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From: terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Agnes of God
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 16:35:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 16:35:13 1985
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I haven't seen anything yet about _Agnes_of_God_ and since I just saw
it the other day and really enjoyed it, I thought I would express my
views.

It was a very well-rounded movie.  Some excellent acting performances,
good cinematography, good use of color in the settings, good script,
good editing, good plot.  

Visually, it is the first American film that I've seen (make that
commercial American film) that managed to learn anything from what
Ingmar Bergman has been putting out for years--like the use of color,
settings, visually defined emotions.

As far as acting performances went...Meg Tilly is fantastic as Agnes.
If she doesn't get an Oscar for this, I wash my hands of the whole
Motion Picture Academy.  Anne Bancroft is very good--as usual--as the
Mother Superior.  She comes up with a character that has many facets
and is really a person.  Jane Fonda, on the other hand, came across as
rather wooden in places.  Which is too bad, because I think she's a
pretty good actress, usually.  In many ways I kinda got the feeling
that this was just another "cause" movie for her.  Too bad.  However,
the movie is well worth seeing just for Tilly's performance alone.

Actually, I didn't want to see this film because I thought it would be
too much of a downer.  I wanted to see something a little more
off-the-wall if you will.  But it wasn't a downer.  The ending, while
not uplifting and invigorating, was satisfying and left you feeling
that everything had been resolved for the best of everyone concerned.

To wind up this article, I liked the movie.  It left you with some
good food for discussion--if you like analyzing movies, or
philosophizing about their content.  I'd recommend it.

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                                                       Terry Grevstad
                                         Network Research Corporation
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