Have you ever seen a movie or read a book that just stuck with you long after you left the theatre or finished the book? Something just sticks with you and makes you constantly think about it at random times. This has happened to me on more than one occassion.
I recently saw the movie Atonement and it just hasn't left me. If you haven't seen it you need to. It just makes you think about the consequences of misunderstandings, of lies, and if redemption is ever a possibility. A week and a half after seeing the movie I'm still thinking about it. It's amazing how one lie can affect so many people, how a misunderstanding can escalate to so much more.
I guess, in the end, whenever I have these moments I feel as though in a way, it's changed me. Like I'm different in some way because of this. Do you ever feel that way?
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I will definitely have to check out that movie. I wish I only picked out the things that 'moved' me, instead of going through all the BS that doesn't :) I was that way with the movie "Elizabethtown", it almost haunted me forever. And books: The one that made a last impression on me was "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathon Safron-Foer. Do you have any more suggestions on powerful things? Would love to hear :)
I tend to be moved more by live theater than film. The most recent play that affected me like this was Proof. They actually made film of it but I thought it lost some of its power on the screen. It deals with a young woman's search for identity when her genius father dies. It's funny, sad, and in some places very intense.
I really want to see that movie. As crazy as this sounds but Walk the Line stayed with me for weeks. I think I ended up seeing it three times in the movie theatre. I walked around for weeks thinking about how they spent so many years apart before finally getting together. For some reason it just bothered me.
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