Ryan McNeil
I’m pretty sure there is constantly a movie playing in my head, for no other reason than my habit of dropping movie quotes into everyday conversation far too often (further, the movie quotes I drop are often obscure and usually amuse only me).
How bad has it become? This past weekend I took advantage of some cheery spring weather and wandered around Mount Pleasant Cemetery here in Toronto. While soaking in the sunshine and snapping a photo or two of an interesting angel or celtic cross, I happened upon the sundial monument you see above you.
The thing is, for some reason or another, it’s off. I stood in front of it at 1:55pm, and the shadow on the sundial was telling me it was almost one o’clock. Immediately my mind went to one of my favorite movies, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. I’ve always loved the scene where James Dean and Natalie Wood wander around the deserted mansion in the middle of the night. So when I saw the incorrect monument, I immediately wanted to yell out to nobody in particular “Hey, you forgot to wind your sundial!!” and embrace my inner Jim Stark.
In the end, I quietly said it to myself.
Am I alone here people? Do you ever have real life moments that remind you of something in a movie and decide to just run with it??
Every minute of every day. I’ve learned to tone it down though because most people just don’t understand.
YES.
Oh, and Rebel Without a Cause related, I’ve been known to repeat the Natalie Wood line, “Who lives?” once or twice.
Nice one! Just this afternoon I was back to quoting Rebel when I cackled Dean’s Mister Magoo impression “Drown them like puppies” in my office.
Most of the place looked at me like I was nuts.
Yup.
See also: the application of Seinfeld episodes to nearly everything that occurs in life. It’s like a sickness…