Product: That Cold Day in the Park
Rating: 4.0
A Dark Movie Indeed!
I saw this movie in 1969 at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, FL. I guess the copy we had was chopped up badly from use or something because there was no indication in the one I saw where it took place.I just know that it rained a lot. Some have said the young man was homeless, but I didn't get that feeling. Of course at this time the homeless people had not become a political figure like now. They were still considered to be bums, or hobos. At least where I was living they were. We had not broken our American culture down into the highly compartmentalized groups we have now. To me there was really no clear indication as to why he was sitting on the park bench in the rain as he was. Perhaps, it was because his "sister/mother" on the houseboat who was having sex with the other guy needed him to be gone for a while to accommodate her activity. So then you draw the conclusion the the lady who takes him in is a bit strange for doing so. And that bears out to be true, as she eventually makes him a prisoner (she thinks) in her house. Two things really sets the old girl off though. The first is when she realizes that he has been going out. She fixes that by nailing all of the windows shut, except for the one that is several floors down. The second pisser is when she hears him talking to the whore she has brought him. Now it is own and she comes unglued and, well, you know. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie when I saw it, and often wondered why it never received any awards or even mention in the press. And why it was never on the TV. I guess the critics really did bury this one.