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... Pillow Talk (1959) and Far From Heaven (2002) are two movies that best exemplify the many discourses surrounding this time. Pillow Talk is a prime example of the fantasy world that existed during the time, and Far From Heaven depicts the real kinds of issues that Americans faced in the decade.
Pillow Talk, starring Doris Day (Jan) and Rock Hudson (Bret/Rex), is a lighthearted comedy about two people that share a party line, and eventually fall in love. ...
Far From Heaven presents a completely different view of the 1950’s. ... While it is well known that no movie truly is a direct representation of “reality”, Far From Heaven exemplifies the many dilemmas that people dealt with during the 1950’s. ...
Far From Heaven deals with many issues that were experienced by families in the 1950’s that were not depicted by the media. ... It seems that in some ways, Far From Heaven could have been a sequel to Pillow Talk, meaning that young single women of the 1950’s believed that marriage offered a promise of lifetime love and security. Far From Heaven reminds us that many of these promises were broken to young women, and all that they sacrificed in order to build a family and a home could be taken away in an instant.
Approximate Word count = 1461
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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