Que sera, sera...again?!?!?!
..didnt we get enough of this crappy tune in The Man Who Knew Too Much??
shareThat so-called "crappy tune" won that year's Academy Award as Best Song. I like it!
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It's a great pity that you think so little of such a wonderful song.
sharemaybe because mindless repetitive hackneyed pop tunes dont impress me (the same reason I have no interest in Britney or Jessica or any of the other "popular" entertainers of today that the great unwashed like yourself buy into because you're told to)......there are plenty of other great songs from the 1950's I'd rather listen to.. (Sinatra's For the Lonely album being a good example )...but hey, dont let me stop you from enjoying Doris Day singing one of the worst songs of her career ..to each his/her own
shareshe sang it in 3 films
the man who knew too much
please don't eat the daisies
the glassbottom boat
I too was like wow enough already!
thats what i thought to.
i mean i like the song, it has sentimental value i guess you could say to my grandma.
i knew it was in the man who knew too much.
i have watched glass bottom boat before, but i re-watched it the other day and realised that she sung it in that and i though 'my god enough already' and im now watching please dont eat the daisies i just figured out from your post that she sings it again. its been quite a few months since i watched them and SHE SINGS IT AGAIN!!!!.
i mean come on its a great song but why does it have to be in three of her movies!
also i love how proud she is of adam being able to pick the lock it was cute and fun.
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It became her theme song, they played it for all her talk show appearances and as an intro for her TV show too. It followed her the rest of her career, and she also sang it often. Doris may have enjoyed a few more years popularity if everyone were not so tired of hearing that song.
share...it could apply equally to the plot of almost any film. "Whatever will be will be...."
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I don't like the song either, however, I won't be a condescending prick about it.
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For what it's worth, in her 1975 autobiography Doris reported she initially didn't like the song herself because she thought it sounded like an inane kid's song. But guess she realized it was stupid to argue with success.
shareFor me, "Que Sera, Sera" is a nice song but one whose sappiness sums up what was wrong with the second version of Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" compared with the technically cruder but more exciting and faster-moving first version. After seeing Doris Day's skills as a markswoman in "Calamity Jane" (though undoubtedly simulated) I couldn't help but wish Hitchcock had kept the original ending in which the heroine has to pick off her child's kidnapper with a gun and aim so perfectly she does not harm her child. Doris could have played that ending far better than she did the one we have!
shareIn earlier editions of his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin (or one of his writers) says he prefers the earlier version. He says, "Added bonus: Nobody sings "Que Sera, Sera."
Incidentally, according to the present Wikipedia article, the phrase "Que sera, sera" is incorrect (as is the Italian equivalent, "Che sara, sara," used in the film The Barefoot Contessa). "It is composed of Spanish or Italian words superimposed on English syntax," says the article.