"Make Way for Tomorrow" is the sincere work of the famous American director Leo McCarey, and was included in the list of 75 overlooked masterpieces in the history of film selected by the British "Sight and Sound" magazine. Leo McCarey, Lubitsch and Sturges are the three most important comedy directors in the early days of American sound films. Chinese audiences are all familiar with "Golden Jade Alliance", "Duck Soup" (1931), "The Wind and the Moon" and "The Merry". The Affair" and then came from the master's hand. And "Make Way for Tomorrow" is considered by many to be his most outstanding work. It is said that it indirectly inspired Yasujiro Ozu's immortal "Tokyo Story". It is interesting to watch the two films together.
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2022-07-04 21:03
Extended Reading
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Pa: It's been very nice knowing you, Miss Breckenridge.
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Rhoda Cooper: Why don't you face facts, Grandma?
Lucy Cooper: Oh, Rhoda!
[Pats her hand]
Lucy Cooper: When you're 17 and the world's beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to parties, but when you're 70... well, you don't care about dancing, you don't think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain't any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?