Category: Letter from Editor
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Superbad and Remembering How to Laugh
I grew up in a small town just like John Mellencamp. The easiest way to guide a stranger would be to tell them that it’s the pass through on your way to UConn. You have to get off the highway (if you’re coming from a proper city), pass by a…
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Life Finds a Way: Lessons from Jurassic Park
Dr. John Hammond, Founder and CEO of Injen, invites four people to his soon to be opened new amusement park. The board wants final clearance, so Hammond brings in two palentologists from an active dig site, and a third, less “dinosaur-y” pick: a mathematician. That character is Dr. Ian Malcolm,…
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A Letter of Appreciation for Marty Supreme
Over the past month, I’ve found myself thinking of Marty Supreme. I’ve been perseverating and holding on to not just the movie itself, or the contents therein, but to the character. On the surface, the chaos he unleashes onto everyone in his orbit is repulsive. He betrays his closest friends…
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“I haven’t been to the movies in years!”
My name, Tyler Durdan, always ensures that I am not too far from the world of film. Consistently people ask if I have seen Fight Club, or if “that is really my name”. This connection to the cult classic film, as well as my natural curiosity to ask people questions,…
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Robert Duvall and My Grandfather
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” That iconic line spoken boldly by Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel “Bill” Kilgore in 1979’s Apocalypse Now is often paraphrased and referenced to this day. What makes the sentence so impactful and resonant is a combination of striking juxtaposition and the…