![]() ![]() Meanwhile, his mother ignores him as he “shoots” himself out of boredom. In one memorable and humorous scene, she fills out for Harold a dating questionnaire with answers that represent her views more than his own. Unmoved by his macabre antics, she watches unimpressed as he conducts multiple and often creative “suicides”, which range from hanging to cutting his wrists to setting himself on fire. ![]() His socialite mother seems uninterested in getting to know her own son. Harold comes from a very wealthy family who expects him to settle down with a wife and create his own family. The film conveys Harold’s journey to accepting-with the help of an unexpected friend and lover, a fiery elderly woman named Maude ( Ruth Gordon)-that life itself can be wonderful. Ashby depicts the extent of the Harold’s ( Bud Cort) death obsession with young man’s wide variety of fake suicides, the funerals he frequently attends and his preferred mode of transportation-a hearse. The touching story explores how one young man’s obsession with death hinders every moment of his life until, at a funeral for complete stranger, he meets a spunky elderly woman who teaches him the importance of living every moment fully. ![]() Higgins originally planned to direct it himself, but a test shoot left executives unimpressed, and Hal Ashby was hired to direct the film. Harold and Maude is a 1971 dark comedic film, as well as a personal favorite of mine, based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins. ![]()
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