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Frances (1983)

yellow_rose1 5 points 6 months ago.

Great movie. What Hollywood did to this woman was nothing short of criminal. They violated her in every sense of the world. Kurt Cobain even mentions her in a couple of his interviews that what they put Frances through struck a nerve with him. It is perhaps why his daughter is named Frances. I urge anyone to check this movie out. As usual Jessica does her story justice. After learning what they did to Frances Farmer, it isn’t a giant leap to suggest that Hollywood may have had a hand in Marilyn Munroe’s death. After all Frances went on to speak of the horror she was put though. Perhaps with Marilyn they didn’t want to take that chance again

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BubbaPharm.com 4 points 6 months ago*.

It’s a great movie, but a hard watch.

I’d even go as far to say , “If your sensitive to seeing women abused, you may need to avoid this.” I saw it when it came out, and I can still vividly remember the orderlies.

That said, it’s still a worthwhile watch. Some could even make analogies to Britney Spear’s troubles. Seventy years ago, she probably would have been lobotomized.

FYI: I learned about Frances Farmer in a weird way, when Paul Harvey (radio) told me about her winning Scholastic magazine essay: “God Dies: An Essay by Frances Farmer” (1931). She was only 18, and already had an unique intellect. The essay is still widely available on line, and I find it’s insight brilliant. Newspaper Headlines: “Seattle Girl Denies God and Wins Prize.”

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