Usually I'll be rounding up my columns or articles for The Laker within a given calendar month, but in this case (and the next one) I'm going broader because a subject spans a couple columns in different months. For August and September, that's On Golden Pond - perhaps the most famous film shot in New Hampshire's Lakes region (which The Laker services). I'd never seen the beloved 1981 film starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda before this viewing and was intrigued by the darkness mixed in with the famed sentimentality. I also dug into the history of On Golden Pond's production, reception and legacy, which consumes all of the first column (the second is my personal review). Prior to those two columns, my "Scene and Heard" topics were the three remaining drive-in theaters in the state, as well as the many that have disappeared.
LINKS TO DIGITAL VERSIONS:
The Laker on August 10 - page 18
w/ a blurb on To Kill a Mockingbird as the highlight of the listings
(read my full review of To Kill a Mockingbird from years ago)
(part 1 of 2 - focused on the history of the production)
The Laker on August 24 - page 10
w/ a blurb on The Wizard of Oz as the highlight of the listings
(read my Favorites entry on The Wizard of Oz from years ago)
*There are a few missing words at the very end of the column - the final sentence should read:
"The slipping away of Norman's mind along with his body is one of many darker elements haunting a setting so golden on its surface, providing a bittersweet tinge to the nostalgia generated by the film's roots in region and history."
(part 2 of 2 - reviewing the film)
The Laker on September 7 - page 8
(no listings this week)
Update 11/7: The following was originally intended to be part of the listings section before it was deleted from the issue for spatial reasons. I'll archive it here...
"Highlight: The Truman Show at The Colonial (Keene) - 7pm on September 11
With its protagonist-in-crisis facing rough seas both literal and figurative, Peter Weir's 1998 drama offers a thirtysomething analog to Norman Thayer's octogenarian struggles. Having recently re-watched Weir's haunting daydream Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), I'm keen to re-visit what may be his most famous film, in which a young man slowly discovers that he's the unwitting subject of a TV show, which he desperately wants to escape. September is proving itself to be the month of Truman, with Chloe Zhao selecting this title only yesterday for a Regal Masterpiece Month screening.
As an expansive bonus recommendation, make sure you keep an eye on that whole series at the Newington theater, as well as other Regal screenings including an unconventional trilogy of Caped Crusader films stretching 'Batman Day' into a whole weekend."
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