Bertolucci has a knack of creating exceptionally long, but really good films. "1900" was released at 4 hours, cut down from 6. Personally, I'd really like to see all 6 hours.

"In the Bedroom" was a very well crafted film, even though the fake Maine accents drove me crazy. I'm glad I watched it, but I'll never watch it again. Way too depressing. I also found, especially early in the film, that I was yelling at a couple of the main characters a lot, trying to convince them that what they were doing was stupid, dangerous, and even (in the case of the not yet divorced young woman) legally dangerous.

Recently watched chick flick that I enjoyed enough to read the book is "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood" -- and I'm not from the South.

Linn