ive been wondering a few things about the movie that i cant quite figure out
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seabass242 — 19 years ago(November 05, 2006 01:04 AM)
I just watched this movie again after a few years of not seeing it. I bought it on DVD because I remember enjoying it the first time i saw it.
I honestly think that this is the best female performance in a movie I have ever seen. I don't really care about award shows, but I dont see how this gets overlooked. Did it ?
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heeree9 — 19 years ago(August 02, 2006 09:02 PM)
I thought West Virginia was the supposed incest capitol
Why call the Amish freaks of nature? It's not like they drink goat blood and sacrifice babies. Plus, they make some damn fine furniture!
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PunkRockAphrodite — 19 years ago(August 16, 2006 11:56 PM)
I always thought the title didn't come from Jackie O's spoiledness. Before her dad left for all we know they were a happy family.
I always thought of the House of Yes as referring to the promiscuity. Anthony lies to sleep with women, and sleeps with his brother's fiance. Mr. Pacal left the wife, not because Jackie O was crazy, but because he probably had a girl on the side. Jackie O discusses her sex life quite liberally. She tried other men to get over Marty. Lesly talks about people she's slept with. And the big onse. Jackie O and Marty. The mother facilitates their relationship. She wants Jackie happy, Marty makes her happy. She's known about it all along, which is why she tried to get Lesly out of the house.
The Kennedys are known for their promiscuity, also. So the low moral standards had previously been set before the Pascals even moved in.
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Lizard51867 — 19 years ago(September 20, 2006 06:37 PM)
I don't see the problem with making fun of the Amish on the Internet. It's not like they'll ever find out.
I think the House Of Yes refers to both their promiscuity, their unchecked conversations, and their extreme privelage. In the Pascal home, anything goes.
I actually didn't know that stereotype of PA, and I live there, although I am from Philadelphia.
I love Parkey Posey's scream/laugh and "Love is for tiny people with tiny lives." and "Your moral outrage is very specific, Anthony." (or something like that.) -
sharkgrrl666 — 19 years ago(September 23, 2006 05:31 PM)
best dialogue ever:
jackie-o: "i've noticed anthony's been wearing a lot of layers around me lately. look at him, he's wearing a tee-shirt, dress shirt, vest and a jacket."
marty: "i got it at the treasure trove. they say it belonged to a kennedy."
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Panther74017 — 19 years ago(December 18, 2006 09:13 PM)
I've always enjoyed the line about screwing a mirror. That's a great scene all around. That and the one about her holding his penis as they came from the womb and it being in a medical book somewhere.
Guys who wear capes are on Angel Dust Be a hero w/o wearing your underwear outside of your clothes -
prspeed — 17 years ago(August 18, 2008 12:33 PM)
I directed the play "The House of Yes" last year, and had to do massive amounts of research for it The title, according to the author, comes from a personal experience when she was driving around the wealthy D.C. suburbs one day and kept seeing all these beautiful exteriors and wondering what went on inside. Later, she saw graffiti on a wall that mentioned a "house of yes," meaning "a world where people find themselves to be so above everything that they get what they want and don't understand the concept of 'no'." The pink hairbrush is to a: set up the joke later about hairbrushes and combs and Leslie only having a comb and b: to show that Jackie-O is mentally off balance with her freakout over not being able to find the hairbrush. Jackie-O's real name, as far as anyone knows, is Jackie Pascal and Jakie-O is/was a pet name from Marty that stuck with Anthony. In the play, Mrs. Pascal does call her Jackie-O a couple of times, but not like the boys do.
"I'm in a box, and I can't get out" -
bambina_13 — 19 years ago(January 22, 2007 05:51 PM)
Parker Posey is amazing indeed.
I had to watch this film for a class im taking on the Kennedys. Pretty interesting
My favorite lines are:
"leave now with your symbology intact" -the mom to Lesly
"its not a gun, its a camera" -Jackie about the gun the mom finds -
XoYazminXo — 17 years ago(July 08, 2008 03:29 PM)
This movie has one of the most creative & original dialogues I have ever heard beforeI don't remember the exact lines, but I especially like the exchange they have about the wine in the living room (German/French thing)It was so funnyAnd Tori Spelling's reaction was just hilarious
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vagingo — 15 years ago(September 08, 2010 07:07 AM)
In response to 5. C. - I think Tori Spelling's wardrobe is supposed to be dowdy and pilgrim-esque to reinforce the glamour and sophistication of Jackie O. Plus, it adds to the puritanic, conservative nature of Spelling's character.
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partridgestorm — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 01:24 AM)
I figured out what the missing painting is. Based on the blurry image one gets from pausing the DVD and zooming in on the painting, I strongly believe that the painting is Edouard Manet's "The Railway." Here is a good write up about the painting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/manet-edouard-the-railway-1873-810754.html
I can't figure out the significance of the painting, or why it is not on the wall in 1983. It is a passing snapshot of modern life with limited evidence to the identity to the woman or of the child who is facing away from the viewer. The woman does have a dog in her lap, so loyalty figures into the message of the painting.
I love the House of Usher connection you made in another thread. When I read that, I had one of those, "Why didn't I think of that," moments!
Oh, and, "You never get hungry in the desert. Because of the sandwiches!"
