So first of all, I just did some searching because I wanted to learn more about why Patton made his choices (still waiting for the library to get the book). I found
this. 1SO, did
you make the questions up to fit his choices, because I don't see them in the piece.
1. Your earliest movie that probably started your love of movies?
I'm finding this difficult to answer.
Airplane! and/or
The Muppet Movie were the first I obsessively watched over and over again, but that's not really a "love of movies" so much as it is love for
particular movies. When I really think about it, it was seeing
Halloween (which my dad rented for me around the same time that he refused to let me read
A Clockwork Orange) that made me chase down a bunch of other slasher films trying to find more of that magic.
2. The film that defined your generation?
It sure as shit isn't
Slacker or
Reality Bites or
Singles or any of the other movies that tried to "define" my generation. Since I'm only a couple years younger than Patton, I guess I'll just say
Star Wars. But he doesn't say it
defines his generation, he says it "hit the sweet spot for our generation". I agree with his assessment, anyway.
3. The great film your parents didn't want you to see?
go back a few posts
4. The great shocking film your parents didn't even know existed? One you came across on your own?
I was going to say
I Stand Alone but that's not really fair because it
didn't exist while they were raising me. I'll go with
The Wicker Man but I don't know if it's "shocking" enough to be in the spirit of the question.
Female Trouble is a pretty great answer.
5. The film that you closely identify with your career or what it is you wanted to be?
God I hate to say it because it's so cliché, but
Office Space. As a programmer most of my other options are pretty ridiculous.
6. A genre breaker, that opened up narrow definitions of that genre?
All That Jazz7. An unsafe comedy from the classic era?
It's a Gift is not only very safe but a horribly unfunny movie. I'll say
Hellzapoppin', which completely throws the rule book out the window.
8. A comedy about a subject that shouldn't be funny?
Aaltra is a nice choice. I'm gonna say
Devils on the Doorstep.
9. A modern movie that proves they still make 'em like they used to?
Yeah I dunno what this means either. Is it "as good as they used to" or "in the same manner they used to"? I'll assume the former and say
Once.
10. A film that made you rethink your life?
Scenes from a Marriage