Harper Lee was born on 28 April 1926, and died on 19 February 2016 She is best known for writing the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, published in 1960, which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Gregory Peck The novel is both a coming-of-age story, or bildungsroman, (the… Read More Nelle Harper Lee
TROUBLE Trouble oh, trouble set me free. I have seen your face and it’s too much, too much for me. Trouble, oh, trouble can’t you see? You’re eating my heart away and there’s nothing much left of me. I have drunk you wine. You have made your world mine so won’t you be fair?… Read More Cat Stevens: “TROUBLE” (Harold & Maude’s soundtrack)
Well I think it’s fine, building jumbo planes. Or taking a ride on a cosmic train. Switch on summer from a slot machine. Yes, get what you want to if you want, Cause you can get anything. I know we’ve come a long way, We’re changing day to day, But tell me, where do… Read More Cat Stevens: ” WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY” (Harold & Maude’s soundtrack)
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free ‘Cause there’s a million things to be You know that there are And if you want to live high, live high And if you want to live low, live low ‘Cause there’s a million ways to go… Read More Cat Stevens: ” IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT” (Harold & Maude’s soundtrack)
The music in Harold and Maude was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. It was Elton John who asked him to do the music after he had dropped out of the project. Stevens composed two original songs for the film, “Don’t Be Shy” and “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” and performed instrumental… Read More Harold & Maude – A song: “Don’t Be Shy”
“I haven’t lived. I’ve died a few times” – Harold. * * * * * Harold: “I decided right then that I enjoyed being dead.” Maude: “I understand. A lot of people enjoy being dead but they’re not dead really. They’re just… Read More Harold and Maude: quotes
We know nothing about Maude’s past. In one scene, however, Harold holds her hand. and she pulls it away. But the camera zooms in and, for a moment, lingers on her wrist, and we can see a number tattooed on her skin. Maude doesn’t notice but Harold is visibly shocked. It is a tiny glimpse… Read More Maude’s past
Harold Chasen is a 20-year-old boy, solitary and friendless by choice, who drives a hearse and is obsessed with death: he ties to attract his mother’s attention staging his own fake suicides. The exasperated woman, a wealthy socialite who is controlling, snobbish and apparently incapable of affection. decides to send him to a psychiatrist and… Read More Harold & Maude: plot
Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy drama based on play written by Colin Higgins and published as a novel in 1971 Colin Higgins (1941 – 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. After graduating from Stanford he attended a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts (screenwriting ) at… Read More Harold & Maude: an introduction
May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. May you… Read More Forever Young
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