One marriage, two movie reviews: Rushmore
3 Mar, 2021 12:42 AM
5 minutes to read
Greg and Zanna revisit what may or may not be the greatest film in history.
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Sense of connection (with spouse): 1
HE SAW Rushmore has been so close to my heart for so long that last week, when I heard it was finally available to stream, I was terrified. I had been deeply and profoundly affected when I first saw it, one lonely weekend 15 years ago, after which I almost immediately entered into a crippling depression. I don t blame Rushmore for that, but it would be weird if it hadn t played some part, because I understood it immediately to have been a masterpiece, a creation that held all humanity in its hand, allowing me to see and love the world in ways I had never imagined. In that moment I understood something about how life could be lived, which I hadn t before, which was partly about the lives of the characters and partly about the creation of which they were a part.