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Date Posted: 15:53:47 01/14/04 Wed
Author: Malu
Subject: Task 12

Task 12

Reading: Film Script � American Beauty

My favourite scene in this movie is when Ricky shows Jane a video of a plastic bag floating in the air and describes what he felt the moment he was filming it:

RICKY
You want to see the most beautiful thing I've ever filmed?
INT. FITTS HOUSE - RICKY'S BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
On VIDEO: We're in an empty parking lot on a cold, gray day. Something is floating across from us... it's an empty, wrinkled, white PLASTIC BAG. We follow it as the wind carries it in a circle around us, sometimes whipping it about violently, or, without warning, sending it soaring skyward, then letting it float gracefully down to the ground...
Jane and Ricky sit on the bed, watching his WIDE-SCREEN TV.
RICKY
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing. And there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it, right? And this bag was just... dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid. Ever.
A beat.
RICKY (CONT'D)
Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember...
Now Jane is watching him.
RICKY (CONT'D)
(distant)
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it... and my heart is going to cave in.

Writing: Movie Review

1. One of the best films I have seen is Shower, it is a Chinese film by Zhang Yang. The film is about an old man who runs a bathhouse with his mentally retarded son, in a run-down neighbourhood in China. His eldest son, who has been involved in a commercial and materialistic lifestyle, comes back to see his father. The main theme of this film is humanity and tradition versus modernity. It conveys the message to live a simple life, and to do what makes you happy in life to find peace.
2. I definately do not recommend Independence Day. In my opinion it is pathetic. Ok, I�m used to mainstream American movies, and some of them are really good, but this one is too much clich�-ridden.

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Re: Task 12 -- Vera, 16:01:03 01/15/04 Thu