Oh, holy crap! I actually saw the opening scene of Fly Away Home randomly on TV when I was a young child many years ago. The scene has stuck with me ever since, but I didn't catch the movie's title back then, so for maybe two decades now I've been wondering what that "car accident" movie I saw as a child was. But today, reading your description of the opening suddenly got alarm bells ringing in my head... I race to YouTube, bring up the scene, and... YES! This is the exact same movie I saw back then, that I've been looking for for all these years!
I don't remember if I actually watched the entire film back then (my memory is very hazy past the opening, so likely not), but now I'll have the opportunity to do so. Thank you Scott!
What a beautiful piece. The kids and I do themed family movie nights and did Black Stallion for "Animal Movie Month" a while back. We wanted to do this one as well but couldn't find it anywhere so I'm thrilled that it's on HBO. Carroll Ballard has to be in the conversation of great "Haven't made a ton of fiilms, but made every one count" directors, right?
I was emotional enough reading the piece that there's not a chance I'm watching the movie.
In all seriousness, The Black Stallion, well, the first half is far and away the best thing I saw prepping for Filmspotting Madness this year, so I'll put this on my watch list for sure.
Hi, Scott. No idea how old your girls are now but my daughter loves DEATH, DUCK AND THE TULIP, a children's picture book that is gorgeous for many of the reasons you lay out above. I'm still not sure how much my daughter understands (she's still pretty young) but I do appreciate art that entwines finality and beauty when it comes to death. Cheers.
My girls are now past storybook age (they're 11 and 14 now), but good to know that another quality storybook is out there on the same subject. I think it's helpful. I have a strong memory of one of our cats dying when our eldest was two or three, and she really could not understand where the cat went. She'd ask about it all the time. It's worth squaring up to it when they can comprehend such an abstract and scary idea.
Oh, holy crap! I actually saw the opening scene of Fly Away Home randomly on TV when I was a young child many years ago. The scene has stuck with me ever since, but I didn't catch the movie's title back then, so for maybe two decades now I've been wondering what that "car accident" movie I saw as a child was. But today, reading your description of the opening suddenly got alarm bells ringing in my head... I race to YouTube, bring up the scene, and... YES! This is the exact same movie I saw back then, that I've been looking for for all these years!
I don't remember if I actually watched the entire film back then (my memory is very hazy past the opening, so likely not), but now I'll have the opportunity to do so. Thank you Scott!
Oh my god, Scott! What a powerful and lovely piece of writing. Thank you!
dammit, Scott. your discussion of City Dog, Country Frog made me tear up
Me too...
What a beautiful piece. The kids and I do themed family movie nights and did Black Stallion for "Animal Movie Month" a while back. We wanted to do this one as well but couldn't find it anywhere so I'm thrilled that it's on HBO. Carroll Ballard has to be in the conversation of great "Haven't made a ton of fiilms, but made every one count" directors, right?
I was emotional enough reading the piece that there's not a chance I'm watching the movie.
In all seriousness, The Black Stallion, well, the first half is far and away the best thing I saw prepping for Filmspotting Madness this year, so I'll put this on my watch list for sure.
Hi, Scott. No idea how old your girls are now but my daughter loves DEATH, DUCK AND THE TULIP, a children's picture book that is gorgeous for many of the reasons you lay out above. I'm still not sure how much my daughter understands (she's still pretty young) but I do appreciate art that entwines finality and beauty when it comes to death. Cheers.
My girls are now past storybook age (they're 11 and 14 now), but good to know that another quality storybook is out there on the same subject. I think it's helpful. I have a strong memory of one of our cats dying when our eldest was two or three, and she really could not understand where the cat went. She'd ask about it all the time. It's worth squaring up to it when they can comprehend such an abstract and scary idea.