O-M-G!! How come no one said An Unmarried Woman (1978) had been given the Criterion treatment?

It was filmed so well. Beautiful shot.

I think I posted about it in another thread. It didn't occur to me to start a thread of its very own, so thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

I ordered mine on Amazon for $17.97. I think you know my most emblematic scene, but in case not:

And there's also this:

I always thought this was nice, too.

And this. New York had been so cold in the winter of '78, the Italian ice scene gave me an almost tactile sense of relief when the movie came out in the spring.

Theme music for r4 and r2:

Glad you got here and have seen this.

You bought a copy? From Amazon USA? I'll take a look.

[quote] I think you know my most emblematic scene, but in case not:

No, I didn't know. I'll have to think about which is mine.

It's the shipping to London that's going to cost me.

[quote]$17.97+ $17.37 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to United Kingdom

[quote]the Italian ice scene gave me an almost tactile sense of relief when the movie came out in the spring.

Interesting.

Did you go back and see it more than one time, I can't remember?

I only watch it for Alan Bates. Whiny, privileged frauds don’t hold any interest for me. I just wanna see Alan and imagine what it would be like to have ridden his pole.

Fraus, not frauds. Damned autocorrect.

Why would a man be interested in this?

A man who lives in that neighborhood might be very interested in it. Why not?

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Sorry, I was just thinking back to that time. I was raised by a separated woman in the 70s with all the consciousness-raising and feminist collectives and all that jazz. I thought this character was a whiny clinger. Pathetic. No man wants that.

Have we discussed Penelope Russianoff? (That was my little joke, rushin’ off)

As much as I liked Jill, the film was full of unpleasant characters...her daughter was a cunt, her husband a philandering wimp and those friends of hers were privileged Karens who had a huge sense of entitlement. Even Alan Bates’ character was a brat, having a temper tantrum when Jill said she didn’t want to move in with him or marry him because she was enjoying her singlehood. No really redeeming characters at all.

I'm the OP and one of the Unmarried Woman DL trolls of over the years. I totally hear what you're saying and sort of agree. But that's part of the fun. The daughter especially was awful and an ugly cunt to boot.

I think that's part of the fun - being critical of the film. The thing I think is most funny is how Erica, the minute she gets separated from her husband, every man she meets wants to fuck her. I mean she was pretty ordinary in the looks department. She really wasn't that great, but that's part of the fun, the film's flaws.

It has this very grand soundtrack which is absolutely terrific and stands on its own and absolutely fires this film. It blasts away. Some people think it's too much and don't get it at all. Goodbar is similar. VERY strong soundtrack and theme tune,

And it really captures its era and NYC in that era. It's very beige.

In fact, I think it's probably pretty GAY....if I think about it. I don't think a straight man would hold it in very high esteem. It's oddness appeal to a gay man's sensibility. This one's anyway.

And the intros pretty great >

Great points r17. I will probably hate watch it again one of these days.

People like r18 are why I didn't start a thread.

Why r19.

Why would I want to read people trashing my favorite movie, r20?

People were very divided over it at the time. I was always sending people to see it. Some people loved it and others hated it or were very critical.

I loved Jill Clayburgh though, r19, r21. And she’s good in the film. And Alan Bates is so fine. But the other characters are grating. I hate watch many films.

[quote] I hate watch many films.

The Wife is my new favorite "hate watch" - it's bad good or something like that. It made me laugh a lot where I wasn't supposed to. I think that's Glenn's power.

r20, I'm also profoundly sad today.

I've been taking Italian at the local university through the Osher program. Because of covid, the university has to shrink the size of classes however they can, so no Osher students are allowed this semester. Studying Italian had been the thing that was keeping me sane this past year.

I can take other classes through the Osher program, but they're not as essential to me as learning this language has been. You might say I've become as obsessed with it as I was with An Unmarried Woman in 1978.

I love this movie; Jill Clayburgh (RIP) was fantastic and should have won the Oscar over Jane Fonda, who was nothing special in ‘Coming Home.’ NYC looks gorgeous and livable and makes we want to go back to the 70s.

I would have married Alan Bates in a minute.

It doesn’t appear to be on the Criterion Channel though.

I’m sorry. Feel better r25. Could you finish the course at another online school? What about Berlitz?

That is how I got my credits for Spanish.

R26, he was too foxy in this movie. The beard was killer.

[quote] Jill Clayburgh (RIP) was fantastic and should have won the Oscar over Jane Fonda

It was a better performance, but too many voters were appalled by Erica's selfishness. Now the film is a perfect time capsule of the "Me Decade".

Because it's not a masterpiece. Actually, it blatantly ripped off a French movie from 32 or 3 years earlier, La Femme de Jean.

^ 2 or 3, obviously. Sorry.

I want to watch this. Thanks

I love that she worked at a gallery in SoHo but would take a cab to work all the way from East 68th.

The cab rides really caught New York - whizzing down Park Avenue on bright sunny mornings.

Did anyone watch the clip I linked @ OP

it's really odd the way the husband dumps her. Telling her he's met someone who he loves and wants to live with. Almost laughing as he tells her how they met. He really lays it on thick.

R30, posting that clip reminds me of how strong the Best Actress category was that year.

Ingrid Bergman, the critics’ favorite, was wonderful in Autumn Sonata; her recent win for Murder on the Orient Express likely doomed her chances. I felt Liv Ullmann should have been nominated as well.

Geraldine Page’s detractors often argue that she was too mannered by half, but in ‘Interiors’ those mannerisms were in perfect service to the character. More supporting than lead, but a strong performance.

I haven’t seen Ellen Burstyn, but Jill Clayburgh would have been my pick of the other four, with Fonda in dead last.

Clayburgh could have won the next year had she not turned down Norma Rae.

R36. Too waspy for norma rae. Actually tuesday weld turned it down first. Unmarried was her chance but how could she beat jane fonda’s vietnam apology film?

you can hear how the audience were rallying Jane Fonda to win.

The daughter was inSUFFerable.