Comments on: Florence Rasmussen, the old lady that appears halfway through Errol Morris’ “Gates of Heaven” http://blog.thoughtwax.com/2006/07/florence-rasmussen-the-old-lady-that-appears-halfway-through-errol-morris-gates-of-heaven Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tezzy http://blog.thoughtwax.com/2006/07/florence-rasmussen-the-old-lady-that-appears-halfway-through-errol-morris-gates-of-heaven/comment-page-1#comment-45041 tezzy Fri, 04 May 2007 15:23:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtwax.com/?p=211#comment-45041 i think this is a lovely but wierd story i would love to see it as a movie i think this is a lovely but wierd story i would love to see it as a movie

]]> By: rumsey http://blog.thoughtwax.com/2006/07/florence-rasmussen-the-old-lady-that-appears-halfway-through-errol-morris-gates-of-heaven/comment-page-1#comment-16804 rumsey Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:58:02 +0000 http://blog.thoughtwax.com/?p=211#comment-16804 This is one of many incredible scenes in <em>Gates of Heaven</em>; the moment it's over, you're thinking it's ridiculously irrelevant and out of nowhere, but upon seeing the entire film it's apparent how it hinges on this scene--in the few minutes that Mrs. Rasmussen is in her front doorway rambling about everything, the film's conceptual aims become multivariate. <em>Gates of Heaven</em> is, at this point, less about pet cemetaries than it is about some necessity and desperation inherent in humanity--well, this among may other topics. A magnificent film. This is one of many incredible scenes in Gates of Heaven; the moment it’s over, you’re thinking it’s ridiculously irrelevant and out of nowhere, but upon seeing the entire film it’s apparent how it hinges on this scene–in the few minutes that Mrs. Rasmussen is in her front doorway rambling about everything, the film’s conceptual aims become multivariate. Gates of Heaven is, at this point, less about pet cemetaries than it is about some necessity and desperation inherent in humanity–well, this among may other topics.

A magnificent film.

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