Diary entries forThe Children's Hour
The Children's Hour
“martha, i’m going away someplace to begin again. will you come with me?” hahahaha thats the last words karen uttered to martha. its the last words martha heard from karen. the last moment they gazed at each other. the last time karen looked at martha - alive. and the moment martha decided to kill herself. literally there’s nothing to laugh about this life. absolutely nothing to be happy about. we should all just die. hahahahaaha only feeling so much anger and sadness and despair and grief and depression and sorrow and anguish and agony and pain and fuck just kill me. also feeling so much hate for children oh my fucking god that child is a child of satan or satan reincarnate itself. fuck them kids bro and fuck that grandma too while we’re at it. and that love confession/monologue oh my fucking god so good, so fucking heartbreaking to the point that i actually stopped breathing but so incredibly good! this movie is going to stay with me for a while i actually so sick. martha i love you so much baby :(
The Children's Hour
The Children’s Hour is a deep, dark look at the stigma associated with being a lesbian, as well as how dangerous rumours and lies can be. Mary deserves to rot in hell, but I don’t want to talk anymore about that devil. The film is clever, drawing you in slowing and it keeps you guessing until the end. Speaking of which, the ending is done beautiful, showing Karen’s path to starting fresh. This is a beautiful, interesting masterpiece.
The Children's Hour
imagina o quão isso foi chocante e importante pra época. é um filme lindo e muito triste.
The Children's Hour
I swear there are evil children from horror movies that I would rather be in the presence of than Mary. What a little evil witch. Karen and Martha didn't deserve that just because of some spoiled brat (and homophobia). It's one of those movies where you say, "it's just not fair!" Lastly, while watching I couldn't get over the fact that young Shirley MacLaine resembles Emma Myers.
The Children's Hour
“The first time I ever saw you, running across the quadrangle, I remember thinking, ‘What a pretty girl.’”
The Children's Hour
i never have hated a child before but now ive found it
The Children's Hour
Este Filme Da Filmografia da Audrey Hepburn, Foi O que Mais me deixou Chocada, E Embasbacado com a trama que honestamente Não Esperava, A coragem é a visão de um Diretor, Em Falar Sobre Amor Lésbico, Em Uma Época Onde Por lei não era permitido Assuntos Tabus, Onde A Comunidade LGBTQIAP+ Era Perseguida, Foi No Mínimo Visionário, A Audrey Entrega Um Drama Na atuação, Divino, Mais meu chapéu eu tiro e a Atriz, Shirley MacLaine, Que Entregou Tudo Que A personagem sentia, Toda a dor, Onde nem se quer mesmo, sabia se expressar corretamente por conta de tantas em certezas sobre aquele sentimento, Uma Menção Ao Rosa, A Personagem Mary, Uma Criança Sociopata Que Entrega Um Suspense Muito bom, Além de mesmo sendo uma atriz de 8 pra 10 anos, entregou demais Enfim Não quero falar demais, mais esse filme merece muito mais reconhecimento, e garanto que vale a pena.
The Children's Hour
when martha screamed "I HAVE LOVED YOU THE WAY THEY SAID" and then karen told her to stop this crazy talk i was like girl there's nothing crazy about this, kiss her now don't break a lesbian's heart like that
The Children's Hour
oh, this was made for me... i want to say everything but i cannot
The Children's Hour
“She found a lie with the ounce of truth” Isn’t this what being a lesbian is? Or at least what lesbianism itself means though. We catch clues, nuanced inscripted things that under some context are catched or understood. Im blown away by the way they portrayed this so beautifully in a 1960’s conservative society, so many lesbian intends without any need of sexual interaction whatsoever not even a kiss, regarding martha’s feelings. I must say, the ending can be interpreted both ways. Karen accepting her “i dont know” expression she used when martha confessed, as the way she had been feeling towards martha and that she reciprocated her feelings without knowing. And that being the reason she neglected Joe so much. Which didn’t mean she didn’t love him, cause she did. But not in a romantic manner, not like she did with Martha unknowingly. Its so well portrayed that you can also interpret it saying Karen chose to start over and never really understand what actually went on with martha and her. But it’s the so called “hairpin drops”, the silent ending of Karen walking with head held up with pride regardless of the the pain and the ache of losing Martha. I believe this is what the essence of lesbianism is and despite the ending (which, again, its well written) it’s the most accurate representation of sapphic relationships and their emotional intensity and fierce and like a wirldwind you cannot control. Cause that’s exactly what it is. Brilliant performance and storytelling.
