After “Movies with Meaning 1“, a guest contribution for this Wednesday from the twitter conversation that followed this with my friend Jacob Aldridge.
I’d love to make this a weekly post, so please do give me your movies with meaning. The format looks like :
- Three movies with meaning
- One sentence on the core meaning you take from it
- Send me a link to a YouTube clip from the movie that speaks to that meaning
That’s it, let’s roll!
So, from Jacob :
Rollerball (1975)
Jacob’s meaning: YOU can make a difference
{Tom: prescient story of the power of humanity over dehumanising institutions that succeed the nation-state as the world moves to utopia.. or perhaps dystopia ?}
Strictly Ballroom (1992):
Jacob’s meaning: Dance like everybody’s watching, and that’s ok
{Tom: “to live with fear is a life half lived”}
Romeo + Juliet (1995):
Jacob’s meaning: Each of us has but a two-hour passage on this stage
{Tom: Baz Luhrmann is a unique genius, and opened the “Dicaprio and Danes” movie with a news broadcast to set the scene for “the two hours’ traffic of our stage”}
Moulin Rouge (2000):
Jacob’s Meaning: The greatest thing in life is to love, and be loved in return
{Tom: nothing to add.. and though I love the Elephant love medley, this is the one that speaks to Jacob’s meaning from this movie}