In this week’s Movie Memory Machine: Five For mini-episode, Landen and Truman unpack five films that more meaningfully—and sometimes more messily—explore marriage, communication, and relationship evolution than Hope Springs ever dared. From cozy golden pond chats to sci-fi couples therapy gone wrong, this list offers everything from prestige Swedish drama to 1930s slapstick divorce. Hope might spring eternal, but these movies bring the nuance.
Films Discussed:
On Golden Pond (1981)
The One I Love (2014)
Scenes from a Marri...
In this week’s Movie Memory Machine: Five For mini-episode, Landen and Truman unpack five films that more meaningfully—and sometimes more messily—explore marriage, communication, and relationship evolution than Hope Springs ever dared. From cozy golden pond chats to sci-fi couples therapy gone wrong, this list offers everything from prestige Swedish drama to 1930s slapstick divorce. Hope might spring eternal, but these movies bring the nuance.
Films Discussed:
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On Golden Pond (1981)
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The One I Love (2014)
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Scenes from a Marriage (1973 or 2021)
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The Awful Truth (1937)
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Before Midnight (2013)
Topics Covered:
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Sunset vibes and legacy pairings in On Golden Pond
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The One I Love and the lo-fi sci-fi spin on relationship repair
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Bergman’s emotionally devastating take on marriage in Scenes from a Marriage
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Slapstick meets sincerity in the classic The Awful Truth
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Before Midnight as the most honest depiction of midlife marriage ever captured on screen
Key Takeaways:
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Hope Springs may have opened the door, but these films walk through it (and sometimes slam it)
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Scenes from a Marriage is therapy before therapy
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Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke prove love isn’t always quiet sunsets—it’s arguments in Greece too
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The Awful Truth showed us that Hollywood’s been flirting with divorce for nearly a century
Listener Prompt:
Which movie got marriage right—or hilariously wrong? Tag us with your picks using #MovieMemoryMachine.
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