Re: Now, voyager

[Guest guest]

Great movie, thanks for the link, Happyout! I remember being so

riveted by that film the first time I saw it (on TV when I was a young

teen, I think.) There was so much about it that rang true for me: the

way the mother was so coldly hateful and critical and expected her

daughter to be her robot/servant, etc. I would classify the mother as

a " Queen " bpd, or perhaps as a combo narcissist/sociopath pd, myself:

cold, dictator-like, no empathy, no remorse.

Bette is so good in this film, too. Love it!

Another great film along these same lines, but featuring a cold and

despising father and a too-good-to-be-true suitor, is " The Heiress "

with Olivia de Havilland in the title role. It won some oscars, and is

based on a short story by Henry (who also wrote the eerie and

haunting " The Turn of the Screw " , which was made into the film " The

Innocents " Its probably one of the first films to even hint at the

subject of child molestation.)

Yet another good film about an insane father (probably a narcissit)

tyrannizing his family is " The Barretts of Wimpole Street " starring

Laughton as crazy dad. It's probably the first film ever to

even hint at the subject of incest. (Made in 1934!)

And while we're listing good old films about insanity, if you've ever

heard the phrase " I'm being gaslighted " , its referring to the film

" Gaslight " , starring Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. The phrase

means deliberately trying to drive someone crazy. The film is about a

young woman who is swept off her feet by a handsome older man, who

actually has an evil ulterior motive. Bwa-ha-haa!

-Annie

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> Heres a link to 'now, voyager', with Bette -

> The reason I post it is that it shows the relationship between a mother

> and the child where the mother seeks to destroy the life of the child

> to suit her own needs. The film is shown in full in 12 parts on

> youtube - here is the link to the first segment and thereafter the

> continuing links follow on youtube.

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1n5cYHQ9Mc

>

> Good for me to see in black and white lol.

> Grace

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the link.  I watched it and it was a chilling experience at first and

a really great film.

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To: WTOAdultChildren1

Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:34:16 AM

Subject: Now, voyager

Heres a link to 'now, voyager', with Bette -

The reason I post it is that it shows the relationship between a mother

and the child where the mother seeks to destroy the life of the child

to suit her own needs. The film is shown in full in 12 parts on

youtube - here is the link to the first segment and thereafter the

continuing links follow on youtube.

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=T1n5cYHQ9Mc

Good for me to see in black and white lol.

Grace