Children's Media: Family

Love Family to the Moon and Back


When was the last time you watched some of your own family videos? It is a straight trip to nostalgia. I agree with Benjamin that as we were viewing the family videos there was a tangible love or sense of innocence that one could feel. Sharing my family video when I was two years old, I'll be honest; I was a little nervous. You never know how the class will react to a little Cameron who looks like Chucky, yes from Child's Play (1988) Regarding any family video, there is a sense of vulnerability. This is your family. This is the group that you have lived with since your birth. These are the people that you sacrifice so much of your time to help them through the thick and thin. It's one thing when it's fictitious representation of your family but when it is actually you with the your family on screen the vulnerability raises like five notches.

Now, Peter Bogdanovich is a brilliant film director. What's Up Doc (1972) is a family favorite. It's interesting that he worked with Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn in that film only a year before Paper Moon (1973). The film Paper Moon typifies how misery loves its company, even if the company is a young nine year old girl. The chemistry between Ryan and Tatum O'Neal is one that is difficult for actors to develop. It helps when your actually family. Originally, Tatum wasn't casted for Addie. When the original director left and Bogdanovich was brought on is when they casted Tatum to be a Addie. In the film, the viewer isn't completely sure if Addie is actually the daughter of Moses. However, being actually family, the banters and arguments the two have feels so genuine that one wants to think Addie has to be his daughter. I love seeing the two work together in unison in trying to raise money from selling bibles. Being a con artist as a father could be shameful and the father could choose to keep that a big secret. In this film, Moses reveals his true "profession" right in front of her. Addie takes part in the selling and wants to help. This shows how young children are observant and want to help out their parents, even if they feel it's not morally correct. In this family film, it also reminds the viewer that the burdens placed on the parents affects the children as well. The children have some of the weight of the parent's burden on their shoulders. 

 On a film set, the cast and crew spend many many hours with each other over a long period of production. One can feel part of a new family with the crew and cast because there is so much time spent with each other. Ryan and Tatum already having that true family relationship. I imagine that Ryan enjoyed having his little girl on set with him. Those memories that the two had are probably very special and ones that they will share with each other forever. Fathers want to share with their children what they love to do and what they do for work. Tatum truly observed and even acted with her father as he did what he loved to do. According to IMDB, "In a May 20, 1973, article in the New York Times, Ryan O'Neal spoke at length about his professional and personal relationship with Tatum O'Neal: "I wouldn't have done the picture without (Tatum). The whole concept was such an interesting connection for Tatum and me. No father and daughter can connect with the intensity of a movie, and in a way, the story is a parallel of our lives." 
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070510/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv) 

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