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What movies require repeat viewings to click?
So will it be a while before anyone around here watches Twister, The Perfect Storm, Key Largo or Gone with the Wind again?
Things are still hopping around the newsroom with storm coverage, but we need a little fun around here, so I thought I’d take a moment to ask what I hope is a fun question:
What movies do you need to see more than once to “get?”
There’s more than a few films out there that, on first viewing prompt a reaction of “Huh?” Then on repeat viewings it becomes “Oh, NOW I get it!”
Two answers spring to mind for me. First, Blue Velvet. I wasn’t prepared for that when I first saw it, thinking it was sick and depraved. Then I saw it again and still thought it was sick and depraved, but then I realized that was the whole idea.
And the second answer: Anything directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001, Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut …)
What movies did you need to see more than once before the light came on over your head?
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By Michelle
September 18, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. I absolutely hated it the first time I saw it, mostly because I couldn’t follow it. Now I love it. And I’m thinking I need to watch “Amelie” again, too. I think I got it the first time, but I feel as though I missed some things. And you are absolutely right about Kubrick films.