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  • Re: Maggie Smith -- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to alt.usage.english,sci.lang,soc.culture.british on Fri Sep 27 21:41:56 2024
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    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:15:38 +0000, LionelEdwards wrote:

    They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean
    Brodie before she went beyond her prime:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJnW0UU2Ak


    Does the movie title mean...
    when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?



    2:33 Maggie Smith #21 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - To the
    point of petrification



    >>> The title "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" refers to the
    peak or most important period in the life of Miss Jean Brodie, a
    charismatic and unconventional teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh, Scotland. The novel explores Miss Brodie's influence on a group of young students, particularly the protagonist, Sandy.

    At the beginning of the novel, Miss Brodie has been teaching for approximately six years. This is mentioned in the context of her
    discussion with the headmistress about her teaching methods and the
    school's curriculum.
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  • From dougstaples@dougstaples@gmx.com (LionelEdwards) to alt.usage.english,sci.lang,soc.culture.british on Fri Sep 27 22:38:29 2024
    From Newsgroup: soc.culture.british

    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:41:53 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:15:38 +0000, LionelEdwards wrote:

    They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean
    Brodie before she went beyond her prime:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJnW0UU2Ak


    Does the movie title mean...
    when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?

    Yes and quoting Keats at the end. A golden age of high-brow
    film-making seems to be dying with that generation. "A Room
    with a View" from 1985:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLsrAx0n4k
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to alt.usage.english,sci.lang,soc.culture.british on Sat Sep 28 05:10:36 2024
    From Newsgroup: soc.culture.british

    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:38:25 +0000, LionelEdwards wrote:

    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:41:53 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:15:38 +0000, LionelEdwards wrote:

    They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean
    Brodie before she went beyond her prime:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJnW0UU2Ak


    Does the movie title mean...
    when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?

    Yes and quoting Keats at the end. A golden age of high-brow
    film-making seems to be dying with that generation. "A Room
    with a View" from 1985:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLsrAx0n4k



    iirc... this film (a Room with a View) launched Merchant&Ivory, and....


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_April_(1991_film)
    Didn't this one have a Merchant&Ivory feel?


    _________________

    i could never get into [A Separate Peace] or this one (The Prime
    of Miss Jean Brodie)
    (seems too old, and/or too foreign)
    as much as into [Dead Poet Society] or [Paper Chase]


    a teacher who remained "in his prime" (most-Confident, Ablest, ...)
    and got petrified, fossilized in that state is Prof. Kingsfield.
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