tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post4707547548639264855..comments2024-02-02T16:47:52.931-08:00Comments on the groundhog day project: welcome to our partyrobert e g blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055327935875718742noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post-11583786963050778272014-03-19T02:16:16.702-07:002014-03-19T02:16:16.702-07:00Thanks for the link and the kind words, Thomas. Be...Thanks for the link and the kind words, Thomas. Believe me my main emotion on discovering your site was delight that someone has devoted so much thought and effort to Groundhog Day! Like yourself, I do sometimes feel rather defensive and embarrassed about just how much this movie means to me-- it's difficult to express. Little things like the way the Pennsylvania Polka echoes in the morning air, or the words 'the way the sun hits the buildings in the afternoon', or the muted music in the bowling alley...so many more...there is something uncanny about how powerful they are. In a way, I don't envy you trying to analyse the movie in an academic way, because one of the reasons it is great art (as I truly believe) is that there is something in it that cannot be captured in our usual apparatus of concepts. When I tried to justify my claim that this was the best movie ever, I found it difficult because it isn't just that it does something better that other great movies do well. It does something, for me anyway, that no other movie does at all-- and I love lots of movies. There was no way to compare it.<br /><br />I am greatly enjoying browsing through the posts so far and look forward to more!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.com