Review of Summer of '42 (1971) by Gordon T — 08 Sep 2010
A CLASSIC; narrated by Bill Bixby; my memories of SUMMER OF '42 remind me of a bunch of NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTINGS.
Starring Jennifer O'Neil who would later appear in LUCIO FULCI'S Seven Notes in Black (aka THE PSYCHIC) and David Cronenberg's SCANNERS . . .
Summer of '42 is the movie that Wendy and Danny Torrence were watching in Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.
I just remember it being a very good film: The lady's husband dies overseas and Hermie Comes of Age . . .I guess Coming of age means turning into an adult where you selflessly comfort another person . . . something like that at least.
The world is very different now . . . now we get movies about some kid losing his virginity and other kids videotaping the experience and uploading it to Youtube . . .
So what: is the the world become insensitive or something?
I saw this on PRISM Cable-TV probably before SCANNERS was released in theaters.
This review of Summer of '42 (1971) was written by Gordon T on 08 Sep 2010.
Summer of '42 has generally received positive reviews.
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