On a pas compris à l’époque mais déjà des parapluies de Cherbourg et la suite nous mettez sur des pistes il y avait des messages qu’on a pas décrypter. Bon moi je m’excuse parce que j’étais trop jeune
OMG I did not know that! R.I.P. Hermie. Your story touched me deeply. Strange too because I just rewatched the movie a week ago. First time was in 1980 on tv when I was 15. I could watch the opening and closing scenes of this movie all day long.
@@reesebn38 Wow, I did not know that Herman died last December right after Christmas. I also LOVE the opening and closing scenes of this movie and could also watch them over and over, though I felt the ending was rushed. It would have been nicer to see Hermie a bit longer on the porch while he was reading the letter. Anyhow, this is one of my all-time favorite movies and I LOVE the theme music which adds to the magic of this movie. Makes me feel like being 18 all over again back in the fall of 1971. 😎
When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. declined to audition any actresses younger than the age of 30; Jennifer O'Neill's agent, who had developed a fondness for the script, convinced the studio to audition his client, who was only 22 at the time. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes. O'Neill got the role and Mulligan agreed to find a way to make the film work without blatant nudity.
Really well made film, perfectly cast and directed, hitting all the right emotional notes. Just one small criticism. The present day Hermie has a thick NY accent, unlike his younger self. Seemed obvious.
It'll be OK Hermie...Really....You'll go on to write a great script, sell it, and a fabulous movie will be produced. Best of all you will get points on the gross for the rewrite where you never have to work another day in your life.
I'm choked up now with tears in my eyes as I was when I saw it as a youngster about his age. It has touched generations of us and will always be remembered.
When she says "I pray you be spared all senseless tragedies" it's a very poignant line. Benji died in WW2 (no real imformation on him) and Oscy (Oscar Seltzer) died in Korea, Easter Sunday 1952. He was a medic during the Korean War. You can find his grave and picture.Jerry Houser the actor in the movie looks like him!
I saw this movie on tv in the 70's when I was around "Hermie's" age, but it was relevant for me then. I never forgot it. But It really hit me when in the early years of youtube I decided to look it up to visit it again. I then was pulled back into my youth and rediscovered that time of my life when love was new and coming of age could be painful. The theme song always brings me back to that innocent time like nothing else. Bitter-sweet.
IRL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_%2742 they did not have sex. The movie was based on a memoir of the author - about what actually happened to him IRL that summer when he was 14 years old. She had gotten the telegram of her husbands death. She was drunk before he got there. She was calling him by her husbands name and they "disrobed" but what happened was him holding her and comforting her in her grief. The movie was intentionally vague and given the way that it was common for movies to "cut away" from a romantic moment so as to imply that they then did have sex - that wasn't what happened here In Real Life. The impression I have of this - is that it was possible that they *_COULD_* have had sex - but in the end - they didn't. The loss of her husband and her intoxication - led to her _needing_ to be comforted and accepting being comforted physically - but - may have also precluded them actually having sex. _My Guess_ (and that's all it is) is that the kid just didn't want to take advantage of her grief - so even if he could have fucked her - he didn't do it. To sum it up - she'd just found out her husband was dead and badly wanted someone to hold her - but that's all it ended up being. One thing about the Summer of '42 IRL was that the real casualty producing events of the war were just getting started. Watching this guy cavorting with his wife - I'd say he had no idea of the Meat Grinder he was headed into. That summer - nobody did. Later on - especially after Normandy - the Meat Grinder that had been winding up - really got going for the US. Another thing - is - that her husband being there in the Summer of '42 - his chances of survival were slim. The Meat Grinder was just getting started - because we hardly had anyone there yet - but a high percentage of those that were there - were pretty much doomed. This kid - being 14 in '42 - would have been about 17 when the ware ended. Thus - with his parents permission (or lying about his age) he might have been able to get into the military if he'd really wanted to - but - he would not have been drafted as they didn't draft people below the age of 18. .
the sex wasnt the purpose of Hermie being there that night, he was just trying to comfort Dorothy because she had just gotten the telegram telling her that her husband had been killed, the dancing and hugging they did led to him MAKING LOVE to her that night,,not just having sex, he loved her and cared about her, this wasnt Porkys or THE Last american virgin.this. was decent,Herman Raucher wrote that book based on his life, im class of 1973 when young people still had real feelings for others past excited body parts and if you cant understand it ,then pl;ease dont watch it and then make those ignorant comments, i saw the film once but have read the book many times, worth the read. and watch.
A poignant movie about a friendship between a teenager and a young, military wife who became a War Widow. She was one of the 10's of thousands of women who became widows during WWII
The rules were different then. Context matters. But there is no question that 47-years ago I liked older women plenty fine. I am not arguing that the rules of today should be any different than what they are. But I was certainly not a victim myself.
How's paedophilia romantic? If an adult man had the sexy time with my 15 year old daughter or adult woman had the sexy time with my 15 year old son, id be furious and want them to be in prison.
Her boyfriend was killed in WW2. She was making a statement to herself. It is fiction and has nothing to do with abuse. Grow up. It is about the futility of war and somehow moving forwards. The sex had nothing to do with it.
@@mrb4886 Actually, it was her husband, not just a boyfriend, killed in WW2, his plane shot down over France, and the movie is based on the true story of author Herman Raucher. And Racher claims that he was contacted by the real Dorothy after the movie gained attention...I do agree there is a antiwar element that can be taken from the story.
Given the "flow" of energy between man and woman, I don't think a boy CAN be raped statutorily. For crying out loud fathers used to bring their sons to whores when they came of age, to become "men"! Still do in some places probably!
@@angelina604 but they did end it like the book,Hermie never saw her again or knew what happened to her, and then that part about time, that little speech is in the end of the book too. after all thats a small autobiography of Herman Rauchers real life.
i saw this again last week for the first time in many years, I guess having endured heart ache, loss, and the twists and turns of adulthood myself , the movies impact on me was triple and powerful
I hear you loud and clear, Mike, and I feel the same at almost the age of 70! This movie is one of the two most emotionally touching movies of my lifetime (along with "The Trouble With Angels").
When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. declined to audition any actresses younger than the age of 30; Jennifer O'Neill's agent, who had developed a fondness for the script, convinced the studio to audition his client, who was only 22 at the time. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes. O'Neill got the role and Mulligan agreed to find a way to make the film work without blatant nudity. Though set on the east coast, Summer of '42 was filmed in Northern California, largely in Fort Bragg and Mendocino. Shooting took place over eight weeks, during which O'Neill was sequestered from the three boys cast as "The Terrible Trio," in order to ensure that they did not become close and ruin the sense of awkwardness and distance that their characters felt towards Dorothy. Production ran smoothly, finishing on schedule.
