Leaving Las Vegas. It's such a good movie. I wonder why because
it's so depressing. For me, the better movies are the ones that
touch the soul, so to speak, that speak to individuals, that hold
a mirror that you see into yourself. like what someone else told
Tom Hanks, all the good movies, the good stories, are about lonilness,
about individuals, about seeing someone else like you. And that's
what Leaving Las Vegas does for me. I see myself in one of the
characters. A couple times I have felt the same way, kind of been
in the same situation. not really, but emotionally, or metaphysically
or something. But i wept during this movie. Wept. not cried, but
wept. It's so hauntingly beautiful. Even better watching it at
home. About two years ago was the first time I watched it. two
years ago. within a week. Figures. It's just good.
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