something that´s been bugging me for a while...
.. are all the conversations between Bock and Barbara about their affections to each other. They seem so out of date. Yes, I realize it`s been like 40 years already, but what I find more fascinating is that they seem to be speaking to the younger audience of the time.
Let me put it in this way. The other day I was watching The Kid Stays in the Picture, based on the life of Robert Evans, a famous Hollywood producer. In it, when he goes through the late 60`s & early 70`s he states very clearly that the production companies didn`t have a single clue about what appealed to the younger audience who simply weren`t going to the cinema. They wasted millions of dollars in movies aimed to them, but they just missed the point and were left in hollywood´s oblivion.
Now we have here a well penned script with interesting characters and a plot that worked, but the only thing that didn`t fit (IMHO) was the sudden romance of these two very different characters and their resolution to leave EVERYTHING behind and live with the wolves, so to speak. I dunno, maybe they thought that hippies were going to love it or what?
Anyhow, at first I didn`t know what to expect from this movie. But the reality of the hospital is very true, even to this day. And George had me convinced at times that he was a real doctor from the senior staff.