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There was a time not so long ago when movies were played at a theater for several weeks in a row. In 1983, while living in High Point, NC, and making my way as a young physician, Mrs. Pessimist and I saw the movie mentioned above. We liked it. We recognized that it was cheesy, but it made us feel slightly more alive than when we entered the theater. We actually watched it in a movie theater three times before it descended into the purgatory of cable reruns. On the last viewing, we ran into a high society friend as we were leaving. She said, "Can you believe how awful that movie was. Totally ridiculous!"
She was astounded when I told her it was the third time we had seen the movie and loved every minute of it. Even to this day, when I hear the opening song: "First when there's nothing, But a slow glowing dream, That your fear seems to hide, Deep inside your mind..." I am back into the mindset of the person I was in 1983, when every dream seemed possible and life was all before me.
Flashback. What a feeling.
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I haven't seen it in a long, long time, but that song gets me going every time.
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Saw it on a London NY flight en route to Cincy... Still gives me the feeling, maybe because that trip completely changed my life.
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There was scene where she sat in front of someone of importance at dinner and she sheds her staid blazer to reveal a backless halter top. That was hot. Are any movies hot today? Feminism was at its peak in those days but now that would seem archaic or worse.
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