Reviews

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves were so sensitive in their acting, I could vicariously experience their joy, sorrows, regrets, frustrations, finding love, senses of losses and of finding new experiences.

I really liked the House and Jack. I had a little problem following the way in which the film was edited, but I reminded myself that I came to enjoy a complicated and enchanting storyline.

While I also think the director and the editors expected the viewers to be patient as the story unfolded, I was a little impatient about that, but in a way the passing of time seemed natural. My belief was suspended, and I was truly swept away.

I loved the movie. I need to see it again and again to experience the joy it brought me. I am disappointed that the Studios (or maybe it was the local folks) didn't give this movie more advertising time. The television teasers were too few and not enough, though I realized I would like this movie. My kind of movie. Thanks everyone. Good job! ~SLI~ Charlottetown, PEI, CANADA

"Marketa Lazarova" was a film I saw in 1970 at a small film theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It left an indelible memory, and I've spent years trying to find a way to see it again. At least once a year, I find a note I left about a phone call I've made to some obscure library or other such place in the hope of finding a way to see it.

The film won an Academy Award, and it should be remembered. It is stunning in black and white; the story is remarkable in its content and direction.

If anyone has ideas about how we fans can possibly revive this movie, we should try to do so. It is worth all the trouble and more just to see it again and again.

"Experience Preferred but not Essential" was, for me, one of those beautifully done esoteric films that deserves to be seen more than once to fully appreciate it humor, insights and writing.

It is akin to another such movie, "She'll be Wearing Pink Pajamas." I really appreciate writers, directors and actors who can delve into a humorous story, dig out the subtle humor and make it work on the big screen.

These are two films I'd really like to get a hold of and to watch again and again. Both films contain the kind of encouragement that one can find one's identity and not be lost in a "majority mentality."