Alright, let’s gab about this here movie with all them yellow and purple places. I ain’t no fancy movie critic, mind you, just a plain ol’ gal who likes a good story. And this movie, well, it had some sights that stuck with me, like burrs on a wool blanket.
The Color Purple, yeah, that’s the one. Now, I ain’t gonna give ya a whole rundown of the story, you can watch it yourself if you got a mind to. But I wanna talk about them places, them yellow and purple landscape things. They weren’t just pretty pictures, no sir. They meant somethin’, felt somethin’. Like when you see a storm brewin’ in the sky, you just know somethin’s comin’.
They filmed some of it at this place called Myrtle Grove, down in Richmond Hill. Fancy old place, built way back in 1849. I heard tell they filmed other movies there too, like that one about glory and another about a railroad underground. Guess them moviemakers like the look of it. And I can see why. It’s got that old-timey feel, you know? Like you could just step back in time. They say that place, Myrtle Grove, it’s a real special spot for them movies. Lots of ’em been filmed there. But it ain’t just the place itself, it’s how they use it in the movie, how they make it look all yellow and purple and whatnot. That’s what makes it stick in your head.
Then there’s this scene where that fella, Mr., he goes to get his wife’s kids back. Filmed it at the Anson County Courthouse in Wadesboro. Now, that ain’t no fancy plantation, just a regular courthouse, I reckon. But they made it look important, you know? Made it feel like somethin’ big was happenin’. And that’s the magic of movies, I guess. They can take somethin’ ordinary and make it seem special. They use color and light and all that stuff to make you feel things.
They say yellow, well, it’s like the sun, all bright and catchin’ your eye. Makes you feel things like excitement, or even a little crazy sometimes. And purple, well, that’s a whole other story. It’s fancy, but it can also be sad, like a bruise. And when you put them two colors together, yellow and purple, it’s like somethin’s clashin’, somethin’s happenin’. Just like in the movie. Them colors ain’t just there for show, they’re tellin’ you somethin’ about what’s goin’ on inside them folks’ heads and hearts. I remember hearin’ someone say yellow can even mean sickness. Now ain’t that somethin’? A color meanin’ sickness.
- They filmed all over the place, you know?
- Venice, downtown, even South Central and East L.A.
- Way up north in Lincoln Heights and way down south in San Pedro.
Moviemakers, they went everywhere to find the right spots. They was lookin’ for places that felt real, places that looked right for the story they was tellin’. And they found ‘em, alright. They found them yellow and purple places, and they used them to make a movie that sticks with you, long after you’ve seen it.
I don’t know much about moviemakin’, but I know what I like. And I like a movie that makes me think and feel. And this here movie, with its yellow and purple landscapes, it did just that. It made me think about life, and love, and loss. And it made me feel things, deep down in my gut. And ain’t that what a good story is supposed to do? It ain’t just about pretty pictures, it’s about tellin’ a story that matters. And this here movie, it told a story that mattered, alright. It showed you the good, the bad, and the ugly, all mixed together, just like life itself. And them colors, that yellow and purple, they helped to tell that story, to make it real, to make it stick in your mind like a good song you can’t get out of your head.
So, next time you watch a movie, pay attention to them colors, them places. They ain’t just there for nothin’. They’re tellin’ you a story, just like the words and the actors are. And sometimes, them colors can tell you more than words ever could.
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