Out of Africa (1985)
“I. . .had a farm. . .in Africa,” Meryl Streep croaks out in the opening narration of the movie Out of Africa. For some unknown reason, Sydney Pollack’s movie became incredibly famous and swept up seven Oscars in 1985, including Best Picture, Director, and unfortunately Music. John Barry’s boring theme beat out Quincy Jones’s The Color Purple and Bruce Broughton’s Silverado.
If you absolutely love Meryl Streep and every movie she’s ever done, you could stand to sit through Out of Africa. She plays a Danish baroness who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in the early 1900s. We all know Streep is an expert on accents, so there’s no disappointment in her performance, only the story. She’s married to Klaus Maria Brandauer, but when she meets big game hunter Robert Redford, they have an affair. There are a couple of really famous scenes from this romance: the scene where the lovebirds are up in Redford’s plane and hold hands, and the scene where he washes her hair. I don’t understand the allure of either scene. At that time, private airplanes were very dangerous; why is it romantic knowing you could crash and burn at any moment? And when you’re out in the elements without a regular hygiene regiment, why would you want your lover to wash your hair? “It’s a little oily back here. Gee, your hair’s snarly!” doesn’t sound very romantic to me.
More Robert Redford movies here!
If you absolutely love Meryl Streep and every movie she’s ever done, you could stand to sit through Out of Africa. She plays a Danish baroness who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in the early 1900s. We all know Streep is an expert on accents, so there’s no disappointment in her performance, only the story. She’s married to Klaus Maria Brandauer, but when she meets big game hunter Robert Redford, they have an affair. There are a couple of really famous scenes from this romance: the scene where the lovebirds are up in Redford’s plane and hold hands, and the scene where he washes her hair. I don’t understand the allure of either scene. At that time, private airplanes were very dangerous; why is it romantic knowing you could crash and burn at any moment? And when you’re out in the elements without a regular hygiene regiment, why would you want your lover to wash your hair? “It’s a little oily back here. Gee, your hair’s snarly!” doesn’t sound very romantic to me.
More Robert Redford movies here!