I watched "Harold and Maude" again, for the first time in about a year, and it is still fresh and uplifting.
* SPOILER ALERT * Harold's morbid attempts at suicide to either get the attention of, or irritate the hell out of, his otherwise disconnected mother, are progressively hilarious. Maude's love for life and variety, even for the zaniest, most illegal ways of expressing her independence and love for a free life, is hilarious, especially in the earliest scenes showing jaw-dropping reactions from Harold.
In short, this is one funny, touching movie, and it is liberating, at that. Thanks to Hal Ashby for some classy direction, to Bud Cort and the late Ruth Gordon for two excellent comic roles, and to Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) for great, uplifting and relevant lyrics and music.
A classic. 10/10
* SPOILER ALERT * Harold's morbid attempts at suicide to either get the attention of, or irritate the hell out of, his otherwise disconnected mother, are progressively hilarious. Maude's love for life and variety, even for the zaniest, most illegal ways of expressing her independence and love for a free life, is hilarious, especially in the earliest scenes showing jaw-dropping reactions from Harold.
In short, this is one funny, touching movie, and it is liberating, at that. Thanks to Hal Ashby for some classy direction, to Bud Cort and the late Ruth Gordon for two excellent comic roles, and to Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) for great, uplifting and relevant lyrics and music.
A classic. 10/10