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Actors: Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Attic |
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THE ATTIC is a movie cowritten and directed by George Edwards in 1979.
Louise Elmore is an aging woman who's just learned that she must give up her job. 19 years before, Louise's fiancé disappeared on the day of her wedding and Louise hasn't recovered from this event yet.
She lives alone with her crippled father who doesn't want Louise to leave him. The poor woman often dreams of getting rid of him but will finally choose to help her friend Emily to leave town in order to get married rather than to abandon her tyrannical father.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Attic |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Coping with loss of
- Husband/boyfriend/squeeze
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- touching of personal anatomy
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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