Attention Women Readers…
22Apr2004 Filed under: Word MercenaryI’m working on an article and I need some pull quotes.
So, women readers: what movie affected your life the most, and how? ie, what movie changed your perspective, inspired you, taught you things, helped you realize something about yourself or a life situation?
I’m on deadline with this one, so quick answers win the love.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Katherine
April 22nd, 2004 at 11:27 am
Groundhog Day continues to blow my mind, even though I’ve seen it some dozen or so times. It’s an amazing metaphor for how living really is the same basic stuff day after day, how each time it rolls around again is another chance to make it right inside of ourselves, and with others. The Matrix is another impactful one for me, about how we are trapped inside of robotic, programmed behavior but that with the right company, mindset, and intention we can break free. Last night I saw Kill Bill 2 and walked away with this deep sense of how we are who we are, and fighting against it, trying to assume another identity is ultimately pointless. But sometimes, something comes along and knocks us into a larger, broader identity, incorporating who we used to be, but also transcending it. It also spoke to me about how important it is to make things right, to reclaim what was mine, what was stolen. Movies rock
patchoulli
April 22nd, 2004 at 11:53 am
Movies are so hard. When I was little… “Mommie Dearest†(the Joan Crawford story), opened my eyes to the fact that being hit with THINGS was a little excessive, and that I didn’t have to respect that or become that. In my twenties, “Trainspotting†pointed out to me that the drug-infested madness immediately surrounding me was quite shocking and real, and I needed to escape that scenario and “choose [my] futureâ€. And quite frankly, most recently, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind†pointed out the subtle reality that no matter how we try to change the past, we are still who we are, and that comes from what’s in our personal nature… and that really doesn’t change.
donut
April 22nd, 2004 at 12:47 pm
Cabaret is probably the movie that most formed who I am. A perfect combination of decadence and a subtly threatening atmosphere. Everything I know about life, I learned first from this movie. If you’re ever wondering how I developed my secret identity as a gay man, just ask Bob Fosse.
Ariel
April 22nd, 2004 at 2:23 pm
Thanks, everyone! I got all the quotes I needed — PERFECTO!