Alex writes about It’s a Wonderful Life<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n Excerpts:<\/p>\n In \u0093Wonderful Life\u0094 Capra lets the story unfold through George Bailey\u0092s eyes. His world and his dreams crumble and we\u0092re in the middle of it. We feel everything he feels and we\u0092re in peril and just as anxious. His beautiful long shots and his tight close ups of Stewart\u0092s grimacing features as his last hope for survival topples in Potter\u0092s office is both claustrophobic and expansive. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n What you see on film is the first and only time they did that scene. They got it in one take.<\/p>\n Another beautiful observation from Alex about Donna Reed:<\/p>\n Reed\u0092s ability to embody the girl every boy wants to marry was uncanny. She was able to allow herself to pine over George and wear her heart on her sleeve, and at the same time, pepper her with a steely reserve and a reckless abandon. Watch as Reed pulls out her own Honeymoon money in order to pay back the terrified costumers as they wait restlessly in the lobby of The Bailey\u0092s Building and Loan. Her eyes flash, her hand goes straight up in the air, and there\u0092s not a moment\u0092s hesitation. Reed is wonderful in this role, and it is through her eyes that we see the pain and ultimate allegiance Stewart metamorphosis\u0092s into at the climax of the film. A radiant performance by a very gifted actress. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n And one of Alex’s comments about Stewart’s performance brought tears to my eyes:<\/p>\n I love him when he realizes that Clarence (another wonderful performance by the oft forgotten Henry Travers) is not a dream or a hallucination, and seems to literally wake up in the middle of a crowded bar after a fight with his friend Nick. He turns on the shoulders of the people gathering on the street, and with a look of rage and horror he screams Mary\u0092s name in succession. It\u0092s a bravura moment, and one I\u0092ve never seen in any other Stewart film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yes!!<\/p>\n Go read Alex’s post.<\/a> It’s unbelievable. Trivia, facts about Capra, comments on the acting … and then her last paragraph made me well up with tears – where she expresses what the movie really means to her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alex writes about It’s a Wonderful Life. Excerpts: In \u0093Wonderful Life\u0094 Capra lets the story unfold through George Bailey\u0092s eyes. His world and his dreams crumble and we\u0092re in the middle of it. We feel everything he feels and we\u0092re … Continue reading