Posted by Booty Princess at syr-24-59-115-15.twcny.rr.com on March 21, 2003 at 23:32:05:
In Reply to: answers posted by nude pinky playing card on March 21, 2003 at 23:12:37:
It's a statement about femininity, and also an expression of Virginia Woolfe's own depression.
: Did she just decide that she couldn't be happy anywhere?
Simply put, yes. Woolfe was depressed, insane, whatever those terms mean.
: i think, not positive, but i belive the term "the hours" is in the book Mrs. Dalloway, that connects the three women. i think i remember Richard (?)(ed harris) saying something like "always remeber the hours" or "at least we have the hours" or something to that extent. i think he was just quoting the book. not sure what it really means though
Well, I think it it literally means time. Both books ("Dalloway" and "The Hours") take space in the span of a single day in the life of a woman; highly significant moments that change everything. BUT the hours also refer to the tedium of living as an ill, depressed person (Richard/Virginia), waiting for something to change that never does. Woolfe says it in her suicidal monologue; she's grateful for the hours of her life; but she has an inevitable appointment with death.
: i still love the picture, but the one thing it could have explained more was why they were so depressed. all seemed to be living pretty nice lives, especially juliane moore's character. i guess it wasnt really that important, but i still would have liked to known why
Well, they insinuate that all three of the women are lesbians, or at least have inappropriate social urges. There's no possibility for Woolfe and (what is Moore's character's name?) to live freely as women within the context of their times. Meryl is much happier, with her unconventional modern life -- but there's still something that's been denied to her because of social taboos, a relationship with a man (a gay man, no less). But notice -- she's happy in the end as well.
: wasnt ms moore scary when she was old!
Yeah, good make-up job.