I watched the movie the other day. I knew it was a must see but I thought it was the kind of movie that you just don’t pick because its good and watch. You have to be in a certain mood to fully enjoy such movies.
I have gotten immune, to some extent, to Hollywood’s typical make-you-feel-good or warm-hearted movies because in most of the recent works, there is a bit too much overwhelmingly dramatic element that takes away the beauty of reality touch, which I think makes a movie both a remarkable portrayal and a masterpiece.
Driving Miss Daisy has the right amount of dramatism, real life setting, and applaudable character development. Great performances by Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. What impressed me most about the overall movie was the fact that it was a movie about two humans. Two humans who don’t share any common grounds at any level. Different genders, different social classes, different family, and different skin colors. How they become friends with each other despite of primary differences is not because that they both are old, lonely, end up spending most of the time together, or just got used to each other but because of all of the above. Their familiarity with each other isn’t any sort of friendly or romantic love; they just grew on each other and that is such a pure human emotion. There is not one element most responsible for their friendship and that what realism is. Visualizing it and portraying it justly is what I call art.
The movie was nominated for nine Oscars and won four. I wished Morgan Freeman had won the award too, but he just got the nomination.
An excellent, excellent movie. You're right Roman, most feel-good movies go overboard in their dramatics and in all the fiasco the reality feel is sometimes lost.
Seeing your appluadable view on such stuff, you should definitely watch ** Paris, Texas. **
Thanks for the suggestion, Elmo. I will definitely check it out.
One of the most incredible scenes in Driving Miss Daisy is the last one. Jessica Tandy has become too old and forgetful and is residing in a care taker home. She sometimes recognizes people. Dan Akroyd and Morgan Freeman go to visit her on one of her 'good days'. In the end, Morgan Freeman is feeding her a pie. That's a classic moment in that movie.
She looks at him while he is feeding her with child-like expressions. She has this innocent, affectionate, and attached smile on her face for him. Like a child would be amused while fed by the mother... Ah, so pure!
np Roman. btw, there are two versions of Paris, Texas. The more recent one is the one I think you'll enjoy. It has Natassja Kinski and that helper guy who used to appear in Qunatum Leap. I think it was nominated for screenplay and photography. Though it won numerous awards at Cannes.
ahhh, kya khoob yaad dilya. The scene where freeman's feeding the old forgetful tandy was listed in the 50 most magical scenes of choice by Gene Siskel. You're right, that will always be a classic.
hmmm, interesting Elmo.. Do you know the site address where I may find about those classic scenes? If you don't know off hand then don't worry, I will search on Yahoo etc. Thanks.
[This message has been edited by Roman (edited May 08, 2000).]