The Crazy-Quilt

This is a truly extraordinary film. To see this movie is to live a lifetime in 72 minutes.

Like Citizen Kane intensified, but different, more real.

At all costs, if you are a movie buff, see this film

Get this picture out on DVD!!!!! Given its short length, perhaps a double-feature with one of John Korty's other early films would be an interesting package.

Anyone know who owns the rights to Crazy Quilt these days?

This film is like several, barely remembered snippets of dreams. I saw this film many years ago, yet the visual images stay with me. It is a simple, plotless story about two extremely ordinary people, yet you come to care about them. This film is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Wonderful direction- another one of John Korty's jewels. A true treasure for those who don't need to be knocked out- but who want to think and feel something real.

Like many others, I only saw this movie once on TV one Saturday afternoon, many years ago, but I think it is one on the most realistic and endearing movies I have ever seen. Some scenes and the narration have stayed with me for a long long time. It is short, in black and white and, if I remember correctly, only two lines of dialog from the characters in one scene near the end, but it is narrated throughout with near perfection. The story is told mostly from the man's perspective, but the movie also shows the woman's perception of the marriage, and the phases her husband is going through. By the end of this movie, you will know these people, you will feel for them, and you will see a bit of them in yourself.

I remember seeing this movie on Channel 11, the local PBS television station in Chicago, in the 1960's. I was a high school student at the time. Today I found myself remembering this one. I have just purchased the DVD from the John Korty website.

As I recall, this is a a modern day fable of a disillusioned man and a woman full of delusions. Burgess Meridith does a wonderful job narrating the film, which is some ways comes off as a silent film with narration.

It is a simple story: A contrast between those who try to live without delusion and those who seek fantasy. It is also a story about how this man changed and fell in love with this women who he thought was so silly. It left me such a lasting impression, I am certain that I am correct about the essentials. I also remember the endearing music, with violins (almost like "Fractured Fairy Tales" on "Rocky and Bullwinkle".)

When I get the DVD, let's see if I got things right after 44 years.