Film Section

I think the aspect of my recreational life least represented on this website is my love of film, movies, cinema, what have you. It is hard to say what early exposure was most influential in developing this interest (I'll have to ask my mother), but my memory provides two vivid recollections: The Neverending Story and Star Wars. Since I was born in 1980, the latter came to me via television, and I can still remember quite clearly the VHS copy that my grandfather had of the movies, recorded off some local Chicago station. So clearly, in fact, that I still find it a bit unusual to watch Star Wars without commercials. I can identify the exact moment when each commercial break is supposed to come.

As for The Neverending Story, it would almost have been a miracle for me not to fall in love with that movie. A skinny little bookworm like me? Suffice it to say that it was that movie which proved to me once and for all that a great film can take you right out of this world at least as well as the best books.

So to coincide with my renewed interest in film (which itself coincides with my signing bonus and the return of a little disposable income), I've begun working on a new film section for the website. Whether it will ever contain more than a list of the DVDs I own, I cannot say. I hope so. For now, that will have to do. And for those who question the opening of a film section while the music section remains as dormant as ever... well, it's my website and I'll do what I want.