cwn@mtgzz.UUCP (c.w.nash) (11/14/85)
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I think one of the most significant scenes in the movie
was the last. Streep is shown in a lush field, somewhere
in France, on a beautiful summer afternoon. The war has just ended.
She says something about how the rest of her life is going
to be as rich and wonderful as the beautiful day because
the war is over.
However, as we had already seen, her life was incomplete
and slowly fell apart as the movie progressed.
She peaked emotionally during the war and nothing else in
her life could live up to that-- although she did search.
The search lead to many different jobs that most people
(especially women?) would have found challenging and exciting.
On a larger scale, the movie is making the statement of how
England, like Streep's character, has not been through
happy and prosperous times since WWII-- as perhaps they
had though would happen when the war ended.
This movie, like any masterpiece, is teeming with subtleties.
I think it's worth seeing more than once.
c. walker nash
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