Here is the story of your life, but reduced to two hours. The moment you were born, where your mother gave birth in the backseat of a taxi, now is your initial sequence. Losing your virginity is the climax of your first act. Addiction to painkillers is the dramatic progression in your second act. The results of your biopsy are the revelation of your third act. Lauren Bacall would be perfect as your grandmother. William H. Macy like your father. Directed by Peter Jackson or Roman Polanski.
It's your life, but processed. Embedded in the mold of a good script. Construed in accordance with the model of a blockbuster. No wonder you've begun to see every day in terms of a new episode of the plot. The Music becomes your soundtrack. The talks in dialogue. Our technology for telling stories becomes our language for remembering our lives. To understand ourselves. In our framework Reference to perceive the world.
We see our lives in terms of narrative conventions. Our succession of marriages become sequels. Our childhood is our prequel. Our children, our spin-offs.
(Chuck Plahniuk, Human Error)
It's your life, but processed. Embedded in the mold of a good script. Construed in accordance with the model of a blockbuster. No wonder you've begun to see every day in terms of a new episode of the plot. The Music becomes your soundtrack. The talks in dialogue. Our technology for telling stories becomes our language for remembering our lives. To understand ourselves. In our framework Reference to perceive the world.
We see our lives in terms of narrative conventions. Our succession of marriages become sequels. Our childhood is our prequel. Our children, our spin-offs.
(Chuck Plahniuk, Human Error)
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