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taratemimaI did this as sort of an assignment for creative ideas. What do my favorite movies have in common?
The list is
(I put a link to a movie I didn't think people on the fl know about)
The closest I can think of is most have elements of the picaresque. If they do not, they have elements of the fantasic, secrets, and either going somewhere or being in some place new (the main character in The Changeling just moved to the haunted house, and Mitch in Real Genius was the new kid in school).
Really, that is the closest connection I think of.
Unless human combustion, irrational fears of Orson Welles and weapons development are related.
Oh no, I forgot Fright Night and Say Anything, which do have odd characters, though. However, it takes place in one town. Forbidden Zone definitely takes the picaresque as far as possible.
Reading Donna Williams' Nobody Nowhere was painful. I didn't have all the terrible relationships with family and dating (and she seemed to have strudier friendships than I did as a kid), but too much of it was familiar. However, it isn't all terrible. The people genuinely liked her made me think of people in my life. Plus, she seemed to really like her linguistics classes. :)
The list is
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Dogma
- ET (OK, I liked this as a kid)
- Real Genius
- Repo Man
- Labyrinth
- The Changeling
- Heavenly Creatures
- The Muppet Movie
(I put a link to a movie I didn't think people on the fl know about)
The closest I can think of is most have elements of the picaresque. If they do not, they have elements of the fantasic, secrets, and either going somewhere or being in some place new (the main character in The Changeling just moved to the haunted house, and Mitch in Real Genius was the new kid in school).
Really, that is the closest connection I think of.
Unless human combustion, irrational fears of Orson Welles and weapons development are related.
Oh no, I forgot Fright Night and Say Anything, which do have odd characters, though. However, it takes place in one town. Forbidden Zone definitely takes the picaresque as far as possible.
Reading Donna Williams' Nobody Nowhere was painful. I didn't have all the terrible relationships with family and dating (and she seemed to have strudier friendships than I did as a kid), but too much of it was familiar. However, it isn't all terrible. The people genuinely liked her made me think of people in my life. Plus, she seemed to really like her linguistics classes. :)
