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the magic of groundhog day
happy groundhog day everybody!a quick update on how this show may be returning soon, plus i try to succinctly describe the plot of groundhog day as a whole.
minute 1 - if you can look into the seeds of time
macbeth, two wolves, plato's charioteer, time loop of the week: happy death day, screenplay comparisons, nino rota, blue sky and clouds.
day 39 - if you could be anywhere...
daughton, nietzsche, faust, lavery, rilke, hesse
day 40 - ...where would you like to be?
geographic isolation, ouspensky, nietzsche, faust, atwood, ellis, shakespeare, infinity, siddhartha, and community
day 41 - probably right here
tao te ching, siddhartha, nietzsche, eternal recurrence, derrick jensen, ralph waldo emerson, daniel quinn, and the usefulness of memory
minute 2 - he's responsible for his own imprisonment
phil gives his first weather report after saying he wants to be in a big blue nothing. time loop of the week: groundhog lays.
stop your maths. your maths are wrong.
looking at how danny rubin's original script begins, the unnecessary voiceover, phil predicting phil's behavior, and how phil counted his days in the loop (and why you...
that's right - i hate this film
taking a look at the beginning of the third revision of the screenplay with phil's boss gil and phil's 'girlfriend' stephanie decastro.
day 226 - maybe it's not a curse
reading from the blog--and adding some extra commentary--in regards to phil's jilted ex lover stephanie decastro, whether or not phil is self-cursed, and seeing phil a...
mundane, everyday, learn to appreciate what you've got
bonus episode about the film 'perfect days' and komorebi, the sunlight leaking through the trees.
minute 3 - this doesn't make any sense to me now
what time is it? carol bivens, some science, some historical context, chris elliott, willie garson, and time loop of the week: river.
day 290 - sex and violence
sex and violence in groundhog day; the effect of sex, violence, and profanity on box office; and the protestant work ethic and the use of force.rita's groundhog day: h...
day 288 - fix your bra, honey
patriarchy, simulational reality, sexism, nancy, chivalry, how phil identifies others, slasher films and feminism, and i get sidetracked by siskel and ebert.
day 287 - jim beam, ice, water
this entry was the start of a several-day attempt to catalog the specific instances of sexism in groundhog day.
day 289 - i think you need help
continuing the cataloging of sexist details in groundhog day, touching on the topics of masculinity and femininity, empowerment and oppression, and phil's improvement ...
day 6 - groundhog day used to mean something in this town
imbolc, candlemas, the immortal punxsutawney phil, and some science behind the holiday.
day 238 - waiting to worship a rat
melatonin, hibernation, the pineal gland, and the groundhog
minute 4 - bill murray didn't learn the lessons that phil connors did
phil seeing rita for the first time, casting by howard feuer, the pittsburgh skyline, and time loop of the week: game changer - "deja vu"
day 196 - keep the talent happy
from reviews of murray's performance to my own critique of him as an actor, this blog entry reading gets interrupted by a long ramble about my favorite films, letterbo...
day 214 - i am not making it up
a blog entry about the feud between bill murray and harold ramis and whether or not it ever ended. plus, a surprise time loop of the week: the endless
day 267 - that glass is half empty
a blog entry about the marriages of harold ramis and bill murray, drifting into thoughts about permanence and grief, and getting sidetracked by a story idea i had year...
day 361 - this is bill
bill murray, the problematic actor; his personal life and allegations of abuse; his erratic behavior on, but mostly off, set
minute 5 - the swallows returning to capistrano
the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; swallows return to capistranotime loop of the week:...
minute 5 - i like getting lost in the weeds
the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for jennifer butler, pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; rita may be a robot; and swallows ...
the advent of the swallows is said to presage summer
a detailed history and explanation of the swallows journey to and from capistrano
what is a strange loop? - part 1
douglas hofstadter's strange loops, creating stories that are uniquely yours, finding meaning in a world increasingly meaningless, inside out 2, ex machina, eternal su...
what is a strange loop? - part 2
strange loops, religion, pathological demand avoidance, friends, the groundhog day effect, re-experiencing stories, assholes, presidential debates, finding community, ...
what is a strange loop? - part 3
hofstadter, a strange loop as gospel play, benesh, izod, consciousness, jung, nietzsche, heraclitus, back to the future, and bill & ted's excellent adventure
a magical, enchanted place
reading the opening scene from the final revision of the script (and a little bit from the third revision) before we get to minute 6 of the film next episode
minute 6 - this scene, right here, IS the spell
phil becomes the groundhog, larry is a proto-phil, and phil and rita trade words on the way from blairsville, pa to algonquin, il, to woodstock, il
