The Big Chill

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Poll question: The Big Chill

[Heidi]

1. Loved the film, love the soundtrack.

I think a lot of the nostalgia around "The Big Chill" is based on a portrayal of friendships as many of us want our friendships to be (as opposed to how most friendships really are). :shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. it was on very late last night. I had forgotten how good was the soundtrack.

just one good tune after another.

[Heidi]

4. Totally agree.

Mornin'/evening, TA. :hug: :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. and a big ole Time Warp Hello to you, Heidi

:D :hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Pale imitation of John Sayles's "Return of the Secaucus Seven."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081420/

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I will have to check it out. Thanks, Gormy.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

6. It may have been his first film...he was a nobody for sure

and if I hadn't seen that film I would've enjoyed the sweet silliness of The Big Chill a bit more.

Secaucus Seven feels like you're sitting around with friends rather than watching characters playing roles.

[pokerfan]

8. Great soundtrack

but the movie always seemed a little -- I don't know-- smug/pretensious.

:hide:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. privileged characters, they were.

on edit: I voted for the soundtrack, btw.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. One of my favorite films and has what may be my alltime favorite quote from a movie...

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...Jeff Goldblum as Michael:
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Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two
or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
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Sam Weber: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.
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Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
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I saw it on Christmas Day 1983, when it came out. The night before, my
sister and her husband had thrown a little dessert/cocktail party for
my BIL's college contemporaries in his MBA program who had gravitated
to Manhattan (Mecca of marketing).
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They had had the same "Where we wanted to be vs where we are" conversations.
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Most interesting was a marketing V.P., pulling down a healthy 6-figure
salary in 1983, who had once drummed for a Chuck Berry tour. He said he
sometimes thought his BIGGEST mistake was selling his drum kit so he
could finish his MBA program.
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Went to his first job interview (in 1973 or 74) dressed in a suit and
his best dress shirt, which had Daffy Duck and Porky Pig embroidered on
the lapels. The interviewer stopped abruptly and told him that he was
not going to continue. "From your attire, I assumed you were here for
the Creative Department."
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Most interesting perspective? A woman during a "What would epitomize
having WAY more money than you would ever need?" type game.
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Using expensive, soft, luxuriant bath towels ONCE... and then discarding
them.
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She confessed that her Puritan background would probably kick in, and
she would be unable to throw them away. She would cut them up for
dusting rags.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Jeff was my favorite character in that film.

I really don't get the rest of your post that is OK because I don't get a lot of what goes on around here.

[MilesColtrane]

12. To mangle Mark Twain on Wagner, this movie views better than it is

A great soundtrack and actors almost make up for a character study that goes nowhere.

[hunter]

13. A horror film.

It's hard to say if that or Eraserhead gave me the worst nightmares -- it would have been hell to wake up in either world.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Note how no one has voted for "Funny and ferociously smart."

Nothing I can add to that.

:rofl:

:toast: