The recording of memory brings history to life and creates a legacy of its own. In 2010, documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang launched the Memory Project to try to shine a light on the long-shrouded memories of one of modern China’s most traumatic episodes the famine of 1958-1961.For the past two years, working from a base in an arts district in suburban Beijing, Wu has
In the nearly 30 years since
Groundhog Day’s original release, fans have spent plenty of time and precious web bandwidth attempting to decode the alleged layers that exist just below the surface.
Groundhog Day as metaphor? These eight theories say yes.
1. Bill Murray is our savior.
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Among the first groups to embrace the message of
Groundhog Day were Buddhists, who were moved by its story of rebirth. As part of a talk at New York City’s Hudson Union Society in 2009, director Harold Ramis spoke about the many people who had been moved by the film including his Zen Buddhist mother-in-law.