Pidgeon Kissing Wright
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matthewwave-1 — 14 years ago(February 05, 2012 02:16 PM)
Of course this kissing was innocent. It's ridiculous to think that the film was presenting it any other way and then remarking not a bit further on this side to these father-in-law/daughter-in-law and mother/son relationships!
But, I am a child of my time, culture, and specific circumstance: I intellectually understand that the kisses were innocent, but I can't help but find them disturbing and funny nonetheless.
Not that I blame Garson for wanting to kiss/marry Ney he looked like Barry Brown. Strikingly so in many shots.
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gazane — 13 years ago(February 15, 2013 11:49 PM)
I did not grow up being kissed that way, but know those who did and are jealous! If it was not called out as weird at filming, I don't see how one could seriously find it strange. I mean, yes - to our dysfunctional eye it causes a double-take. But so do adult daughters calling their fathers Darling, or young kids sharing a bed. How sad that non-sexual physical intimacy can disturb some of us. What IS disturbing is families NOT kissing - and not eating meals together!
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spookyrat1 — 11 years ago(March 02, 2015 01:44 PM)
I agree with you about the kisses bestowed on Ney by Greer Garson, especially the second one
Vin was about to climb into a plane to go and fight "Jerry". I think we're expected to think she was worried she might not see him again. -
JacintoCupboard — 10 years ago(August 16, 2015 06:19 AM)
Kissing family members on the lips is decidedly non English. Well at least it used to be until the lower orders started aping Eurotrash customs in the hope of being thought urbane. It is creepy now so it must have been really creepy to the English of the early 20th Century.