<description>&lt;p&gt;Eager to chill out after the last episode’s grim antics in the swamps of the South, Sean, Cody and film expert Kris Hill settle down to tea in a pleasant suburban New England and become embroiled in a steamy melodrama with heavy environmental undertones. In Douglas Sirk’s 1955 masterpiece &lt;em&gt;All That Heaven Allows&lt;/em&gt;, rich matronly widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is powerless to resist the flannel-clad, Brylcreem-pompadoured sizzle emitted by free-spirited arborist Rob Kirby (Rock Hudson) who is some indeterminate number of years younger than her. But when she and Ron start gearing up the wedding machine, the whole town and especially Cary’s insufferable adult children rise in outraged revolt to enforce their incoherent vision of 1950s sexual morality. Environmental issues discussed include the physical and social legacy of New England’s colonial past, the curious unreality of American suburbs, white flight and racial covenanting, slow living in the hinterlands, and more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;How did patterns of land use from the very beginning of European colonization of New England filter down into the 20th century? What are the many different ways that suburbs came into being, or were deliberately created? Why will environmental historians pounce eagerly on any chance to discuss William Cronon’s &lt;em&gt;Changes in the Land?&lt;/em&gt; What was the Hays Code and why is it such a big factor in this film? Who coined the term “Make America Great Again” and what, if anything, does it mean? How were the 1950s like the 1980s? Why does the shadow of Ronald Reagan loom so large over this movie even though he’s not in it? Is &lt;em&gt;All That Heaven Allows&lt;/em&gt; one of the greatest films ever made, right up there with &lt;em&gt;Citizen Kane&lt;/em&gt;? If so, why is its ending so hokey? All these questions and more are in the firing line in this unabashedly romantic episode of &lt;em&gt;Green Screen&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;All That Heaven Allows&lt;/em&gt; (1955) at IMDB: &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047811/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047811/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;All That Heaven Allows&lt;/em&gt; (1955) at Letterboxd: &lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/all-that-heaven-allows/" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;https://letterboxd.com/film/all-that-heaven-allows/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Movie Up: &lt;em&gt;Sherman's March&lt;/em&gt; (1986)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://greenscreenpod.com/2020/09/30/episode-18-all-that-heaven-allows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Website For This Episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Green Screen

Sean Munger

All That Heaven Allows (with guest Kris Hill)

OCT 1, 202071 MIN
Green Screen

All That Heaven Allows (with guest Kris Hill)

OCT 1, 202071 MIN

Description

Eager to chill out after the last episode’s grim antics in the swamps of the South, Sean, Cody and film expert Kris Hill settle down to tea in a pleasant suburban New England and become embroiled in a steamy melodrama with heavy environmental undertones. In Douglas Sirk’s 1955 masterpiece All That Heaven Allows, rich matronly widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is powerless to resist the flannel-clad, Brylcreem-pompadoured sizzle emitted by free-spirited arborist Rob Kirby (Rock Hudson) who is some indeterminate number of years younger than her. But when she and Ron start gearing up the wedding machine, the whole town and especially Cary’s insufferable adult children rise in outraged revolt to enforce their incoherent vision of 1950s sexual morality. Environmental issues discussed include the physical and social legacy of New England’s colonial past, the curious unreality of American suburbs, white flight and racial covenanting, slow living in the hinterlands, and more.

How did patterns of land use from the very beginning of European colonization of New England filter down into the 20th century? What are the many different ways that suburbs came into being, or were deliberately created? Why will environmental historians pounce eagerly on any chance to discuss William Cronon’s Changes in the Land? What was the Hays Code and why is it such a big factor in this film? Who coined the term “Make America Great Again” and what, if anything, does it mean? How were the 1950s like the 1980s? Why does the shadow of Ronald Reagan loom so large over this movie even though he’s not in it? Is All That Heaven Allows one of the greatest films ever made, right up there with Citizen Kane? If so, why is its ending so hokey? All these questions and more are in the firing line in this unabashedly romantic episode of Green Screen.

All That Heaven Allows (1955) at IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047811/ All That Heaven Allows (1955) at Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/all-that-heaven-allows/

Next Movie Up: Sherman's March (1986)

Website For This Episode