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Just watched this movie again for the first time in decades


Surprisingly, it still holds up. I was a fan then and a fan now. Cult F'n Classic.

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A belated tip of the hat to you. ;o)

Keep the faith.

Ozy

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

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I've seen the movie ten or twelve times and I've just watched it again.

I agree with g_ring: it's held up nicely. I enjoy it as much now as when I first saw it back in 1984.

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I saw it (in a theater) back in 1984 too. I was 27 then. I had just spent almost ten years *trying* to learn to be a tough, hard guy, actually something a little bit like the Jungian archetype I think Cody represented. It had not really gone very well.

I wonder: In what sense am I even the same person I was then? Somehow this question seems important.

Ozy

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

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Since you're coming up with questions, I'll throw a belated one your way:
WHAT IS YOUR SIG? Where does it come from?

http://www.idfilm.blogspot.com/

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Oh, my sig. That's from the very early-20th century William Hope Hodgson novel, _The Night Land_. I don't recall what chapter, without looking it up.

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

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So you are 55 now? That's great. Did you achieve your objective of being a tough guy.

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No, not really. Didn't I say so before -- that the attempt had not gone well?

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

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