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In the first article of this series I explained the concept of protecting your buy-and-hold equity portfolio using an options strategy that is generally different than most. I should be clear that this is not a strategy that should be employed continuously; rather it is designed to be used only when a bull market is nearing its end. We never know for certain when the end will come, but once a bull market has passed the average duration of all bull markets since 1929, I like to average into my positions to protect against the next inevitable bear market to hold onto what appreciation I have already gained while continuing to collect those rising dividends. I use this method to reduce the negative impact on my principal position. It is not about trying to time the market as some will undoubtedly claim in their comments. This is strictly a temporary position only deployed as the bull is a little long in the tooth which allows me to maintain my capital and continue to build from near the top rather than having to dig out a hole every eight or ten years.
If the equity position of your portfolio had been about $500,000 in January of 2000 and you were invested in the S&P 500 Index, at the low point in 2001 the value of your portfolio would have dropped to approximately $255,000. Yes, the buy-and-hold investors would eventually see their portfolio value increase again to levels above the original $500,000, especially if they reinvested dividends. What we are trying to do with this strategy is to reduce that temporary setback from $230,000 to something less than $100,000. The difference of saving over $100,000 in principle can add significantly to a portfolio's growth over the longer term. We give up some of the income/appreciation near the top of the bull, but save the majority of our capital from loss to continue building our portfolio without having to dig out of those huge holes. I will keep the examples relatively simple here and get more detailed as we move through the series.
To take that example a little further, let us assume you are using the dividends in retirement and unable to reinvest the earnings. Let us also assume that you are no longer saving from other sources and cannot add additional capital to your portfolio to increase your investments. So, now all we are measuring is the capital appreciation of your portfolio. If your portfolio value had been $500,000 in January of 2000 at the top and $255,000 in October of 2002 at the bottom, your portfolio would have climbed its way back up to $520,000 by July of 2007. Then it would have dropped back down to roughly $220,000 by early March of 2009. Today, the value of your portfolio would be back up to about $580,000. Assuming your stocks pay a rising stream of dividends you would be doing just fine.
Now, I would like to suggest a conservative application of this protection strategy. Instead of achieving a total value of $500,000 in 2000, we need to assume that you started getting nervous in April of 1999 and began using a small portion of your capital (maybe 5%) to protect your portfolio reducing your top valuation in January 2000 to about $475,000. Then let us also assume that your hedge only protected you from half of the losses sustained in the following bear market leaving with a loss of 25.5% and a portfolio value of $355,000 at the bottom in July 2001. You remove your hedge a little later in 2001 and return to your normal buy-and-hold strategy, collecting those rising dividends. Your portfolio grows to just over $690,000 by July 2007, even after holding out another 5% of assets to deploy your protection strategy again. But, let us get a little more conservative this time and assume that you did not deploy your strategy until the January 2008 and the market had already dropped by 13%. Now your portfolio is only worth $600,000 (again after removing another 5% to employ the protection strategy). Now we will also assume that you only protected your portfolio against half of the losses again. Thus, at the bottom of the cycle, in March 2009, your portfolio is down to $465,000. Again, you remove your options contracts a little later in 2009 (part of the reason you only achieve a 50% hedge against loss) and go back to your regular buy-and-hold strategy. Today, instead of having about $580,000, you would have approximately $1,200,000 in your portfolio. The difference is staggering at $640,000! That is more than double the asset accumulation over a period of less than 15 years.
You may achieve better results than in the example or you may achieve poorer results than in the example. The point here is not how to get rich; it is merely a strategy to reduce your losses to enable you to keep your portfolio working harder for you. Now, I want us to look at the income side of the equation. In reality, your portfolio of equities will fall by the full amount of the market loss. But the options contracts will increase in value to offset a portion of those losses. Your income remains nearly the same from your original portfolio (minus the 5% each time used in the protection strategy). But, when you unwind your hedge positions you sell the option contracts for a gain. Assuming you simply add more of the shares that you originally owned so the yield does not change, your income would now have increased by about 110% from what it would have been using a straight buy-and-hold strategy.
I hope that explains better the why of considering this strategy. I realize that some investors will never consider using options as part of their investing strategy. I respect that position and hope that those with that mindset can also respect other points of view. We can compare notes again in another ten years. Finally, the last thing I want to do before discussing the first candidate for the strategy is to list the criteria that I use in screening for the candidates. Not all criteria need to be met, with one exception being the first on the list. The more the merrier!
- History of high beta activity, falling more than the Index in past bear markets.
- Above average debt relative to the industry in which the company competes.
- History of using debt to enhance cash flow used to pay dividends and buy back shares.
- Operating in an industry that tends to be cyclical that gets hit hard during recessions.
- History of cutting dividends during past recessions or when dealing with constrained cash flow.
- Falling revenues, profit margins and significant reductions to capital spending or research and development during recessions (impeding future growth prospects).
Although I don't screen in that order, each of those criteria can cause a stock to fall in price especially when they occur in combinations. I start with an assessment of the industries to determine those that will be most likely to be impacted more by an economic contraction. I look for industries that rely more heavily on discretionary spending that can be postponed until better times or for which substitutes readily exist. The first candidate comes from the air transport (airlines) industry. Customer behavior is not sustainable through periods of lower wages or joblessness for this group. People travel less and tend to drive more to vacations closer to home more often when the household budgets get strained. Also, businesses become more restrictive on travel for conferences and meetings during economic downturns as a method of controlling costs. None of this bodes well for major air carriers when a recession hits.
I identify an industry I review the companies and their history of price action relative to the index during recessions; a quick glance at the charts and the current beta tells me all I need to know for screening purposes. That generally narrows the list significantly. I also need to check each candidate to ensure that options are traded and that the options durations are long enough to suit the strategy. Then I look at reasons why the companies' stocks sold off so much relative to competitors; generally the four remaining criteria can explain much of that. Then I analyze the remaining companies to determine which one is the most likely to provide a repeat performance in the next recession; the problems that existed before continue or have become worse. Finally, I look at the available put options to determine which strike price and expiration offers the greatest potential for us.
With that, I would now like to open up the box and reveal my first option protection candidate. During the last recession, certain airlines felt the impact more than their respective competitors in the industry. But the weaker competitors always seem to get hit the most during recessions. There are two companies that meet most of the criteria and would serve us well as protection in the next downturn but one stands out above the other. United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UAL) looks to be potentially the weakest of those companies in this industry that are still standing and not in bankruptcy. Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) came in second but has exhibited more resiliency than UAL in my opinion. I fully expect that UAL stock will fall further during the next economic recession and bear market; probably much further.
Let us take a look at some of the measures of the listed criteria. UAL has a beta of 1.4 according to Value Line and .26 according to Yahoo Finance. Either measure is closer to 1.0 (beta of the S&P 500) during the current environment that during a recession. Stock price activity is the big one for me and UAL performance in this area leaves all others in the dust. The stock fell 97% to $0.60 per share in 2002 and continued to slide over the following two years to bottom out around $0.10 a share. The company posted losses for six years from 2001 through 2006. The reaction to the Great Recession was slightly more muted in comparison with the stock falling from $51.60 at the peak in 2007 all the way down to $2.80 in 2008; a 95% drop. But the company only posted losses for two years, 2008 and 2009, before achieving profitability in 2010 again. Did you notice that the company had a profit for only one year (2007) over a stretch of nine years? Airlines are truly a boom or bust investment, appreciating more than the average during recoveries and crashing harder during recessions than the overall market by a long margin.
Now, I want to look at the other criteria: total debt equals 83% of capital as of September 2013. Standard and Poor's rating on UAL debt is B (below investment grade). Revenues dropped significantly in each recession. The company does not pay a dividend. Both operating and net profit margins have fallen since 2011 and, of course, when there is no profit (as in 2008 and 2009) the profit margin turns negative. Additionally, the trailing P/E is above 28. I consider that to be high for this company at this stage of the economic recovery. Overall, I think UAL is an exceptional candidate for the protection strategy.
Next, we look at the available put options. I realize that there are January 2016 options available (which could extend the protection over a longer period), but the prices in the range I want to buy are more than double what we need to pay for the same strike price for January 2015 contracts. If the economy keeps chugging along and the UAL stock price ends up higher that it is today, we should be able to purchase another set of contracts for January 2016 expiration for a price similar to what we would pay today for 2015 contracts. This makes it cheaper to buy the 2015 options and roll into the 2016 options when the time comes, if necessary. Why tie up more money unnecessarily? Looking at it another way; if the market falls significantly in 2014 we would make more from the 2015 expiration puts than 2016 expiration and do so for a lower cost.
My expectation is that UAL stock will once again fall below $10 if the U.S. economy dips back into recession. Remember: the stock dropped much further in the last recession from an even higher level. But, just to stay a little more conservative I decided to use $15 as a reasonable stock price target should we experience another bear market. The results are pretty amazing. Based upon that assumption, the sweet spot in the strike prices for January 2015 put option contracts on UAL is $20 with a price of $0.44 per share ($44 per contract of 100 shares). If the price falls to $15 on a put option with a $20 strike price our contracts would be $5 in the money. Depending upon how long the contract has before expiration we could end up getting all of the $5 or a smaller percentage. Collecting $5 per contract gives us a profit of $456 per contract (minus commissions). If we wanted to buy contracts on eight different stocks for diversification we would need to purchase about 8 contracts to protect against a 30% portfolio loss. The cost would be $440 (plus commissions) to protect 1/8 of a portfolio of $100,000.
Assuming a $100,000 equity portfolio and a market loss of 30% (or $30,000) to be protected against, eight positions would need to provide us with $3,750 in protection each. If you want to protect only half of your portfolio you would buy only four contracts for every $100,000 of value in your portfolio. But remember, I recommend averaging into the full position. So, there are multiple ways to do this: purchase a full position of put options on each stock you select for protection at intervals to save on commissions or buy a portion of all eight (or any subset) of the put options selected at different times. My purchases will be about three to six weeks apart and I plan on doing four purchases.
I had planned on providing a tutorial on options in this article, but since this one is already getting a little long I will start the next article with the tutorial instead so it does not get left out again. I hope that this is beginning to make some sense. The profit potential from each contract on UAL is over 1000% should we encounter another recession or bear market. That potential comes from the leverage available from using options. That is how we protect our portfolio; by offsetting our losses on our long-term hold positions with huge short-term gains on relatively small positions that we can then reinvest. I would be remiss if I did not also point out that we also have the potential to lose 100% of the cost of the option contracts. That is the price of insurance. Insurance is only good when you need it. But if the market crashes and you don't have it…well, that's the way the cookie crumbles. If you do not want to use this sort of protection, you could also consider using a trailing stop loss on each of your positions. Of course, the problem with that method is that you may end up having to pay taxes on all of your gains if the market falls and you may need to rebuild your portfolio from scratch. With this options strategy, we pay taxes (if we invest outside of a tax advantaged account) only on the gains from the options and we still own our original portfolio never giving up the income stream. Then we get into comparing whether the tax liability is greater for the long-term capital gains or the short-term gains as each requires us to pay a different rate. But that is fodder for another article perhaps later in this series.
As always, I welcome comments and will try to address any concerns or questions either in the comments section or in a future article as soon as I can. The great thing about Seeking Alpha is that we can agree to disagree and, through respectful discussion, learn from each other's experience and knowledge.
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Dear Carolyn: When I was married four years ago, a shocking number of people did not understand the etiquette of being invited to a formal event. Some people showed up in jeans when the invite clearly stated "cocktail attire." Some people showed up without having RSVP'd. However, the worst was people showing up with dates who were clearly not invited (in two cases, people I have never seen before or since). Thankfully it all worked out because we had some extra chairs from people who said they were coming and just never showed.
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Place jalapeno and onion in the food processor.
Process it for a few seconds. .
Add in the rest of the ingredients.
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Patti says
Those Ro-tel's are amazing! This is great quick homemade salsa! I'm happy you are getting recipes from Grandma for Easter!
From the Kitchen says
Super simple always catches my eye. And, you're right, who doesn't like salsa?
RavieNomNoms says
I adore salsa and I like it even better when I get to make it homemade! I am such a sucker for salsa…I eat it on eggs, burgers, chips, breakfast burritos (or regular ones haha)…anything really haha 😉
cajunlicious says
Delicious! I make a similar one with 1/2 a bunch cilantro and lime.
Jennifer says
I love how simple this recipe is. I like it on the mild side too (and so do my kids) so this sounds great. I'd probably add some cilantro ot it and then squeeze some lime juice on top…that's what I learned from my favorite little hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant near my house.
Thanks for sharing this…anxious to buy the ingredients to make it!
Holly says
I've never made my own salsa because it seems like too much work. This recipe sounds simple and easy! I'll have to try it : )
Siggy Spice says
I LOVE blender salsa! I make mine all the time and never get tired of it 🙂
The Country Cook says
I think cilantro and lime would be a wonderful addition to this! I'm slowly working on my hubby to get him to enjoy cilantro. It took me years just to get him to eat salsa! LOL
A Busy Nest says
Chips and salsa are such a great snack anytime.
Martha (MM) says
A nice simple salsa is one of my favorites! 🙂
Gloria says
absolutely delicious!! gloria
It's salsa and time for a quick dance since it's awards again. You may already have these so just feel free to ignore but wanted to pass on the awards to you. I love your blog and so glad to know you as a blogger friend!
Lizzy says
Oh, yum! We all love salsa here! I love the idea of using Rotel…as there's such a short time when we get decent tomatoes here. Excellent recipe~
Kimberly says
I LOVE IT!!! Finally a salsa recipe that doesn't have Cilantro in it!!!!!! *Happy Dance!!* I rarely get good salsa anymore since I can't eat cilantro, can't wait to try this ASAP!!!
scratch-made wife says
Love, love, love salsa! I can my own, but this could be a nice change for those times that I'm out – like now!
cajunlicious says
Trust me add the cilantro and lime,it adds a nice freshness. My husband has me make a batch every week…lol
Butrcreamblondi says
I eat salsa on just about everything and home made is always better! Your recipe sounds great! I'm definitely going to try it
spcookiequeen says
You are right that is easy. I tend to like mine a little spicier though, it would be really easy to kick this one up. Hope you are having a great week.
scrambledhenfruit says
Salsa and chips are my favorite snack- this looks delicious! 🙂
Muriel Miller says
Brandie- I have been looking for an easy quick throw together salsa recipe forever and I think this one sounds absolutely delish! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog the other day. Can't wait to try this. Bookmarked!
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Tiffany says
Sometimes the simplest dishes are the best!
Katie Mar says
i'm so mad i found this too late!
the other day i was craving salsa and we had NONE, but we do have all of the ingredients to make this!
it looks delicious!
Megan says
I have a slight love affair with salsa and this looks delicious!
Bizzy says
I just found your blog and I love it. I want to visit often.
oh man! your food makes my mouth water. looks so yummy. thanks for leaving a comment on the dragons fairy tail.
Alisa says
I followed you from the foodie blog roll and I'm glad I did. I love reading your blog. I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your site. I hope you could add this salsa widget at the end of this post so we could add you in our list of food bloggers who blogged about salsa,Thanks!
KAT says
YUM- YUM Love salsa!
Jeanne says
I made this on Saturday and couldn't wait two hours to try it…it was so good! We had some last night after it was sitting for over 24 hours and it was even better. I've been looking for a good salsa recipe and I've found it! Thanks 🙂
Question, how long do you think it stays good?
The Country Cook says
Hi Jeanne! Thank you so much for coming back and letting me know how much you enjoyed it!! So glad you liked it 🙂
You can keep it in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week. To be honest, I've probably stretched it up to a week and a half before without problems.
Gooseberry Patch says
Super simple and super fresh…we love it! Thanks so much for sharing another winner in today's Round-Up. Be sure and enter it on our website too, if you feel like sharing. 🙂
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You may just find yourself in a Gooseberry Patch cookbook someday soon! Thanks again. 🙂
Vanessa Guerra says
YUM-O!!! Will make your recipe and serve it on our "Salsa" bowl. lol – Thank you, sweet Brandie. ♥♥♥
Anonymous says
Hi there! Was just making this and see you noted not to drain the tomatoes, but what about the Rotel chilis? I questioned it beforehand, but dumped it all in anyway. Now, this seems really thin. Lynn
Grubarazzi says
That looks super good, and super easy!
knightfirstlady says
Just wondering–Can you process this in jars to can, or could you freeze it to keep for later? I am wanting a recipe to use for making a large quantity to put for winter.
Anonymous says
Yes…I would like to know if you fan freeze it also
Snowmanlover says
My husband made it tonight and it was very good! Thank you, Brandie!
The Country Cook says
It seems I missed a comment or two on here – so sorry! First of all – this is a thinner type salsa. I don't drain any of the cans. This salsa was inspired by the one at Chili's restaurant. If you want a thicker salsa, then by all means, please drain the cans or just one of the cans.
This can be canned and stored up for later. It has about a 6 month shelf life if canned properly. I haven't actually tried freezing it but I don't see why it wouldn't hold up well in the freezer. If anyone has tried freezing it – please let me know!
Snowmanlover – thank you for letting me know how it turned out for you. So happy you enjoyed it!
Anonymous says
I make this salsa to have along with your chicken enchiladas 🙂 My fiance loves both recipes and says that the salsa is some of the best. We will not be buying jars of salsa anymore because this is so easy to make and delicious. Can't thank you enough!
Donna V says
Looks good
Anonymous says
This is very close to the salsa i make but i add two cans of rotel the juice of one lime and fresh cilantro ,,, the lime makes it have a great taste ,, i get great feed back from family members and freinds when when ever i take this places or make it and share with my sister and cousin there salsa lovers too….
Shelina High says
How long can this be stored?
Greg Richey says
There is really no reason to worry about how long it can be stored in my house. It never lasts more than a couple of days. It is delicious and addictive and whenever I make it I wander why I ever buy salsa premade. I like to add chopped cilantro to it. Just a little though. This is very good and the taste is much fresher than store bought salsa.
Juanita Schmidt says
I can't wait to try this. I have to watch my salt so I can adjust for me. I love how simple it sounds. I love salsa. I think I will leave mine a little chunky. Thanks so much.
Kim Honeycutt says
I'm on a salsa kick right now and have tried 2 other recipes I've found. I do like the addition of cilantro and lime in mine so I'll try this adding them. Thanks!! Pinning it!!


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In a week when the achievements of 16-year-old Chinese double gold medallist Ye Shiwen were questioned, Murphy called on swimming authorities to follow the lead of cycling and introduce biological passports. "There are certain things going on in the sport and you can almost go into the locker room back there and point out who is doing it," Murphy said after his elimination from the 50m freestyle last week. "Just by their physique, and the way a swimmer races, you can tell who's at it."
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The shortlist of the top five stories will be announced Saturday 1 October 2016 with the finalists invited to attend the excusive BBC National Short Story Award 2016 ceremony in London on 4 October 2016, where the winner will be announced.
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This is a beautiful and powerful film - flawlessly acted, directed and
written. It is easily the best of the sexual awakening movies that were so
popular in the late fifties, early sixties. And why wouldn't it be - with
Kazan at the helm and an original screenplay by William
The film begins with a similar theme to "Rebel Without a Cause" - that is why won't parents treat their children like human beings and really help them come to terms with becoming adults? But halfway through Inge does a clever turn-around and allows the kids to discover that their parents are human beings too, with all the weaknesses and frailties that go with being human. At the same time Inge portrays the coming of age of America as the joy of the roaring twenties moves into the gloom of the Depression.
The story is about how prejudice and blind morality destroys a great love - sex shouldn't be such a huge issue between two people who love each other, but the enormous pressures from outside to either do it or refrain from doing it cause confusion, pain and hurt. Who will ever forget Natalie Wood leaping naked from a bath screaming at her mother that she is not "spoiled"? Wood gives the performance of her life here, convincingly portraying adolescent love, a nervous breakdown, and the blossoming into woman-hood. Beatty too is splendid as the confused Bud. And both are so achingly beautiful!
The supporting cast is superb down to the smallest role. Barbara Loden is particularly memorable as Beatty's wild flapper sister, but Pat Hingle as his father, and Audrey Christie and Fred Stewart as Wood's parents are also unforgettable.
This is a resonant film that I believe will be more and more appreciated with the passing of time.
So poignant, it hurts. And I'm a heterosexual male who enjoys football
and grunge. Though some of the attitudes toward sex have been tempered
in the intervening years, the turmoils and pressures of being a teen
ring just as true today 42 years after this film's release. Kazan is a
master at capturing those wrenching angsty adolescent and
post-adolescent moments of emotional vulnerability and doubt,
especially concerning the love/hate between children and their parents,
and this is among his best work. A reminder that wistful remembrances
of the seeming innocence and happiness of youth are probably wishful
thinking, and also an ironic prodding that there is seemingly something
idealistic lost or compromised when we enter adulthood. Kudos to the
entire cast but in particular, Natalie Wood is scintillating, perfectly
encapsulating the joys and horrors of someone caught up in the dizzying
power and raging hormones of teen love. Beatty is solid, too, if a bit
overly earnest.
All of the twists and turns of the plot work, though ultimately Bud's family's economic setbacks and deaths and Didi's family's successes are mere soap operatic window dressing to the "A" plot line, which is the heart tugging reality of "nothing bringing back the hour of the Splendor In The Grass" for Bud and Didi, though both obviously still share the feeling. This is the kind of movie that doesn't get made in America now because of the non-commercial (but accurate) ending. Okay, they broached it in the less psychologically challenging CASTAWAY, but slapped on a happy ending afterwards.
SPLENDOR is not perfect; Bud's father (Pat Hingle) is a little overwrought and stereotypically drawn as the socioeconomic snob with castratingly ambitious designs on Bud's future. Bud's sister (Barbara Loden) is similarly too pat as the troubled, neglected child who does all she can to get daddy's disapproval. Still, any of the soapy aspects of the plot just fall away when the Beatty / Wood romance plot line gets cooking. They got the meat of this movie just right and the result is one of the most memorable and vivid examples of young romance ever set down on celluloid. Don't miss it!
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
For me, the greatest moments in "Splendor in the Grass" come with the
emotional wallop you feel during the last ten minutes when Natalie Wood pays
an unexpected visit to her old love (Warren Beatty) and finds that time has
changed everything.
She has those enormously expressive eyes--and wearing that wide-brimmed straw hat and lovely costume she looks so picture-book perfect you want to melt. And, of course, during the film she practically tears your heart out with a passionate portrayal of a girl awakening to love--only to have it all dissolve in the bittersweet ending.
Touching, sensitive and beautifully played. William Inge's perceptive screen play is an exceptional piece of writing and has the same haunting mood as his "Picnic" in addition to being a slice of real Americana. He has a real feel for defining all of the minor characters as well.
Pat Hingle is, as always, excellent as the father from hell, and others in the cast give earnest, realistic performances. Elia Kazan proves that he's one of the most brilliant directors we have.
I'm not a Warren Beatty fan but he gives an exceptionally good performance here as the uncertain football hero. As for Natalie, it's the most tender and touching performance of her career. She was rightfully nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress but lost the award to Sophia Loren for "Two Women". Whatever, 1961 was quite a year for Natalie Wood. "West Side Story" was voted Best Picture and she made quite a good impression as Maria too.
I am not a fan of the politics of Mr. Kazan, nor do I have the least amount
of respect for his conduct during the McCarthy era, however I cannot help
but acknowledge that he is simply one of the finest movie directors who ever
Splendor In The Grass is yet another brilliantly acted film, one which is so engrossing, so riveting, that by the time it is finished one literally feels out of breath. Now perhaps one could say, well Mr. Kazan has been blessed with a continuing succession of extremely talented actors and actresses. This is true, "Gentleman's Agreement," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On The Waterfront," "Splendor In The Grass" each possess legendary performers. However! How did they perform at their best? Mr. Kazan. And if you ever hear them interviewed, those who are still alive, they all pay tribute to his superior ability to demand and acquire the best an actor has to offer. Natalie Wood in particular proves this in the film, so does the nascent Warren Beatty, both whom deliver poise far beyond their respective ages at that time.
Mr. Kazan also is a superior story teller and this film maneuvers with lyrical facility and poetic grace. I did not find one moment unnecessary, every image told a story and aided my descent into the minds of the characters. And you certainly empathize with them! You are drawn in and engrossed by their experiences. All of this is the result of a master technician and artistic visionary who had both the aesthetic genius and technical know-how to conduct one of a series of top-notch pieces in the American film landscape. A must see!
How poignant this movie is....showing us young love between Deanie and Bud. All the time, you just know that the parents are setting them up for disaster. I first saw this film when I was a young woman of 12 in 1967 and it impressed me so much how two people could be in love, but it could never be. I cried and cried, thinking how sad this was. Now, as a grown woman, watching it, I still felt the same. I still cried after watching it the other night. I always loved Natalie Wood and felt that there was a real chemistry between she and Warren Beatty. (I think their real-life affair during this film contributed to the sparks that fly in this movies). Also, the time period added alot symbolically to the film: The care-free Roaring Twenties which eventually led to the harsh reality of the Depression. Brilliant work of Elia Kazan!!!
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Opening on a glorious shot of a waterfall and a passionate lip-lock
between raven-haired beauty Natalie Wood and boyishly handsome Warren
Beatty in an old-fashioned car, the ambivalent need to succumb to
temptation but wanting to be good - "Don't Bud - no!" Elia Kazan's
masterpiece of adolescent longing, self-discovery and suppression is a
fabulous experience. The hypocritical society that stifles young Deanie
Loomis (Wood), drilling that no nice girl indulges or thinks about
natural sexual desires and impulses, while young men are free to pursue
their lust, but not with any virtuous girls. Deanie, daughter of a
working-class family, is madly in love with Bud Stamper (Beatty, in his
debut), the son of the wealthiest clan in town, and star of the
school's athletic teams. Their romance is doomed by their parents'
interference and control. Bud can't continue the relationship with all
the pressure placed on him by his domineering father, Ace (Pat Hingle),
not to mention the presence of his nymphomaniac, flapper sister, Ginny
(Barbara Loden, who, at this time, was Mrs. Elia Kazan). Deanie's
mother (Audrey Christie) constantly shadows her daughter, discouraging
her from any impure thoughts or actions. After their breakup, Bud gets
his release from the most promiscuous girl in school, and this
devastates Deanie, who feels that she has to go bad to regain his love
and attention. At a school dance, she copies Ginny's seductive style,
and attempts to seduce Bud to get him back. He turns her down, leading
Deanie to the reservoir where her nervous breakdown explodes, and she
is sent to a sanitarium to recuperate. Bud then has to find himself,
while Deanie must heal to regain her sanity and sense of self-worth.
Each of their journeys are poignant, as is the revelation that Ginny, on a self-destructive path, dies in an automobile crash. She obviously desperately wanted her father's unconditional love and attention, which he refused to give her, never ceasing to remind her that she was an embarrassment and a disappointment. Her drunken argument with Bud says it all - "If you weren't my brother, you wouldn't even come near me! You're a nice boy, you're nice, I know what you nice boys are like - you only talk to me in the dark!" Bud's meeting with his future wife, Angelina (Zohra Lampert) and Deanie's relationship with fellow patient Johnny, beautifully presents the inner peace and healing that each of the protagonists have sought. The climax is a wonderfully touching end - a reunion of sorts, to make peace with the past.
"Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind." Wood was Oscar-nominated for Best Actress, and she certainly was deserving of that accolade. She and Beatty began an affair after shooting was completed that was sadly short-lived, kind of a painful echo of their on-screen relationship. Another sad parallel is Deanie's breakdown as she swims in the reservoir, since Wood's tragic demise would be as a result of the element that she feared most - water.
The film also features the debuts of Gary Lockwood, Sandy Dennis and Phyllis Diller, as well as Splendor's playwright author, William Inge, in a cameo as the church reverend.
A beautiful piece of movie-making, deserving of its status as a classic.
I watched Splendor In The Grass today in its entirety for the first time. I
had seen bits and pieces of it on late night TV before, and had planned to
try and see the whole movie for many years. I must say that I strongly
disagree with the notion that this movie is "dated" and has lost its power
over the last 40 years. This movie is not about un-requited love, but
rather about two people who are deeply in love with each other.
Unfortunately, due to various external forces such as their parents, their
peers, the pressure to fit in with the rest of "normal" society, their
fears, their innocent lack of understanding of how special their feelings
are for each other, etc. all lead to one screwed up attempt after another to
open up to each other and try to act on what they feel in their hearts.
While some of the dialogue may be "dated", these two people struggling with
love together is in my opinion as timeless as love itself.
This is one of those rare movies that while brilliant in its day, is somehow enhanced further by its age (it was filed 40 years ago in 1961). The age of the movie seems to make its message even more powerful. Lost love, time marching on, people trying to leave the past in the past and move forward, these messages are somehow made more realistic and more moving by the knowledge of the passage of time that has occurred since this film was made. Am I making any sense here?
My gosh, Natalie Wood was a flower in full bloom when she appeared in this film. What a beautiful young woman she was and she gave a wonderful performance as Deannie. Warren Beatty was good too as Bud, her high school sweetheart, but Natalie Wood stole the show. What a lucky guy Robert Wagner was for being married twice to this beautiful and talented woman. What is it about this film, that in spite of the fact that I never knew Natalie Wood in real life, just watching her in this film and realizing she is gone from this world brings me deep feelings of sadness. She would be 63 years old now, the same age as my mother, had she not been tragically killed in a drowning accident in California.
I am not educated in the art of film making or acting. However, I am a lover of good movies. This film makes we wish I had studied acting or directing or film or whatever, so that I could be involved in the production of movies like Splendor in The Grass.
I am babbling and jumping around all over the place here but I want to add a couple more thoughts. I disagree with the notion that this movie tries to sell the message that one must forget about the past and move on. To the contrary, I think the true message delivered by this film is that you only have one life on this planet, one chance, and if you are lucky enough to find someone that makes you feel the way Deannie and Bud felt for each other, you should do your best to explore it for what it is and not throw it away, because you are young. The future may not always bring someone else along that makes you feel the same way again. Also, parent's may think they know what is best for their children at all times, especially about who they should go out with or become involved with. But parent's have to let their children live their own lives, or their meddling may do way more harm and none of the good they intended.
Warren Beatty made his screen debut in Hollywood with this treasure of a film. One of the best ever made. For me, I can barely make it through without shedding a tear. It's probably the most emotionally devastating film I've seen and somehow struck a chord with me like few other films have. The Shootist and The Bridges of Madison County are two other movies that bring out the Kleenex, but not the way Kazan's film can. The setting is a dim rural Kansas farming community in the days just prior to the Great Depression. Yet things are good in the beginning. The Stamper family is making a fortune off their stocks and the Loomis family has recently invested and stands to make money as well. Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood play two of the children of the families who go together in high school and are desperately in love. Beatty is Bud Stamper and Wood is Deannie Loomis. Both are in their teenage years and their hormones are raging. Sexual repression and it's consequences are examined in the film and why such conservatism and restraint exists. Bud and Deannie do not have sex, though both feel extremely uncomfortable from the tension that arises when they mutually suppress their instincts. Deannie is told by her mother that good girls don't do things like that, nor should they enjoy it. Bud on the otherhand is told by his freewheeling father, played excellently by Pat Hingle, that there's two kinds of girls in the world. Those that put out and those that don't. His only advice for his son is to not get into trouble, by which he means get a girl pregnant. Bud knows all too well about the "other" kind of girl, as his sister has become one of them. Bud fights pressures on all sides of his life including sports, his relationship with Deannie, finding a college, and sexual repression. Yet he is emotionally stable enough to take it. Deannie on the otherhand makes an altar to Bud and her entire existence seems to revolve around him. What makes the film so compelling is watching these wonderful characters who are not cliché' even if their problems sometimes are. Warren Beatty plays his role naturally sensitive but conflicted with his father and peer's advice that he "man-up." Deannie is quiet, shy, beautiful, and sensitive. When Bud's need can no longer remain in check he sleeps with another girl. This news sends Deannie into complete shock. Natalie Wood brings so much depth to the character. I can vision a thousand places where her scenes could have gone wrong, but somehow it works. Even the most difficult and infamous scene in the movie where Wood is soaking in the tub and then stands up screaming at her mother before running out of the bathroom. Deannie's mother only wants the best for her, but it's the old fashioned values, restraint, and the pain of Bud with another girl, which eventually snowball into Deannie being sent to a mental institution after a nervous breakdown and suicide attempt (ironically Wood attempts suicide by drowning in the movie, years later the real life Wood died from drowning. She carried a fear of water with her through her entire life). From this point in the movie the stock market crashes and Bud moves past Deannie but fails college before continuing his personal dream of becoming a farmer. William Wordsworth wrote the poem from which the film takes its name. The film deals with first love in a way few other films have. Certainly a movie of today examining the issue would not be so foreboding. One might think the film is unrealistic because of the outbursts and almost too fragile teens. It is easy to laugh and say how stupid and ignorant love is at that age, but for those who've lived and felt it, I think it'd be difficult to see this movie as far fetched in anyway. Or even scoff at the characters and their desperate behavior. Afterall, we're dealing with an age and time where suicide is among the leading causes of death for teenagers and 20-year olds and one of the major factors are breakups with first loves. Natalie Wood gives one of the finest, most powerful performances in all of cinema. She'll break your heart and make you feel as much for her character as possible with the medium. Warren Beatty is also good as Bud, the confused and repressed young man who just wants things to make sense. There are few films as fine as Elia Kazan's 1961 picture that tackles these subjects and can deal with them in such a sincere and emotional way.
This is a most beautiful film in all senses ; picture quality and colors which they don't seem capable of making any more in spite of all the modern technology, beautiful scenery, and above all two beautiful actors. I also loved the clothes Nathalie Wood wore during the film. Pat Hingle plays a character almost unbelievable today. Although this " frustrated love " is sad and brings tears to my eyes, I still cannot help watching the film quite regularly even though I know the end will leave me frustrated. There is a lot if implied rather than visible passion in this film ( its French title is - " la fièvre dans le sang " or fever in the blood ). This hidden, repressed passion is more gripping than if we had seen the couple simply lie down and get on with it !! But perhaps the passion is a little too stifled and a few short scences with more passionate physical contact might have satisfied the spectator ! But that's a very subjective matter. But I end as I started by reiterating the total beauty of the film at all levels.
This one of the greatest movies i ever seen.Everything is perfect. Based on a play by William Inge,Natalie Wood shines in every scene and also marks the movie debut of Warren Beatty. The Movie is a true classic directed by master Elia Kazan,set in Kansas during depression era a love story between a rich boy (Beatty) and poor girl (Wood),the families are against the romance. The supporting players also giving good performances including Pat Hingle and Audrey Christie. I watched this movie many times and when is released in DVD in Brazil,i want to buy. Natalie carries the movie with dignity and how great actress she was,a tour de force she gives and unfortunately,she didnt receive the academy award she really deserves.Her performance have academy award caliber and she never get the recognition she really deserves. But for all fans she did marvelous movies,many of them classics like "Splendor in the Grass".
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