Harold and Maud

 

Harold and Maud 1971

• Director: Hal Ashby
• Seen by this director: The Homecoming, Bound for Glory
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Ruth Gordon – Rosemary’s Baby, Inside Daisy Clover
• Bud Cort – Pollock, Dogma. M.A.S.H., Sweet Charity
• Why? 230226
• Seen: At least 3 times before. Now 26 February 2024 

       In Memorium ♥ Hal 1945.10.18 – 2023.02.26 

       This is one of the first films we saw together in the 70s and we both liked it so much that we went back to the local cinema the next evening to see it again.

       Years later we got the DVD and liked it just as much.

       Now I’ll see it again and remember.

       Young Harold (Cort) loves to fake his own suicide, to the annoyance of his mother (Pickles). He also likes to go to funerals of people he doesn’t know, where he meets 79-year-old Maude (Gordon) a flamboyant free spirit with a dark past.

       Thus begins the most astonishing and beautiful week-long love affair in filmdom. It’s a film about surviving, living, loving and knowing when it’s time to move on.

       Beautiful music by Cat Stevens when he was still Cat Stevens.

       I still love it, Hal.     

 

7* of 5