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Philipp
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Hi Fellas,do you have movies, which have a personal, special meaning to you?
Mine is definetely THE FIELD OF DREAMS. I saw it first, the week after my much beloved grandfather died in 95. I have heard much before about it, remember seeing it once, when I stayed in the US. But after this week, with my grandfather being buried, the movie got a whole new meaning to me. I had to cry at the ending, and this is still, every time I watch it, a very important movie for me, because it helped me in my healing process.
So, what are your personal, special movies?
Philipp
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posted 03-05-2002 11:27 AM PT (US) 
Lou Goldberg

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There are many things in movies that match personal experiences I've had. Although it's based on a stage play by Eugene O'Neill, when I saw the 60s film version of Long Day's Journey Into Night with Katherine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell, and Jason Robards, I felt I was watching my complete family history up on screen, the coincidences are uncanny in fact.There are other films that reflect personal experiences as well as well as ones that reflect my hopes, dreams, and wishes as well, but I'll have to return at another time with lists and details.
posted 03-05-2002 09:27 PM PT (US) 
Howard L
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Oh wow this is really eerie. A few days ago I was speaking with my sister about a family "right out of a Eugene O'Neill play" and now out of the blue comes your reply re the great Long Day's Journey..., a stage-to-screen filmization I have always admired. Along these lines, I wish I were around to see Mr. Robards as Iceman's "Hickey". I'm sure Mr. Spacey was fine in the recent revival but you just don't get 'em any better than Robards.*******************************************************************
[Message edited by Howard L on 03-07-2002]
posted 03-07-2002 12:18 PM PT (US) 
Lou Goldberg

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Man I wish my family wasn't like ALDJIN but alas it's true. In the play, the father is a doctor who shuts lights off around the house and won't spend a penny on his family but then goes and blows tons of money on bad investments and that is my dad. In the play, the mother escapes the bad marriage by becoming a drug addict. My parents divorced, my mom was in an accident that causes her a lot of pain and she became hooked on prescription drugs. In the play, the family has two boys and no one else. The older boy has promise but slacks and sleeps with fat prostitutes, the younger boy is sensitive and has TB. I'm the older boy (I'll date just about anything) and my younger brother is sensitive and has TB! And we all treat each other horribly and lovelessly just like in the play. Watching the 60s film version was the most revealtory and painful experience I'd ever had in a movie. But it's not the only film to resonate with me personally. Just the one that came the closest to home.
posted 03-09-2002 09:12 PM PT (US) 
Howard L
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I hear ya. During the college days I wrote a paper that sort of weaved in and out of several of the plays but used LDJ as the focal point. Wouldn't mind looking at the thing right now but it's up north. Anyway, Ms. Hepburn's reading of the line about "...the past, it's always there..." wonderfully illustrated what I felt was the central O'Neil theme that everything else more or less sprang from and returned to. It may not sound like much but the implications were/are staggering.
posted 03-11-2002 06:59 AM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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I have many like that, especially some of those from the 1930s and 1940s. I have liked some movies of every decade, but not too many recently.Best, J.
posted 03-11-2002 08:53 AM PT (US) 
Donovan448

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See Below[Message edited by Donovan448 on 03-19-2002]
posted 03-19-2002 12:04 PM PT (US) 
Donovan448

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quote:
Originally posted by Donovan448:
I saw the Empire Strikes Back when I was a kid and you would be surprised how much that movie taught me. It taught me to stand up for myself, even my own dad could be wrong every now and then. I found it is harder to stand up to a loved one than it is to stand up to a stranger. I stranger does not know your weaknesses your friends and family do. The movie clearly defines good and evil. Also I remember the excitement which flowed through my body even after I saw it over and over again. Hearing the audience cheer was great. The Matrix is the only movie able to recreate that emotional responce. Again, it clearly defines good and evil.As far as The Phantom Menace goes. I refuse to accept it as the first Star Wars movie. Hopefully the episode 2, Attack of the Clones, will be better than The Phantom Menace. If it is? Then episode 2 will replace episode 1 in my book. The only thing good about The Phantom Menace was the soundtrack, lol.
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