tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5272283784356481328..comments2024-03-28T06:25:55.731-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Forgotten Movies: ACCIDENTpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19065870237659724932012-03-07T15:04:48.980-05:002012-03-07T15:04:48.980-05:00I love Dirk Bogard! He was a decent writer, too.
...I love Dirk Bogard! He was a decent writer, too. <br /><br />Must check this one out . . . sounds cool.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88328652128178149882012-03-06T20:40:32.132-05:002012-03-06T20:40:32.132-05:00Great. And I certainly did not remember that! Good...Great. And I certainly did not remember that! Good show!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7810560046432957502012-03-06T20:38:00.098-05:002012-03-06T20:38:00.098-05:00This movie contains one of my favorite "acade...This movie contains one of my favorite "academic" jokes (and I'm paraphrasing because it's been a while):<br /><br />There's a scene where a group of British professors are discussing a recent incident in an American university where two students in a Latin class were discovered to be "fornicating."<br /><br />Professor 1: "I am surprised."<br /><br />Professor 2: "That American students were fornicating?"<br /><br />Professor 1: "No, that American students learn Latin."<br /><br />Perfectly snobbily British.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13247140088291529542012-03-06T13:52:45.757-05:002012-03-06T13:52:45.757-05:00The other way around definitely occurs as well. Ar...The other way around definitely occurs as well. Arrogance will out.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87140040571275553302012-03-06T13:50:45.777-05:002012-03-06T13:50:45.777-05:00I haven't seen ACCIDENT though TCM keeps showi...I haven't seen ACCIDENT though TCM keeps showing it. In most films about teacher-student affairs, the professors are usually men. There are quite a few such movies. Perhaps, it's more convincing than the other around.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7678864999120435362012-03-06T13:39:45.443-05:002012-03-06T13:39:45.443-05:00You are right. That was a heady combination; shame...You are right. That was a heady combination; shamelessly British (if you can use those two words to modify each other).Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1973989207142333202012-03-06T11:28:38.407-05:002012-03-06T11:28:38.407-05:00This is the sort of movie that gives me heart burn...This is the sort of movie that gives me heart burn. Not that that's always a bad thing.<br /><br />But I agree with your idea that Brit films of that era had a panicky tone.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87327532346358660102012-03-06T10:54:21.098-05:002012-03-06T10:54:21.098-05:00Never saw this one but it looks pretty interesting...Never saw this one but it looks pretty interesting.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54102981906849600612012-03-06T09:27:45.024-05:002012-03-06T09:27:45.024-05:00Pinter knew how to tap into professional angst. D...Pinter knew how to tap into professional angst. David Mamet's Oleanna covers some of the same ground.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88405158679902049042012-03-06T08:26:52.995-05:002012-03-06T08:26:52.995-05:00The music doesn't hurt. The perfervid failure ...The music doesn't hurt. The perfervid failure to stereotypically tamp down emotion in officially approved Brit style.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70164964275308788692012-03-06T07:51:39.140-05:002012-03-06T07:51:39.140-05:00Patti - Ah, yes, Harold Pinter! Thanks for remindi...Patti - Ah, yes, Harold Pinter! Thanks for reminding me of him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com