Big Eyes
By snowy
@snowy22315 (180452)
United States
June 3, 2018 2:48pm CST
So, Netflix finally has a movie I wanted to see..Big Eyes, those of you who are a certain age will remember when the Big Eyes paintings were all the rage. This was in the 1960's. It seemed like all the stores were featuring these paintings. I don't think we ever bought any but they were painted by Margaret Keane. Her husband actually took credit for these paintings. I saw something about this story on the CBS Morning show about a year ago. She never felt easy about this, as it was plagiarism, but once it took off it took on a life of it's own. It was realtionalized that women's paintings weren't taken seriously, but this was the 1960's a different era. The movie is all about this. It is quite interesting. Do you remember the big eyes paintings?
12 people like this
13 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (62185)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Jun 18
I remember seeing a preview for it. Is it any good
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
@thislittlepennyearns Just the basic kindle fire..works for me..
@thislittlepennyearns (62185)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Jun 18
@snowy22315 ill have to watch it. Hey you have a kindle right? Which one?
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
@august18 You are quite welcome. I hope you enjoy it!
1 person likes this
@august18 (3907)
• Tunisia
3 Jun 18
@snowy22315 Then I'll give it a try. Thanks for your opinion.
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
They may have been promoting the movie on CBS Sunday Morning back when it first came out. I rememberd the paintings, I had no idea who painted them though.
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
It caught my eye...when I saw it on Nflix.
1 person likes this
@rakski (122316)
• Philippines
4 Jun 18
@snowy22315 oh the big eyes caught your eye. What is it all about?
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Jun 18
I have seen Big Eyes. Interesting story.
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
It is, and has one of my fave actors Christophe Waltz.
2 people like this
@thislittlepennyearns (62185)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Jun 18
@snowy22315 love him in Django
2 people like this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
4 Jun 18
@thislittlepennyearns I liked him in Inglorious B - tds.
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
Ummm it's OK..you don't remember those Big Eye pics? The movie is pretty good.
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
3 Jun 18
My husband and I really enjoyed that movie. Thanks for the post; it reminded me of this film. Sometimes my hubby and I scroll through our Amazon Prime movie list. I think it's time to check this one out again.
1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
I like movies that transport you to another place and time.
@shaggin (72116)
• United States
4 Jun 18
I saw images of those beautiful big eyes paintings in magazines when I was a teen. I don't know why they were in magazines at that time though since it was the late 90s. Maybe they were articles in art magazines I don't recall. I bought this movie for my daughter a few years ago and we both loved it!
@momalisa65 (1971)
• United States
4 Jun 18
I saw that movie and it was really good. I am the same religion as Margaret Keane from the movie, so it was especially interesting to me.
@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
3 Jun 18
Netflix tends to have the older movies or foreign films. I don't think any of the big eyes paintings have been sold for awhile.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
4 Jun 18
@snowy22315
I never heard of Big Eyes and ,maybe Netflix here has not had that movie.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
4 Jun 18
This is the first time I heard of that movie. It does have a book too?
