{"id":2191,"date":"2018-11-20T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2018-11-20T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:00:04","slug":"five-movies-featuring-someone-dying-of-tb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/11\/20\/five-movies-featuring-someone-dying-of-tb\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Movies Featuring\u2026 Death by TB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2192\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/moulinrouge.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t cry very often at movies, except for one, glaring reason. If someone snuffs it due to tuberculosis (aka Consumption), I will ugly cry. Not a couple of poignant tears, but full-on weeping. It doesn\u2019t matter how bad the movie is, I <em>will <\/em>bawl my eyes out.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for me, TB is a popular disease to die of in movies, especially in the period dramas I love so much. I&#8217;m doomed to an eternity of tears because of movies like these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wind Rises (DVD 11597)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one messed me up good. I cried in the movie theater, I cried in the lobby, and I cried into my hot chocolate at the caf\u00e9 we retreated to afterward. It\u2019s one of my favorite films.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2193\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/the-wind-rises.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moulin Rouge (DVD 297)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is there any movie scene more sad than consumptive Nicole Kidman dying in Ewan Mcgregor\u2019s arms? I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2194\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/moulinrouge2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bright Star (DVD 7070)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In which the waifish John Keats dies of TB in Rome, forever separated from his beloved Fanny.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2195\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/brightstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"193\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tombstone (DVD 2812)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doc Holliday battles tuberculosis\u2026. And outlaws. I haven\u2019t seen this one yet, but now I have to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2196\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/holliday.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les Miserables (DVD 254)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anne Hathaway\u2019s Oscar-winning performance as the long-suffering Fantine left me in tears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2197\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/11\/lesmis.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Forgotten Plague (DVD 12023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just in case you want to learn more about tuberculosis, the good people at PBS have you covered.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t cry very often at movies, except for one, glaring reason. 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