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In the Rumination House there is a Film Library. There is a Movie Theatre of course for playing all the films, but that comes second to the Film Library where all the films are stored. There are dark walnut bookcases, or I guess they need another name than a bookcase, filmcases where all the films are stored. I have yet to decide whether they should be organized by the name of the title or by the color of the film case. I think that maybe I will organize them by mood. Above each filmcase needs to a floating symbol of the mood. Also, above the Movie Theatre and above the film Library there has to be a star lit sky. For me to really feel focused on a movie, devoting all my attention to reveling in the movie, I need to imagine there is a star lit sky above my head.

There are so many more movie than this that I need to store, but for now, here are all the movies I can think of that need to be organized.

Movies I love:
little buddah
perfume
everything is illuminated
the fall
amelie
stardust
science of sleep
bright star
mirror mask
harry potter
oh brother where art thou
big fish
royal tenenbaums
darjeeling limited
stranger than fiction
harold and maude
snatch
the triplets of bellville
waiting for guffman
nanny mcphee
willie wonka and the chocolate factory
the Witches
penelope
labyrinth
pan's labyrinth
rushmore
the addams family
cold comfort farm
a very long engaement
chocolat
A Prairie Home Companion
there will be blood
Enchanted
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Little Miss Sunshine
donnie darko
A Mighty Wind
Bednobs and Broomsticks
The Emperor's New Groove
A Hard Days Night
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Best In Show
James and the Giant Peach
Inkheart
Les Miserables
Peter Pan (with mary martin)
Frida
Dead Poet's Society
La Vie En Rose
Milk
Gangs of New York
Romeo and Juliet
Gosford Park
Sound of Music
the graduate

movies I like a lot but have not yet moved to the favorites list:
fargo
shaun of the dead
kabluey
paper heart
adaptation
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
I heart huckabees
Saved
better off dead
moulin rouge
The Big Lebowski
500 Days of Summer
Ghost World
Wall-e
phoebe in wonderland
the spiderwick chronicles
Good Bye, Berlin!
Lord of the Rings
Almost Famous
black snake moan
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
A River Runs Through It
Pride and Prejudice (the BBC version from the 90s)


Need to see:
Sleepyhollow
Brazil
Being John Malkovich
Buffalo 66'
Down With Love
Art school Confidential
Volver
The Puffy Chair
Ushpizin
The Brothers Grimm
Cold Mountain
Alice
Faust
The Pianist
Pollok


Conclusion: I guess I really like a lot of fantasy whimsical childrens movies and period movies set around the turn of the century.

My New House

about a month ago, one of my good friends told me about a historical man who, in figuring out how to retain all the information on anything he had been curious about, created an ever expanding house inside of his mind. In this house he held objects and nooks and crannies that would almost be portals to his memories. When he wanted to remember something, for example, about a specific character in history he would go into a certain room, such as a library, and perhaps he would store that character's information in a little trinket sitting beside a lamp on a side table next to a sofa. Every single object in the house has meaning and significance, information about whatever subject would be held in every single item in his imaginary house.

I have been fascinated with this idea of creating a house inside my mind ever since my friend told me about it. Though i fear it may be dangerous for me to get wrapped up in such an extravagant idea because I could get crazy OCD about it. Especially since I am a very visual person, I will want to illustrate whatever i create in my mind.

I think its a little too late for me to not try to create this house inside my mind because I;ve been thinking about the comcept so much lately. It really excites me. And even though it sounds a little wacko, I think if I do really like making this imaginary house, then I will begin to do illustrations.

And I think this will be the blog I start to document it all within. It will be like a story. Lots of real elements, but of course it has the possibility to get extremely whimsical. I love structure, especially when whimsy is still free to roam within the boundaries.

Film Reviews and Recommendations

Everyweek on my blog Rumination Reading Room I do a review of a favorite film of mine AND/OR a post about a new film coming out. Here is the complete list of all my reviews and trailer recommendations!

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Music Reviews and Interviews 2009

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2009