Here's something you might be interested in.
The documentary is called Crazy Love. Which, I always thought was a nice ballad by Poco, but I'll never be able to feel the same way about the song now. I'll still be able to enjoy the local band Louis XIV song "Finding out True Love is Blind."
I remember Ebert & Roeper reviewing the movie "Crazy Love", and saying it was great. I'm hit-and-miss with documentaries, so I didn't rush out to see it.
I just rented it. Wow...what a bizarre film. At times funn. Most times, frustrating.
A rich, Jewish lawyer in his 30s, sees a cute woman sitting on a bench. She's 20; looks a bit like Sophia Loren. They date, but she finds him to be possessive. She's not attracted to his look (if you're older, think Phil Silvers), but he has a lot of money. Owns a nighclub, and flies her around in his plane.
Later, she finds him to be married. He promises to get a divorce. He shows her fake divorce papers. She leaves him.
She meets a guy on the beach, who gets drafted and goes to war. He returns, they get engaged. The lawyer gets jealous. His wife had already called this woman and told her she'd never grant a divorce.
This guy hires three thugs to kill her, using the stalker cliche of "If I can't have her, nobody will". They end up wanting more money, ramming him off the road in his car. And, some how, one of them agrees to throw acid in her face. This makes her go bald, and lose her eye sight. Her soldie stays with her while she recovers, but ends up calling off the engagement.
Lawyer is sentenced to 30 years in prison. He's there when the Attica riots happen, and is almost killed. He helps three killers get out of prison by finding flaws in their initial defenses. The prison guards don't like him.
He gets out after 10 years. The blind woman has a lot of friends, but every time a boyfriend is interested, they don't pass the eye test. You see, she's hot with a wig and sunglasses. But, they propose, she takes off the glasses, and they run for the hills.
When the lawyer does interviews, he says he still loves her. Now, here's where it gets weird. One of the female cops, who was assigned to protect her, suggests she meet him for dinner, just to see if there is "anything there." All her female friends feel like, no guy will ever love her or propose. And, to them, this is a sadder fate then being with some jerk that tried to kill you, and instead, blinded and disfigured you.
They meet for dinner. He proposes. She accepts. And, they've been together for 30 years now.
He yells when she's on the phone with anyone, asking "Who is that?"
They mention she was poisoned once, and had to spend time in the hospital. They don't say how, but I'm guessing it was Burt the bully.
But ya know what? When it's all said and done, I can't have as much sympathy for her as I'd like. By getting back with him, it's a form of condoning what he did. I don't think it's Stockholm Syndrome or whatever. I think she's just an idiot.
Even her friends, who all say they don't like her husband...will make special vegetarian meals for him, and a chocolate cake he loves.
Yes, society is filled with idiots. And this is confirmed for me daily.
The documentary is called Crazy Love. Which, I always thought was a nice ballad by Poco, but I'll never be able to feel the same way about the song now. I'll still be able to enjoy the local band Louis XIV song "Finding out True Love is Blind."
I remember Ebert & Roeper reviewing the movie "Crazy Love", and saying it was great. I'm hit-and-miss with documentaries, so I didn't rush out to see it.
I just rented it. Wow...what a bizarre film. At times funn. Most times, frustrating.
A rich, Jewish lawyer in his 30s, sees a cute woman sitting on a bench. She's 20; looks a bit like Sophia Loren. They date, but she finds him to be possessive. She's not attracted to his look (if you're older, think Phil Silvers), but he has a lot of money. Owns a nighclub, and flies her around in his plane.
Later, she finds him to be married. He promises to get a divorce. He shows her fake divorce papers. She leaves him.
She meets a guy on the beach, who gets drafted and goes to war. He returns, they get engaged. The lawyer gets jealous. His wife had already called this woman and told her she'd never grant a divorce.
This guy hires three thugs to kill her, using the stalker cliche of "If I can't have her, nobody will". They end up wanting more money, ramming him off the road in his car. And, some how, one of them agrees to throw acid in her face. This makes her go bald, and lose her eye sight. Her soldie stays with her while she recovers, but ends up calling off the engagement.
Lawyer is sentenced to 30 years in prison. He's there when the Attica riots happen, and is almost killed. He helps three killers get out of prison by finding flaws in their initial defenses. The prison guards don't like him.
He gets out after 10 years. The blind woman has a lot of friends, but every time a boyfriend is interested, they don't pass the eye test. You see, she's hot with a wig and sunglasses. But, they propose, she takes off the glasses, and they run for the hills.
When the lawyer does interviews, he says he still loves her. Now, here's where it gets weird. One of the female cops, who was assigned to protect her, suggests she meet him for dinner, just to see if there is "anything there." All her female friends feel like, no guy will ever love her or propose. And, to them, this is a sadder fate then being with some jerk that tried to kill you, and instead, blinded and disfigured you.
They meet for dinner. He proposes. She accepts. And, they've been together for 30 years now.
He yells when she's on the phone with anyone, asking "Who is that?"
They mention she was poisoned once, and had to spend time in the hospital. They don't say how, but I'm guessing it was Burt the bully.
But ya know what? When it's all said and done, I can't have as much sympathy for her as I'd like. By getting back with him, it's a form of condoning what he did. I don't think it's Stockholm Syndrome or whatever. I think she's just an idiot.
Even her friends, who all say they don't like her husband...will make special vegetarian meals for him, and a chocolate cake he loves.
Yes, society is filled with idiots. And this is confirmed for me daily.