Random thoughts on Twelve Monkeys

Rating: 7/10 (30 March 1999)

First, I remember seeing La Jetee (can't do the accent, sorry) in a film class in 1973. If you have not seen it, try somehow. It is a compelling, mysterious, wonderful 29 minutes of film, very French.
Second, as a psychiatric social worker, I was struck by what I thought was the most authentic piece of dialogue in the whole film. Madeline Stowe's character (a psychologist, if I remember correctly) wakes up next to Bruce Willis' character. He slobberingly turns to her and says, "I saw you in my dream." (Or words to that effect). Rather than attempting to run screaming from the room (the normal human reaction), Stowe turns to him and says, in a wonderful, even voice, "Tell me about your dream."
I almost fell out of my seat laughing. It was so perfect.
Third, I used to live in Baltimore, Maryland. One Sunday morning, I saw Madeline Stowe jogging by. (She was on location in Baltimore. I didn't know it.) A lovely woman. A lovely moment.