I Learn A Lot From Movies

To see the written word come alive in film, wow!

I have learned a lot from movies over the years. They have helped raise me, inspire me, create a paradigm shift in my thinking all while entertaining and evoking emotion. Movies are my great escape from time to time and usually I walk away after the ending a little different from when I first sat down.

Life experiences and ideas written creatively by a writer, then packaged with directors, producers, actors and crew to be brought to life on film...what a transformation in itself. No wonder why so many movies inspire and evoke a wondrous list of emotions! I am in awe and in absolute gratitude for movies.

Some of the movies that have passionately changed my life
This years' favs were The Butler, Stuck In Love, Silver Linings Playbook and The Place Beyond the Pines

Angels in America
Eat, Pray, Love
Field of Dreams
Lady Sings The Blues
Dirty Dancing
Crazy, Stupid Love (So funny and true. Plus, what woman wouldn't stand by a man who fights for love-and with Ryan's 6-pack abs to boot?!)
Good Will Hunting
Girl, Interrupted
Mermaids
Great Balls of Fire
Vertigo
North by Northwest
The Elephant Man (as a child, this movie moved me to refrain from judgment and embrace humanity)
The Shawshank Redemption
A Bronx Tale
Seven Samurai
The Departed (brilliantly done!)
Shakespeare In Love
What Dreams May Come
Ever After
Miracle on 34th Street
City of Angels
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Walk to Remember
Dead Poets Society
The Wizard of Oz
The Little Darling (Mary Pickford, what an inspiration!)
Love Actually
Training Day
Thelma & Louise
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Serendipity
The Breakfast Club
Philadelphia
Crash
Westside Story
Center Stage
Save The Last Dance
Dream a Little Dream
Snow Falling on Cedars
Days of Wine and Roses
E.T.
Malcolm X
Fight Club
The Notebook
My Name is Bill W.
Gandhi
Forrest Gump
The Pursuit of Happiness
When A Man Loves A Woman
National Lampoon movies for sure!
Out of Africa
The Bridges of Madison County
Fast Food Nation

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