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Big city drama (with Tommy Lee Jones and Annette O'Toole) tackles the hard issues
I don't get the flack Roland Emmerich's version receives
Amusing spooky drama in the English countryside with Patrick Stewart
Low-key adult drama and crime thriller
Despoiling the rich biyatch
The wintry ambiance is great, but the story is meh
Night train to avaricious terror
South by Southwest
Unbelievably true story of a hideous crime and police corruption
A period-piece romance that I don't really like), but outstanding
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They both declared their love for each other, but she set him free to make the right decision at the train station. Shortly later, he decided to leave the Catholic priesthood. So it's assumed he'd get settled and pursue a committed relationship with her.
Whether or not she would agree to legal marriage is uncertain, but their relationship would at least be common law marriage. It's very possible that she'd agree to the former since she was in her mid-30s (and he was about 40) and they had both found their proverbial one true love. Artistic types are typically free spirits, but they're also known for their idealism.
He's not referring to the guy at the beginning, Amil, aka Stuart Chase (David Strathairn), but rather Maureen's straying husband, Dan Phelan (Peter Crombie). This is the guy the Catholic priest (Tommy Lee Jones) visited in the hospital and he, Dan, confessed his struggles & guilt to him. Yes, it appears, he was trying to commit suicide. The guy at the beginning, on the other hand, was stabbed by an unknown assailant (solved by the end).
I read a synopsis of the film after viewing so it appears she did commit suicide, but I agree that it was too ambiguous as depicted in the movie because, as you say, it wasn't established that she was desperate enough to take such an extreme course of action.
It's good for when you want something fun from the 80s and not too deep (but not shallow either).
The video was for the song "Feather" (<url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLbn61Z4LDI</url>) and the Catholic minister of the Brooklyn facility has been removed (<url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZeDynBtGyo</url>).
It's currently featured on streaming by yet another title: "Beyond the Living Dead."
It was shot in Bovina, New York, which is a 1.5-hour drive southeast of Albany and a 1-hour drive northwest of Woodstock.
Here it is on the map: <url>https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bovina,+NY+13740/@42.1606827,-75.4712341,8z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89dc65aebbeecf4f:0x875196c72e7ee3d6!8m2!3d42.2695295!4d-74.726823!16zL20vMHh6cTU?entry=ttu</url>
It's available free on Youtube: <url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by9ttFKCipE</url>
Great explanation.
It's both entertaining and moving -- love it.
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