WONDERFUL FILM
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005
From: Joyce Rosenfield LilacMuse@aol.com
Hi! "Click Three Times" is a wonderful film suitable for all ages. I am 72. I see that one person, Victoria Rose Sampson, did the story, directing & editing, & the actors etc. did an excellent job, too, including well-known actor Isabel Sanford of TV fame. How they got her to act in this 32-minute film, I don't know, but it certainly shows her acting range, as Lucille Ball's TV special, also portraying a sympathetic homeless person, did!
Both roles broke open the confining box of commercial TV, to demonstrate what 2 fine actors, Ball & Sanford, could do, if given a really fine script & co-workers, as in "Click 3 Times"!
The other actors-- the teenaged girl & her parents, & the extras, did a wonderful job, again thanks to a perfect script & no doubt the excellent directing by Victoria Rose Sampson.
What novel ideas are expressed in this short film. In its 32 minutes, there is an interweaving of real drama that skates on the challenging tightwire of reality & magic, so that by the end there's a perfect finale for the teen & both her parents.
The only question that might haunt the viewer is, "What happened to 'Dorothy', the Black homeless woman?" She had been portrayed with wonderful realism as a person primarily interested in getting enough food, and a place to stay indoors, and is street-smart enough to assess the situation swiftly & tell the teen surrounded by WIZARD OF OZ mementos, that she's the teen's Fairy Godmother.
But despite being homeless, this canny Black woman reahes out to help the teen, & does/says just enough to change the white folks' lives. Is it unfair to characterize the comfortably well-off trio as "white folks"?
I don't think so, for we all are made so conscious of our racial identities from childhood. If we're "white", we have a load of guilt imposed on us even if our ancestors lived far from US slavery. We often feel we must prove we're "good" whites, who respect people of all races, we're no kin to crazy KKKers. If we're Black, we often feel we must prove we're bright, even though many studies have proved this, & there are plenty of Black geniuses who've fought their way to the top.
So there's the unspoken archetype of the Black Mammy, whose role is to help her white charges, lurking in our minds. What happens to "Dorothy", the Black transient, who goes skipping down the Yellow Brick Road, (or street) & eats the white girl's left-overs, & who's now changed to a lady who's kind to the cat, but still sensibly watches out for herself, taking the cookies left for her?
I personally believe we do serve as other people's angels or fairy godmothers & fathers for each other, because God "arranges" things miraculously, so that we're given the opportunity to do so, if we make the right choices. Often, I've noticed, God arranges things so that if you do something kind or good to another person, you benefit too, in the exchange. It's like the story of people who only had long-handled spoons, & couldn't just eat by themselves --they could only eat by spooning the food to the person next to them ....
This story ("Click 3 Times") is a little gem, & far from being racist in any way, turned racism on its head, so "Dorothy" could relate to the teen & see things her parents couldn't, while the teen saw much in Dorothy the world generally didn't, Dorothy was beautiful, in her human warmth& understanding, she had the (Holy Spirit) Gift of being a Teacher & much more.
God bless you for making this wonderful movie!
Joyce Rosenfield
THROUGH A CHILD'S EYES
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000
From: Jim McElfish
I think this is a must for any church! We all need to see through a child's eyes the things that are really important. Karen did not judge Dorothy from her appearance, she only saw her as a human being, her "fairy godmother". As adults, we get lost in the day to day existence and do not have time to imagine. We don't see the Dorothys of the world as God sees them. How can the human race survive unless we start caring for one another?
Jim McElfish
SIMPLY WONDERFUL
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000
From: Charles
Kudos to Vickie Rose, for directing a very good movie, it is heartfelt, and even brought tears to my eyes. Very sweet, and the girl who played Karen, was simply effective in portraying someone who is mentally challenged, it wasn't another of those "they play off the mental illness in a funny way, and not the right way" Job well done.
May God Bless you.
Your Brother in Christ,
Charles |
Here is a film from a friend of mine, Vickie Rose Sampson. She wrote, directed, and edited this wonderful short film starring Isabel Sanford.
This is Vickie Rose Sampson at her editing suite. She has just finished her work on New Line Cinema's 'Fifteen Minutes', starring Robert DeNiro and has been a sound editor on a number of Hollywood films, as was her mother before her. I served as Vickie's youth leader at the church where we both grew up together. She was married to the late Ron Sampson and has two daughters. She is submitting her latest short film 'Click Three Times" in several film contests. I am biased , of course. But, I think it is a wonderful family film. The film is well written, acted and produced. Instead of just writting a review for a film few people will be able to enjoy, I thought I would place a Real streaming version of it on the internet. So everyone visiting this page can see it. So click one time below and watch 'Click Three Times." If you like it, place an order at the 800 number below.
This is the magical tale of a mentally challenged young woman who escapes her parents' incessant arguing by retreating to the garage where she draws rainbows. One night she finds a bag lady hiding there and assumes she is her very own own fairy godmother, a role the bag lady doesn't deny. After the bag lady mysteriously disappears, Karen's parents begin to see their daughter and her artwork in a new light. Could the bag lady be Karen's godmother after all?
