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This week, Tara Ariano returns to us to talk about a forgotten and quite lovely independent film from 1999, A Walk on the Moon<\/i>. The first feature directed by actor Tony Goldwyn, the film stars Diane Lane as a late 1960s housewife who has a sexual awakening with a hippie blouse salesman (played by Viggo Mortensen) while vacationing with her family. With Anna Paquin and Liev Schreiber respectively as daughter and husband, the film features Woodstock and the moon landing in the background of this quite potent take on female sexuality and the effect of young parenthood. The film had a quiet spring release after debuting at Sundance, but year-end critical notices kept Lane in the awards conversation.<\/p>\n
The film also has similar shades of what Lane would turn into an Oscar nominated role just a few years later with Unfaithful<\/i>. This episode, we\u2019ll discuss Mortensen\u2019s deep bench of pre-LOTR roles, Happy, Texas<\/i>\u2019 famous post-Sundance financial failure, and how this film avoids the typical\u00a0\u201cWoodstock movie\u201d trappings.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Julie Kavner as Big Brother, gay euphemisms, and the immediate cultural impact of Ghost<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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