Immaculately conceived,
he has his whole adult life to be miserable;
but if you have a pen, he will sign your forehead...
as a little lepton had a few rough bumps in life
though he'd wax your Buick anytime.
He had his Jane,
though he had to do his mother's resume
and balance her checkbook,
which did not make him crabby, but pensive...
he found that documentaries and symphonies
relieved the stress...
this was about the time
when the world hit him in the head
(which was a present).
Meanwhile Jane experienced a whole new side of herself,
an awareness that she never felt before,
resulting in an overcooked meatloaf...
but the officer did not see it that way,
finding him down at the pool hall
with bottle rockets...
the nice moments, even fleeting,
were not meant for him;
as soon as he sensed them, they ended.
He enjoyed most the tension between dissimilar people,
and, like a puzzle, fitting them together
in harmony.
Author notes
drawn from the movie "Little Man Tate"...
In a list
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A most poetic review
"This was about the time when the world hit him in the head (which was a present)". This is an inspired line. I have to give you much applause for your whole word-play telling of this story. "Immaculately conceived", "he had his Jane", "overcooked meatloaf", and "at the pool hall with bottle rockets", are a few more. Your view of this movie is pretty poetic, all logic and reason aside, and I liked your last line "He enjoyed most the tension between dissimilar people, and, like a puzzle, fitting them together in harmony". To me, that in a nutshell, is the Little Man Tate in you. Thanks for watching the movie, and being inspired enough to write this. I thoroughly enjoyed. (And I did get the part about what "Jane" experienced.)
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Dee Dee and Jane
yes, the meatloaf part, that was significant, a mind discovering that it is attached to a heart... and something tells me you could fill the roles of both Dee Dee and Jane (and for some reason I see a smile in that... and a hug or two... lol) this piece began with the first joke in the movie, I just HAD to jot down all the "good line" there were going to be and write a composite piece later... this became just a bit more...
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Good lines from good writers (you're one!)
Yes, you get double smiles and double hugs for the Dee Dee/Jane remark. Somewhere in their mix is a perfect woman, but that's another movie. You are right about numerous "good lines" in this movie. Movies are another example of the power of writers. The best movies of all time have outstanding screenwriting. Let's give a shout out to good writers (who make all the "good lines")----Woo Hoo!!!!!!!! -
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I think becoming the 'perfect woman' is dependent on social relativity- based on you are around... find someone who draws out the 'perfect woman' in you and voila! You are there...
and yes, "WOO-HOO" for good screenwriters, I often find myself mentally rewriting many scenes...
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