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Still probably one of the most original Christmas movies, even though it was made over sixty years ago; but this festive Blog is not about Frank Capra’s Oscar nominated film but about being a screenwriter at Christmas.
The great thing about being a screenwriter is it can take you anywhere.
In the last few years it has taken me from the destruction of the Christmas Day Asian Tsunami, to the rolling hills of Dakota in the late nineteenth century, the foreboding alleys of East London when Jack the Ripper roamed the streets, to the current war in Afghanistan, to the cruelty at Guantanamo Bay and even to a battle two thousand years ago between the Celts and the Romans.
This is my Christmas Blog, posted a little earlier than normal so you can read it while you are sober.
Funny thing about this movie -- it's really not a "Christmas" flick. The key event takes place on Christmas, sure, but the majority of the movie is a character study which has nothing to do with the holiday. If anything I'd say it's closer to a Thanksgiving movie, considering it's about how a man grows to be grateful for what he HAS, not what he WANTS.
That said, still a fantastic, classic movie that I watch every holiday season. And I freely admit the line, "George Bailey, I'm gonna love you 'til the day I die" gets me teary-eyed every time.
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