Have You Seen These Films?! Joolen

Copyright and Permissions. 

All materials on this site are protected; Copyright © 2025 by the author, Bernadette Joolen; All Rights Reserved. Which includes all text; design; and photographs. Greetings; and thank you!❤🌹

Updated 21 January 2026.❤🌹

Foto. Here was me reading in a coffeeshop one day. And here was a cool book that spawned a cool cool film! (With some really excellent classic Brits.) I love classic books; i love classic film.-I love foreign film. I guess you could say; i just basically love excellent film! And; um; i do not like streaming.❤🌹

I HAVE BEEN a lover of film all my life. Ever since we were old enough to walk to the matinees on our own; to see whatever they had! And that is how you learn; over time; over the years; to find the good ones! In college; i had NO discretionary income; but for the $5.00 i could save for a matinee each Saturday.-No snacks! And a long walk back and forth. But it was an escape from poverty; and again; a way to learn who is who; and what is good and bad in film. 

I walked walked alone along busy; car-filled highways. But after college; i moved to a smaller town; with many small theatres; and people who knew what good film was! And who took the effort to create a scene that way. And so; i felt i had landed in heaven! Film has inspired me all of my life.-In my writing; in my music; in my childrearing. (We also loved to share the joy of film with our boy.) And i never took for granted the delicious inspiration and escape it offered me. 

And so; i have seen a lot of films! Here then; on my Youtube channel; just to share a few of the things i have loved.-Some Favorite Powerful Scenes in Film. I will gather more by the by; because acting inspires me; and i like to remember beautiful things!❤🌹

Eddie Redmayne in Les Miserables. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.-Well; he just about killed me. The power of that scene; and his performance; and his singing; overwhelm me every time. You cannot help but be grateful; for art; and artists like that. That whole film killed me; i cried so many times. And the two young women behind me whispered.

"Oh; she's crying again!" they said. "I wish i could still cry," one said; "but i've seen this story so many times."-Thank you; sweeties; that was dear. You were good company to me. 

And Eddie Redmayne; of course; is one of the most beautiful powerful actors i have ever seen. Afterwards; i stopped by the Starbucks for a coffee and a cookie; and told my friend there of the film; and how i cried and cried and cried.-Oh; that's not good! my friend said. But of course; me and those two girls would have to strongly disagree.❤🌹

Do You Hear the People Sing? I love the simmer; the slow boil; in this scene; and how unwitting bystanders catch on. I love when the powerful voices of the leaders break free! I can simply taste the excitement. And well; of course; i cry again. I cry for joy; i cry for sorrow; i cry for life! I will cry for anything. Sit behind me someday; and you'll see.❤🌹

The Widow Cliquot. I love this whole film so much! I love the setting; and the central trio of this story; and the powerful inspiration she finds; in her new young life; with her troubled young husband. It is filmically exquisite too. 

But the scene that i loved the most; was an early scene in the vines; where he asks her to sing to the grapes; to make sure she hears them. And to make sure they hear her; and that they will like her. And she is uncertain; she is shy; she does not really want to. (I could not find that scene for you.) 

But you just get a shiver when she does. This film is very spare; simple; pure.-I will see it again. And that; perhaps; is the best measure of any film.❤🌹

 

Copyright and Permissions.
All materials on this site are protected; Copyright © 2025 by the author, Bernadette Joolen; All Rights Reserved. Which includes all text; design; and photographs.❤🌹

THE AUTHOR can be reached
at contactbjoolen@gmail.com.

And more videos here.❤🌹