Moms On Film

Hailed as "One of the funniest, hippest, most audacious American comedies of the year" (Newsweek), "Hi, Mom!" established a young Brian De Palma ("Carrie," "The Untouchables") as a formidable directorial talent and a premier social commentary is bursting with incisive parodies of home movies, TV documentaries and 60's off-Broadway "encounter theatre" groups. Starring Robert De Niro in one of his earliest film roles, "Hi, Mom!" is "a funny movie (of) enormous exuberance" (Life Magazine) that delivers the laughs in "a voice that is the very voice of the age" ("The New Yorker").De Niro stars as John Rubin, a charmingly directionless Vietnam vet and would-be "erotic filmmaker." Convincing a film producer to finance his "peep art," Rubin sets up his camera to film the nocturnal activities of his unsuspecting neighbors. In short order, he goes from voyeur to participate - and mild-mannered milquetoast to fullfledged irban guerrilla when his camera draws him into the world of a "radical theatre" troupe.

Analyzing docudrama as a mode of argument, Steven N. Lipkin explores the ethical, historical, and ideological functions of docudrama to discover why these films based on true stories offer such appealing story lines. That appeal, Lipkin discovers, is rooted in docudrama's representation of actual people and events by means of melodramatic narrative structures that play on the emotions of the viewer. The dual nature of docudramas -- blending narrative and documentary style -- argues for a moral view of reality-based subject matter. Through its moral agenda, docudrama ultimately allows the possibilities of understanding, optimism, and hope to emerge from "real stories." Real Emotional Logic traces the development of docudramas into contemporary movies of the week and feature films, including Schindler's List, Amistad, JFK, The Killing Fields, Quiz Show, A League of Their Own, In the Name of the Father, Call Northside 777, 13 Rue Madeleine, Texas Cheerleader Mom, Shine, Rosewood, A Civil Action, and October Sky. Lipkin provides further insight into the genre by identifying and describing the commonalities connecting ostensibly different docudramas through their shared themes and narrative techniques. In doing so, he exposes the persuasive rhetorical strategies at the heart of docudramas and reveals the constructed emotional appeal inherent in films "based on a true story.

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Neighbor Mom - Neighbor Mom Baby Boom/Mr. Mom Double Feature contains "Baby Boom" neighbor mom and "Mr. Mom." "Baby Boom" - Academy Award winner Diane Keaton "is smashing" (Pauline Kael) as a high-powered career woman who inherits a baby neighbor mom and discovers a side of herself she never knew she had a maternal one! Co-starring Sam Shepard neighbor mom and James Spader, this "sophisticated, screwball comedy" (Rex Reed, "At The Movies") about the pitfalls neighbor mom and payoffs of instant parenthood ...

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