Oprah's Movie "Beloved"

[AOIIsilver]

I had a difficult time following this movie. But, I personally thought that Beloved was trying to "take" away from Sethe just as Sethe had taken her life. All sense of normalcy in Sethe's life disappeared after Beloved appeared. Sethe spent her last money on ribbons and sugar for Beloved. The house seemed to fall apart around them. I felt that Beloved becoming pregnant by Sethe's partner was to take him from Sethe as well. I may be totally off-base. I did not read the book. The movie was just too bizarre for me.

By the way, Cane River is one of Oprah's Book Club books. I found it to be very good. Has anyone else read Cane River?

Silver

[Hootie]

Something else I thought of today, was when the other daughter (Denver) and Beloved were by that little river bed (at the moment that Paul and Sethe were making love)...the two of them looked down into the river and you could only see Denver's reflection and not Beloved's. Is it POSSIBLE, that Beloved what in fact a ghost (so to speak) and that the women of the community came to sing to Sethe to "bring her back to normalcy" and then the minute she had her break-down (when she tries to kill that white man) that is when Beloved disappears....and no one really noticed it but Denver and Sethe.

Another reason I thought this was because of when Paul, Denver, and Sethe first MEET Beloved, she's leaning against the broken tree stump in the front lawn, yet NO ONE on the street notices her.


All I know is that the girl that played Beloved was a great actress because that girl was PSYCHO! Buhhhh, almost scary!

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver

By the way, Cane River is one of Oprah's Book Club books. I found it to be very good. Has anyone else read Cane River?

Silver

I've read Cane River. I thought it was a good read that chronicoled the life of a house slave and the misconception of their "easy life".

It is another good book that I own.

[breathesgelatin]

I am another who saw the movie without reading the book and was like . I really want to read the book, now! Good luck on your paper.

[straightBOS]

Originally posted by Hootie
Something else I thought of today, was when the other daughter (Denver) and Beloved were by that little river bed (at the moment that Paul and Sethe were making love)...the two of them looked down into the river and you could only see Denver's reflection and not Beloved's. Is it POSSIBLE, that Beloved what in fact a ghost (so to speak) and that the women of the community came to sing to Sethe to "bring her back to normalcy" and then the minute she had her break-down (when she tries to kill that white man) that is when Beloved disappears....and no one really noticed it but Denver and Sethe.

Another reason I thought this was because of when Paul, Denver, and Sethe first MEET Beloved, she's leaning against the broken tree stump in the front lawn, yet NO ONE on the street notices her.


All I know is that the girl that played Beloved was a great actress because that girl was PSYCHO! Buhhhh, almost scary!

Yes, Beloved is a ghost, that is made clearer in the book.

Perhaps you should choose a different movie. Toni Morrison is an [b]extremely[b] difficult read. I hyave tons of her books and prefer to re-read them when I have finished as there is so much foreshadowing that one can miss.

The movie "Beloved" did no justice to the book b/c Oprah tried to be so literal, that all of the poetic imagery of the book was lost. She did not allow the director to truly direct the tone. So, instead of a visually stunning account, you got a three-hour play by play of what occured in the book, but not its true significance.

Watch "Glory", possibly.