The Lost Weekend
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Movie Reviews of The Lost Weekend
Movie Review: Drinking in circles
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is full of great quotes but as soon as I heard this one I was hooked:
[About the wet drink circle left on the bar from the bottom of Don's shot glass. Nat reaches toward it with a rag...]
[Don Birnam] - "Don't wipe it away, Nat. Let me have my little vicious circle. You know, the circle is the perfect geometric figure. No end, no beginning."
A few moments later there's a transition to a close-up of the bar top showing a cluster wet rings all linked together while a considerably drunker version of Don Birnam can be heard slurring his speech.
Brilliant.
Movie Review: black and white sobriety
Summary: 5 Stars
This film depicts the disease of alcoholism. Yes, alcoholism is a disease and fortunately we have learned a lot about the disease since the movie was made. I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to learn what powerlessness is all about. The symptoms of the disease are easily evident and so is the solution. Although motivation varies to quit drinking, and some believe will-power alone can solve the problem, for most recovery means going the extra mile in a formal treatment program and attendance at recovery support groups such as AA/NA.Movie Review: Hopeless
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie clearly demonstrates the hopeless nature of alcoholism. The bottle rules his life and although there are people who love him and want to support him, he finds ways to keep the liquor close by. This movie is very realistic until the very end when it appears that for some reason he finds hope. I don't really like the ending.
Lost Weekend was written prior to AA really being well known. I think it shows the guilt and despair very well.
Movie Review: One of the three glorious gems of Wilder!
Summary: 5 Stars
The inexorable drama of the alcoholism is shown with brutal intensity and superb realism by that egregious actor who Ray Milland was extraordinary ion this role who deserved him an academy Award as well Best motion picture, Best director and Best adapted script.
A sumptuous work that constitutes since its release the classic parameter respect the other films which deal with that awful subject will always be measured.
Movie Review: still the classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Why was this movie not made mandatory viewing in every school in the 50s Well, we all know the reason. But it would have saved a lot of lives. Still the most vivid and moving protrait of alcoholism around. Not for the squeamish, but its a lot better to watch this than to watch someone bleed out from cirrhosis..Should be shown with every beer commercial on TV....show the bikini clad maidens after 10 years of alcoholic drinking..