Classics
Gigot
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Air Date: Saturday, July 4th at 9pm on THIRTEEN
A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Jackie Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film. Directed by Gene Kelly. –IMDB
This film is excellent…an old time classic starring one of Hollywood’s absolute finest, Jackie Gleason. Extremely touching, emotional film. I wish there would be more quality shows like this on TV. Please keep up the excellent work at channel 13. I can’t thank you enough for broadcasting quality family films. Excellent!!
what is “form the film”????
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This movie was slooooooow to start and painful to watch. I’m not surprised I had never heard of it. How could you call it a classic?
Pacing of movies has changed over the years. Folks who have grown up with today’s slam-bang-disaster-or-quip-every-minute pace often have trouble learning to appreciate the more thoughtful, character-driven pace of older films. I’m old enough to remember Gleason and this one doesn’t give me any touble, but I have to consciously adjust my expectations for some early films — the Disney Snow White, for example, is a melodrama in the original sense and is paced as such.
There’s a lot of stuff which is legitimately classics but which you really won’t appreciate until you understand the rules behind them — much like learning to understand and appreciate forms of music you haven’t previously been exposed to. If you care about film history and/or filmmaking, it’s worth the effort.
Of course not everyone does, or necessarily should, care that much. If it isn’t to your taste, that’s a legitimate reaction. But the answer to “how could you call it a classic” is “by applying the criteria appropriate to films of its time.”
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