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by half.italian

Member since 2006 · Posted 16 Oct 2006 · 7 comments

I won't sleep again tonight. This time I watched a movie that reminded me of life It woke me from boredom It screamed at me to quit my job It pointed out that the eight hours I spend every day stroking egos are eight hours I could be sleeping or fucking or golfing I've acted on these thoughts before and each time I ended up similar in the end So I'll spend the rest of the night searching for a loop hole and at eight I'll go to work.

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[n/a] Ranger 16-Oct-06/12:51 PM Reply
Which film? It sounds vaguely American Beauty-esque.
[n/a] half.italian › Ranger 17-Oct-06/12:41 AM Reply
Excellent movies do this to me no matter what the subject. It's a gift that I enjoy from time to time. I watched "Born into Brothels" and then "Bukowski: Born into This"

I really need to describe the feeling more elaborately. It's much more complicated than just making me question things. It's extremely empowering, and gives me an incredible euphoria that few things in life compare to. It forces me to question how I live and what is important in life. It makes everything seem possible for a while. This is the feeling that built Hollywood.

While I LOVED "American Beauty" the first thru fifth time I saw it, I recently rented it and was disappointed. It's not a great movie for repeat viewing. Another movie that did this to me and still my favorite movie: "Lost In Translation"
[n/a] Ranger › half.italian 17-Oct-06/4:03 AM Reply
Euphoria? Not an overpowering sense of nihilism? That's what I often get from films. What did you think to Requiem For A Dream? I utterly hated it.

'Crash' had the finest moment of raw emotion in of any film I've ever seen.
[n/a] half.italian › Ranger 17-Oct-06/11:47 PM Reply
Requiem for a dream made my skin crawl. I litteraly felt like I was on speed by the end. It was genius, but not something I'd choose to subject myself to often.
[7] Dovina 17-Oct-06/12:56 PM Reply
"Loophole" is one word. A bit wordy: "This time I watched a movie that reminded me of life It woke me from boredom" could be "A movie woke me from boredom."
[n/a] Ranger › Dovina 17-Oct-06/2:58 PM Reply
The thing I'll say about the poem is that it reads like a paragraph of prose with semi-arbitrary line breaks.
[7] pete 21-Oct-06/6:48 AM Reply
lol :)