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rockfenris2005 06:17 am UTC 10/24/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Heavenly Creatures??? - steven_stuart 04:02 am UTC 10/24/13 |
> How odd about Anne Perry signing books near to a Kate > Winslet poster. I am guessing that she has not commented > on Kate's portrayal of her. Anne was "exposed" when the movie came out. Now certain people knew that Anne and Juliet were one and the same but it wasn't widely known to the extent that it is today. People in general who knew about the case had no idea. When Pauline and Juliet were released from prison, they changed their names and they were never heard from again in the media. For a long time it was a mystery as to what had become of them. But when "Heavenly creatures" was released, Anne got exposed. I don't think it was meant to have happened. They found Pauline three years later living in Scotland, I seem to remember? She eventually moved away. There was a reporter who came to the house which was old and lots of ivy, and this lady answered the door, and the reporter started asking her questions but she told them they'd made a mistake as they'd got the wrong person. But it was really her. I can't remember right now if the movie talks about Pauline's dreams of owning a horse. Well, in real life, that dream came true. Pauline was a horse instructor. Pauline also helped disabled children. The community were quite shocked to find out what had happened in her past. She just seemed like this kind old lady, if a bit eccentric. At one point, Pauline wanted to be a nun. It was fascinating reading all of this. She's very repentent over what happened with her mother. Meanwhile Juliet ended up becoming a published writer beginning with her book "The Cater Street Hangman" published in 1979. Anne Perry's books are still widely available. She's still writing and publishing to this day. I do not believe that Pauline and Juliet have ever crossed paths since 1954. I've also read that Pauline would not be interested in seeing Juliet. One can't help but wonder though what that meeting would be like. How odd that Anne Perry is > signing books after what she did to that poor woman. It > would have been interesting to see what happened next. They lied at first. They said mother had tripped. But when they observed the mother's injuries, it really didn't add up. Somebody wasn't telling the truth. Eventually they confessed. I think this was a few days after from memory. I > can see why Peter Jackson didn't go into it but maybe > someone could have made a sequel. I wonder how difficult > it was for the two girls when they were separated. Were > they actually tried together? I think so. It's been a while since I've looked at it all. What happened to Pauline? I > wonder how she must have felt when she found out that > Juliet had become a famous writer. Indeed! > > > > Would Heavenly Creatures make a good musical? > > > > It would be a challenge to write, I think. But it could > > probably be solved. > > > > I loved the > > > film, even though the horror part is a bit difficult to > > > take. It's not really a horror film but the last part > > > would have made Hitchcock jealous. And it really happened. > > > It's a true story. I couldn't stop thinking about the poor > > > mother and also the relationship between the two girls > > > which led to the murder. > > > > I know exactly what you mean. I did a lot of reading on > > the case after I watched it. I've always liked this site > > as well: Fourth World - The Heavenly Creatures Website > > (see URL.) Also, if you haven't checked it out, watch Anne > > Perry Interiors, which is a documentary on Juliet who is > > now the famous novelist Anne Perry. That's a good > > companion piece, and the closest I get to "What happened > > next...?" The Fourth World site by the way explains all of > > the things that happened next as well. I would have liked > > to have seen what happened next somehow as a movie, but > > Peter Jackson did not have to show us that, as it wasn't > > part of the story that he was telling. > > > > Actually, I think I watched it > > > because you recommended it in a post years ago now. I > > > think we had a really long film thread going. So I thank > > > you for that because it really is an amazing film from > > > start to finish. > > > > I love it. I don't watch it all that much though, probably > > once a year, because of that scene. > > > > Peter Jackson is a wonderful director and > > > Kate Winslet plays one of the girls in her first film > > > role. It was probably that role which brought her to the > > > attention of Titanic director James Cameron (my favourite > > > film ever). > > > > It could have done. By the way, I read a story once about > > Anne Perry signing books and nearby was a poster of Kate > > Winslet as Rose in "Titanic". > > | |
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