Word: beecham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...century Austrialia, is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Miles Foreman. The rugged setting reinforces Sybylla's spirited independence, which manifests itself in a need to pursue her identity through writing--a persistent calling that prevents her from surrendering to her love for a man. When Harry Beecham first proposes to her, Sybylla asks him to wait for two years so that she may explore the world and live on her own. When he needs her, she promises, she will marry him; and she professes her love for him. The two years pass, Harry waits and asks again...
...minutes of film preceding this scene, Sybylla has pined for Beecham and has jealously resented his attention to her younger sister. The final decision is presented as the articulation of her identity as a person and a writer, but the wrenching thought process that should have precipitated the choice is absent...