Daily Landsbury

I have never seen the movie The Season of Passion. I was reading about a Lansbury movie-a-thon from last year on Alt Film Guide, which referenced that movie, and described it this way:

Unlike just about everybody else, overall I prefer Season of Passion to The Manchurian Candidate — at least partly because the former doesn’t have nearly as many plot holes or absurd twists as the latter. In fact, Season of Passion is just a simple, character-driven tale about two friends (Ernest Borgnine, John Mills) who hook up with two women (Lansbury, Anne Baxter) during one summer.

Adapted by John Dighton from Ray Lawler‘s acclaimed play, nothing much happens in Season of Passion in terms of plot, but the characters at one point do have to come to terms with life and the passage of time. I believe that most of us will be able to relate to their plight.

I think that that sounds great. Just a gentle movie about people and time. I think I'll rent it soon.