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A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004, Shainee Gabel)

23/08/2024

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Book title: Anthem: An American Road Story (1997) by Shainee Gabel and Kristan Hahn

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A Felicidade compensa em altura, o que lhe falta em comprimento!

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A Love Song for Bobby Long

directed by Shainee Gabel, 2004

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“And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.” - Robert Frost

A Love Song For Bobby Long | Shainee Gabel (2004)

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Una canción del pasado / A Love Song for Bobby Long - Shainee Gabel [2004] USA

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A Love Song for Bobby Long

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A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG, 2004

synopsis: a headstrong young woman returns to new orleans after the death of her estranged mother, where she finds two men living in the house she supposedly inherited.

director: shainee gabel writers: ronald everett capps (novel), shainee gabel (screenplay) stars: scarlett johansson, john travolta, gabriel macht

genres: drama

country: usa language: egglish filming locations: new orleans, usa

runtime: 119mins

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overall opinion:

ahhh this one. this might be my all-time favourite movie. I am constantly torn between telling others about it and just keeping this little gem all to myself. but here we are. I’m putting it out there. because I think it deserves to be seen.

the first time I saw this movie was yeeears ago when I randomly stumbled across the DVD in a store (yeah, that’s how long ago it was). I’m not someone who likes romantic movies so I have no idea why I picked it up because from the title to the description it just screamed love story to me.

nevertheless I decided to get it. and jesus am I glad I did. now, this is not by any means an exciting movie – but if you love character driven stories definitely give this a chance. the cast is absolutely incredible. 

the story revolves around pursy, a young woman who learns one day that her redneck boyfriend forgot to tell her that her estranged mother had died. she leaves immediately for the funeral only to realise once she gets to new orleans that she missed it. she learns that she inherited a house from her mother but when she goes there she discovers two men (john travolta and gabriel macht) who tell her they all inherited it, hoping it will make her leave again. but to their dismay she decides to stay and ride it out – hoping that they will leave.

the rest of the plot revolves around those three characters, their histories, their relationships, their development. it is a story full of heart with character development at its center – my favourite kind of story – and all three main actors, scarlett, john, and gabriel, are phenomenal in their respective roles. 

I still watch this movie every year on my birthday (and a couple times throughout the year), because I grew so attached to it in a way. I think it will forever hold a very special place in my heart.

the cinematography is also really amazing, with the beautiful landscapes and vibes (and exceptional music!) of new orleans. 

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SPOILERS AHEAD

I would invite you to watch the movie first and then come back for the rest if it’s something that interests you. :)

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why it stayed with me:

the part that gets me every time is the ending… with the title and throughout the whole movie you are convinced it is a love story – pursy and lawson anyone? – and in the end, during those final minutes you realise... it is a love story. but it’s not the kind of love story between a couple. this is a love story between a father and his daughter. and just, the voice over in the end. cue the tears, every time, even after seeing it more than 20 times by now.

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favourite scene / moment:

when pursy sits at the train station for hours reading «the heart is a lonely hunter» which eventually makes her go back. and that scene by the lake when she realises bobby is her father, and she starts crying because she’s sad nobody saw her grow up and he says he was there and I just… FEELS.

I also in general loooove the music. I really need to visit new orleans someday. it looks absolutely magical.

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what I didn’t like:

nothing. this movie is perfection to me. there is nothing I don’t like about this film.

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interesting trivia / fun facts:

writer/director shainee gabel adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "off magazine street" by ronald everett capps. capps' son, grayson capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack.

also, not necessarily a movie fact but a personal one: the book pursy reads before she decides to go back is called «the heart is a lonely hunter» by carson mccullers. I loved the movie so much I wanted to know why this of all books played such a pivotal role in it, so I went and bought it. «the heart is a lonely hunter» is a beautiful story of outcasts that counts as a modern classic (published in 1940). I highly recommend the book too.

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favourite quotes:

pursy will: everyone knows that books are better than life! that's why they're books!

---- honestly this movie is filled with beautiful quotes, it’s impossible to choose one. but I also like that last scene I mentioned above, where she says she wishes someone would have seen how she grew up, and that she made up memories about herself. I don’t remember it word for word, but it’s just so heartbreaking. 

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rating: 10/10.

just an overall beautiful piece of art. I’ve seen it 20+ times, still has me sobbing every time by the end. 

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She was hard to understand, but she kept the door to her heart open.

A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), Dir. Shainee Gabel 

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Best John Travolta movies and performances:

1. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)

2. Blow Out - Brian De Palma (1981)

3. Grease - Randal Kleiser (1978)

4. Face/Off - John Woo (1997)

5. A Love Song for Bobby Long - Shainee Gabel (2004)

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A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) by Shainee Gabel

Book title: The Great Gatsby (1925) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) by Carson McCullers

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Scarlett Johansson se une a la lista de famosos con casa en Lisboa

Lisboa, 14 may (EFE).- La actriz estadounidense Scarlett Johansson ha decidido comprar una casa en Lisboa y sumarse así a la amplia lista de celebridades internacionales que han optado por tener una residencia en la capital portuguesa. Según recogen hoy varios medios de comunicación portugueses, Johansson habría optado por comprar un apartamento en el barrio de Príncipe Real, uno de los más céntricos de Lisboa. De esta forma, la actriz se une a artistas como la cantante Madonna, que se trasladó a la capital lusa para acompañar a uno de sus hijos, que juega en las categorías inferiores del equipo de fútbol del Benfica. Los actores Michael Fassbender, que adquirió un apartamento de lujo en el barrio de Alfama, y John Malkovich, que además de vivir es socio de varios restaurantes y una discoteca, también tienen casa en Lisboa. A esta lista se suma ahora Scarlett Johansson, de 33 años y que ha actuado en más de medio centenar de producciones cinematográficas, entre las que destacan los papeles que llevó a cabo en "Lost In Translation" (Sofia Coppola, 2003), "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Peter Webber, 2003), "A Love Song for Bobby Long" (Shainee Gabel, 2004) y "Match Point" (Woddy Allen, 2005), que le valieron para estar nominada a los Globos de Oro. Entre sus últimos proyectos, ha participado en "Avengers: Infinity War" (Anthony Russo y Joe Russo, 2018), "Captain America: Civil War" (Anthony Russo y Joe Russo, 2016) o "Ghost In The Shell" (Rupert Sanders, 2017). EFE

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A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) by Shainee Gabel

Book title: Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965) by Flannery O’Connor