http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_561.jsp Comments for "All our (Gothic) yesterdays - the really special relationship, Rosemary Bechler " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_561.jsp When a mordant satirist of American mores observes the layered intrigues of a 1930s English country house, we are into something far deeper than the Anglo-American heritage industry. Rather, Robert Altman&#146;s subversive comedy of manners draws deliciously on the eighteenth century Gothic novel to convey the most modern, and least cynical, of truths: &#147;there is nothing more important than taking our own lives, and loves, seriously&#148;.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_561.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_561.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_561.jsp#comment arts &amp; cultures Creative Commons normal film Rosemary Bechler the americas Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0100 561 at http://www.opendemocracy.net