With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby (Being There) fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins (9 to 5), Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’s Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Rosemary’s Baby’s Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
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The words "Weird" & "Quirky" don't have enough gravity to really describe this movie. It's actually layers upon layers of weirdness, and it was made way before its time. It's influence is apparent in the movies of lots of modern directors like Wes Anderson (Anderson's early films clearly rip the mood and tone of Harold and Maude) and The Farrelly Brothers (Cameron Diaz, as "Mary" calls it the "probably the greatest love story of our time." in It's Something About Mary).
Harold is a disaffected ...
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