Extended Reading
  • Amber 2022-01-07 15:52:46

    "East of Eden", also known as "Mom Sorcerer" and "East of Eden" (1955)

    This is an excellent drama. There are some similarities with "Doll's House", and both explain the true meaning of love in family ethical events, except that "Doll's House" achieves a fierce and clear realistic political orientation by exposing the truth. "The East" discusses a more fundamental and...

  • Brody 2022-01-07 15:52:46

    Love and punishment

    Even if the 1955 film is outdated, it appeals to the themes that have remained unchanged forever: the contradiction between the parent-child relationship, the self-identification of teenagers, and there are countless movies with similar themes, but "Heaven Dream" can still rely on an excellent...

  • Magnolia 2022-04-21 09:02:51

    That part of Jimmy dragging his dad broke my heart... It was supposed to be an improvisation? Too good X. Although I absolutely hate the reunion ending of the story (reunion what! Where do you put your brother and mother...)

  • Tate 2022-01-07 15:52:46

    The magical moment...the magic of the movie...After the screening of the East of Eden/The Slumber, The End, but heard crying, a young male audience crying in the seat, we all left the scene in silence, fearing to be disturbed By the end of the movie, the father and son reconciled. I don’t know if this fan’s father is no longer there, so he was so touched. That’s the magical part of the movie...

East of Eden quotes

  • title card: [title card] In northern California, the Santa Lucia Mountains, dark and brooding, stand like a wall between the peaceful agricultural town of Salinas and the rough and tumble fishing port of Monterey, fifteen miles away.

  • Bank Teller: Nice fat deposit - you're sure in the right business, Sally.

    Sally: Thank you.

    [to Kate as she walks away]

    Sally: Well, good morning.

    Kate: [approaches the teller window] Deposit.

    Bank Teller: Another nice deposit. You and Sally are sure in the right business.

    Kate: I'm in a hurry please.

    [snatches her bank book from his hand and leaves as Cal stealthily follows her]