Harold tells his shrink that he has no friends, then reconsiders that perhaps he might have one friend. His mother tries to set him up with dates through a national dating service and he rattles the prospective girlfriends by setting himself on fire, chopping off his hand, and committing seppuku , a.
Maude is all about living life to the fullest, while recognizing death as part of the cycle. The pair has a grand adventure saving a struggling tree from an urban existence. She helps Harold see the good in life and living. And do try and be a little more vivacious. Harold promptly takes a blowtorch to the car and turns it into a mini-hearse.
Page of 1. Filtered by:. Previous Next. Harold and Maude , PM. Harold and Maude Throughout the film, we learn about Maude and the reason she behaves in a certain way.
She is a very caring and adventurous person. She has no time for worrying about the little things in life. Towards the end of the film, we discover that Maude has spent time in a concentration camp. Knowing she spent time in concentration camp, we can infer that she witnessed a lot of death and drama and she came out of the camp with a new perspective.
Harold meets Maude while attending one of the funerals that he frequents. Maude also attends the funeral but for a different reason. For Maude, the funerals represent life. All revolving. Burials and births. The end to the beginning and the beginning to the end - the great circle of life. I believe the reason she loves to attend funerals is to also remind her that she is alive.
Harold and Maude come from complete different backgrounds but find happiness with each other. Harold comes from a life of luxury where he has the ability to do whatever he pleases. Harold is simply going through the daily motions and visiting Funerals when we meet Maude. The end of the movie concludes with the death of Maude and a final suicide where Harold sends his hearse off the cliff and walks away playing the banjo. Maude is a survivor of the Holocaust, Jewish, vibrant, spur-of-the-moment and full of liveliness.
We learn that she had a very difficult time before she came to America because of the tattooed numbers on her forearm. Maude appears to have a great appreciation for life because she is always smiling and having a great time. She has no appreciation for authority that is evident when she is always stealing cars.
She speeds past a bike cop and then just pulls away with not any inclination of worry. She then steals the bike and rides of with Harold on the back. One of my favorite scenes happened when Maude and Harold take the tree and plant it in the forest. It is very similar to how there relationship is.
Maude is able to help nurture this tree and breath life into it, just like she does with Harold. Maude spent eighty years of her life living and decides she is going to end it on her terms when she is ready to go.
Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, Tags: None. Harold and Maud I agree that the film was successful in portraying the two very different backgrounds and histories of the two characters. It was interesting that they had many things in common, such as the way in which they met, but at the same time they were doing these things for different reasons.
I completely agree that the funeral attending for Maud was to feel her own life almost as a reminder for her to live to the fullest.
On the other side is Harold, who is obsessed with death and has made multiple suicide attempts. He also constantly rides around in a hearse which to me signified his desire for death. Through the film Maud embarks knowledge and wisdom upon Harold but in the ambulance ride at the end of the film Harold tells Maud that he loves her.
But his mother is merely annoyed. She takes a morning dip in the swimming pool, for example, and when she comes upon Harold's body floating face down, she merely swims another lap.
Talk about exercise freaks. Harold's mother figures maybe what Harold needs is a little female companionship. She signs him up with a computer dating service, but the girls are sort of put off when he sets himself afire on their date, and things like that. Maude, on the other hand, doesn't seem to mind. As played by Ruth Gordon , she is the same wise-cracking operator out of the side of the mouth that we met in "Rosemary's Baby.
When he catches up with her again, she steals his motorcycle. You see what an indomitable sort she is. It is hard to get very much animation into a character who is obsessed with his own oblivion, but Cort doesn't even try. To modern viewers, the Ruth Gordon creation of Maude probably seems trite, but her Maude was fresh, original and daring in and the pre-Sophie's Choice twist in her history that Harold discovers was likewise unanticipated by early viewers.
Unfortunately, Ruth Gordon went on to recreate this character in lesser films throughout that decade and the character of the eccentric old lady has become rather shopworn. The Cat Stevens soundtrack is probably one of the most effective use of pop music in film ever. FAQ 7. Is "Harold and Maude" based on a book? How old are Harold and Maude supposed to be?
Why was Harold continually trying to commit suicide? Details Edit. Release date December 20, United States. United States. Harold und Maude. Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions.
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