Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Quiet Movies (Not Silent Films)

I LOVE "quiet movies", the ones that tell a story and aren't there to make you laugh the whole way through, but rather speak softly and reach into the heart. My favorite movie would be one that I categorize as a quiet movie. It's "Finding Neverland" and it's a quiet film indeed. It's a love story, but not one where a man falls in love with a woman and they live happily ever after. It's one of a family who according to society has nothing to offer inspires a play-write who intern can bring light into their lives again. The film is truly beautiful.
There are so many wonderful movies like these such as:
Tuck Everlasting
Dear Frankie
Somewhere in Time
The Secret of Roan Inish
Little Women
Eat Pray Love
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Out of Africa
Finding Forester
The Duchess
Anne of Green Gables 1 & 2
Anna and the King
Miss Austen Regrets
Coco Channel (the Shirley MacLaine version)

Many quiet movies are generally "self discovery" or biographical films. And can be very moving. These films are often the most beautifully put together as they have well orchestrated score pieces, the film work is well designed and the storyline is often more poetic. But these films, while some become famous, are often pushed aside by others. So here's in remembrance to those lovely films I so enjoy.
---Gabrielle Jean