I Still Say That Move “Picnic” Is One of The Best Movies Made For 1960’s Nostalgia. Every Scene Invokes It For Me…

The houses, the way people dressed, screen doors that slam, porches, burning barrel by the side of a shed, the farmland and gardens, women drying their hair by hanging their head outside of their window in warm weather…the simple way people did things back then in small town America…and the angst to move away to a bigger city and start a new life, I remember my cousins doing it after high school, they knew there was more out there for them than just living in a small town. I caught the tail end of it just now and here I go again. I need to see the entire movie again.

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RenFur · 70-79, M

Certainly the best dance scene ever - even though Holden couldn't dance worth s**t. He admitted as much himself.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RenFur That was one smoldering scene with Kim Novak in that pretty pink dress and William Holden in his suit wasn’t it? He wasn’t even muscled up much like modern actors yet there was a chemistry there you don’t see that often in movies today.

RenFur · 70-79, M

@cherokeepatti Yes, yes, and yes.

One of my favorite movies. Can list 7 , 8 or more actors off the top of my head. All in top form.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RenFur they had a good lineup of actors and actors and good character development too.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RenFur The movie was produced in 1955 but it reminded me of the small towns where I grew up. They were still like that in the early 60’s, slow to change.

RenFur · 70-79, M

@cherokeepatti Yes. It captured that feeling.

It's still an old movie - - by that I mean, some of the dialogue. Arthur O'Connell starts a few sentences with "Say" as in "Say, what are you up to?"

Ghostinthemachine · M

@RenFur apparently Holden got really drunk before shooting that scene because he was really nervous about doing it

RenFur · 70-79, M

@Ghostinthemachine

That explains a whole bunch.