Marriage in Films

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Marriage is an institution that requires the two people tied by the bond to minimize their expectations of their spouses and accept them for who they are. Moreover, success in marriage comes only when both of the parties are willing to allow their spouses to achieve whatever they expect of marriage with the help of each other. Similar are the issues that have been the basis of two films, which form the focus of this paper. This paper, therefore, discusses two films within the context of marriage, namely, "The Mirror has Two Faces", released in 1998, and "The Story of Us", released in 1999.

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"The Mirror has Two Faces was directed by Barbara Streisand who plays the lead role herself. Running for total time duration of two hours and seven minutes, the film stars Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Brenda Vaccaro, Elle Macpherson, Austin Pendleton and Lauren Bacall apart from Barbara Streisand. The Mirror Has Two Faces is a story of a man and a woman where the woman develops different expectations from marriage once the couple is married. Hence the varied issues it explores range from "modern myths of beauty and sex" (www.sonypictures.com) and the problems they create in marriage. The film belongs to all of the following genres, such as comedy, drama, romance, self-discovery and marriage. It is interesting to note that the 1997 Golden Globe Award winner Lauren Bacall won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her character in this film. (www.sonypictures.com)"

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