My favorite resignation speech in any movie is the one the Kevin Spacey character gives in American Beauty: "My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell." It's probably the last great movie in recent history about the suburbs, that well-manicured version of purgatory. If you can't tell, I've had quite a day and am signing off for now with hopes of working on my memoir tomorrow (four pages a day! in theory at least) and writing another blog. Hope you're having a very happy Wednesday!
American Beauty is a great movie. I love Spacey’s blow up scene at the dinner table too. Always reminded me of a similar scene when Brando loses his cool during dinner in "Streetcar."
ReplyDeleteI think the weather is going to break soon, at least I hope. I'm working on reading "The Other Twenty Percent".
Love the pic, you look comfy.
Tubular!--Valley Girl
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ReplyDeleteAhh! Did you quit teaching? Heavens!
I love, love, love, American Beauty. The last time I watched was over 7 years ago. I couldn't stop crying at the end, so I haven't watched it since, but its easily one of my favorite of all time.
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ReplyDeleteI like bananas. In fact, "bananas" are a kind of funny sounding name to me. So I get extra enjoyment from eating them, the bananas, I mean. If you know what I mean.--George Costanza
ReplyDeleteI made a movie called "Bananas."--Woody Allen
ReplyDeleteIt was a movie in which my activist girlfriend dumped me.--Woody Allen
ReplyDeleteAll of nature in connected with bananas.--Herman Northrop Frye
ReplyDeleteTrue.--Soren Kirkegaard
ReplyDeleteBanana frappes, anyone?--T. Pynchon
ReplyDeleteIt is def. one of my favorite movies of all time I love the scene when he is showing her the movie he made of the bag in the wind. I don't know why but it make me cry when I watch it
ReplyDeleteAmerican Beauty is a really good movie, although I wasn't sure I'd like it before I saw it. Spacey is a tremendous actor, though. Loved him also in K-Pax
ReplyDeleteGreat movie - scary as hell though - makes me want to run very fast and very far away!
ReplyDeleteHope your day smooths out nicely.
It all depends on the meaning of "resignation."--B. Clinton
ReplyDeleteThat was a heck of a movie. I love Kevin Spacey, in general.
ReplyDeleteSorry for my recent absence again--I had some back problems that precluded me from sitting in the computer chair for long. Better now, anyway!