“Flirting” 1991 Kennedy Miller/ MGM
Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman & Naomi Watts
www.LostMyStub.Com Review 8 Dec 2011 (MZ: #B-2)
Greetings Fans,
For today’s installment I thought I’d cover an old favorite of mine. I discovered this gem by accident, many years ago, I was a huge fan of Nicole Kidman. So I tried to collect or at least see every film she did to my surprise, I ended up loving this and many other Aussie made films !!! This is the second of a trilogy. Set in Australia in 1965, a boys boys boarding school across the lake from a girls boarding school, much like apposing armies. I read an interview with ‘Queen’s’ Freddie Mercury who described some of his experiences in boarding school, many are mirrored in this film. In June I showed this film to a lady friend who at the end of the film proclaimed “I love this film !”
A young boy who is constantly getting bullied by his class mates falls in love with the new arrival at the girl’s school, a young girl from Africa. The unlikely pairing of these 2 is what makes this story of love extremely interesting. As both are out casts of sorts, they find some sort of solace in each other.While there are those who ridicule the pair, there are also some who champion the pairing of the two. So much so that both earn and receive a fair amount of respect from those who bullied them in the beginning of the film.
Memorable scenes include: When Danny defends Thandiwe’s honor. What happens when Danny can not attend the dance he has promised his new found love. Who Danny gets paired up with for the musical production. The first time the two young lovers are together. Danny’s personal narration through out the film. The stand off between the girls and boys at the dance, and Interesting Soundtrack: “With a Girl Like You” ‘the Troggs’ “Tutti Frutti” ‘Little Richard’ (whom I have met) & “I Just Wanna Make Love To You” ‘Willie Dixon’
Well I absolutely love this coming of age film set in another country in another time, maybe you will too….. Until the next time; MrZero
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