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elleng

(131,084 posts) Wed Feb 17, 2021, 11:41 PM Feb 2021

*NOW, The Pawnbroker

9:45 pm
The Pawnbroker (1965)
1h 54m | Drama
With the rise of Hitler, Prof. Sol Nazerman, a Jew, and his family were dragged to a conce...
Director:
Sidney Lumet, Dan Eriksen
Cast:
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters,...

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*NOW, The Pawnbroker (Original Post) elleng Feb 2021 OP

I saw that movie when it came to a local theater The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #1

hence I'm not watching. elleng Feb 2021 #2

Yeah, don't. It's a well-done film but a serious downer. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #4

I went to see that movie when it first opened. I had to leave. dhol82 Feb 2021 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,833 posts)

1. I saw that movie when it came to a local theater

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 11:54 PM

Feb 2021

when I was in college. It was the most depressing movie I've ever seen, before or since.

elleng

(131,084 posts)

2. hence I'm not watching.

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Wed Feb 17, 2021, 11:56 PM

Feb 2021

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,833 posts)

4. Yeah, don't. It's a well-done film but a serious downer.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:29 AM

Feb 2021

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

3. I went to see that movie when it first opened. I had to leave.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 11:58 PM

Feb 2021

My parents were in slave labor camps during the war (I was born in a DP camp) and I just found the movie too overwhelming to watch.
It freaked out my boyfriend.

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