CAE/FCE Reading Part 8
A)Les enfants du Paradis
Paula Rankin, the Oscar winning actor, told us that her decision to try for a career on the stage was determined by watching this ever-popular French film when she was a teenager.’I had always enjoyed taking part in school drama productions but had been planning to study law. Then my parents took me to see Les enfants du Paradis, set in the theatrical world of 19th century Paris. Its romance and passion captivated me but it also helped me realise that people could devote their adult lives to the theatre.I suddendly knew that I wanted to be part of that world of art and emotion. I can’t say that my life has in any way resembled that of the heroine of the film, as I perhaps hoped it might, but I’ve never regretted taking the path it turned me towards.’
B) East of Eden
This was the film chosen by popular crime writer, Maria Cruikshank. ‘It’s certainly not the best film I’ve ever seen but it had a huge impact on me. It’s such a powerful story, based on John Steinbeck’s novel about the warring relationship between two brothers at the time of the American civil war. I saw it when I was about 15 and I’ve always felt as if that was the day I grew up. I became aware of how tragic life can be and somehow I felt as if, on leaving the cinema, I had put childish things behind me forever. I must admit that when I see the film these day, it feels rather sentimental But, even so, the simple camerawork combined with what strikes me now as the innocence of the acting still have the power to move me to tears.’
C)The Women
This film was picked by comedian, Teresa Gordon.’I’ve loved this film ever since I was 12. It’s a 1999 film with an entirely female cast. Even the pictures on the walls are of women. It’s about a group of friends, one of whom discovers her husband is having an affair. Some of the friends are sympathetic and supportive while others are simply gleeful at having something to talk about. It’s hilarious but you can’t laugh too much – you’d miss something because it goes at such a fast pace. It’s also very moving at times. It’s taught me a lot about female friendships, preparing me for the way in which our love for someone doesn’t stop us gossiping about them. When I saw a video of my own show the other day I realised I’d borrowed some of my gestures and turns of phrase from my favourite characters in it.’
D)Paper Moon
Film director, Amelia Forest, chose this 1970s classic. ‘It’s an adult film about a little girl in a grown-up world. As a child I didn’t spend much time with other children. My mother used to take me to lots of movies and I saw Paper Moon first when I was about ten. I felt as if it was speaking directly to me. I loved the tough tenderness in the relationship between the girl and her con-man father. The story is set in the 1930s and many period films tend to idealise the past. This one is clever enough not to do that. It shows how fear and hunger drove people to desperate actions. Of course, I’d no idea when I first saw it that I’d have a career making films myself, but I’d love to feel that one of my films might move and impress a ten-year-old as much as that one did me.’
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