If a participant cannot attend a specific film, they can come along to learn about the film, or add to the discussion by talking about a film they have seen.,
    BPACC sell books of ten tickets for $97.50 (meaning the films only cost $9.75 each) or Joy will have individual tickets available for $9.75 from a book prepurchased.

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