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How old were you when you first saw this film?

posted 16 years ago by Hyperviolet
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I was 13. Though I was quite a young 13 (child-like, whereas other girls in my school were more teenagery), I was immediately captured and mystified. I began to keep a diary and made it look '70s', decorating it with old pictures and cigarette cards, and filling it with all kinds of embarrassing 'why are we all here?' crap.

Anyway – the first viewing of this film marks a time where I became more interested in film, pop culture and general growing up (the theme of suicide was not my personal main focus), and now as an adult I'm wondering if anyone had a similar 'growing up' experience, with this or any other movie? I doubt it would have had the same impact on me if I’d first watched it at 22 instead. Sometimes it's as if with films, books and even songs, the age you are when you encounter them means just as much as the sentiment within the thing itself.

I hope this post is more coherant than I feel right now.

[–] theblakeman 16 years ago

I was old enough to realize it sucked

[–] cat_aphanisis 13 years ago

hahaha

[–] FromConnecticutWithLove 16 years ago

Funny, I was 13 as well. I was completly captivated
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[–] VincentioTheDuke 16 years ago

I was 15. So about four years ago. I still watch it almost once a week though.

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[–] allypop 16 years ago

I think I was about 13 or 14 when I first saw it. I fell in love with it instantly. I thought it was beautiful and haunting. I probably felt the same way you did Hyperviolet. I have read the book twice since and also have bought the Air soundtrack. I love everything to do with this film. It is my favourite film.

[–] ShiloWallace 16 years ago

I just saw it and I'm 15 (almost 16). This is a gorgeous, amazing movie.

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[–] oryxncrake 16 years ago

I'm 21 and just saw this movie a few weeks ago. I think it was just okay... wasn't very impressed.

[–] ArienElanor 16 years ago

I read the book first, when I was about fifteen. I didn't see the movie until I was about twenty. It is a very well done movie, but I disagree with Coppola's choice of sound track (I like movies to be authentic and while she has great songs and artists not all of them are relevent to the time period).

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[–] FeelGoodHit-OfTheSummer 16 years ago

I kept seeing the trailer on my video of Sleepy Hollow, so I would of been about 13.

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[–] TheRushmoreAcademy 16 years ago

I'm 18 now and saw this movie when i was around 12-13. I LOVED it right away
my cousin is the one who really got me into the movie and had both the soundtrack
and the score by air. I didn't get to read the book until 06-07 but have since read it three times and now try to collect anything that i can related to the film.

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[–] moonstearneonew 16 years ago

16. Just finished watching it ten minutes ago. Really good film, but not the most amazing movie I've seen. Not obsessed.

[–] Howlin Wolf 16 years ago

I'm male, 27 when I watched it [today] and it didn't strike a chord, so I think maybe you're right.

Your post made perfect sense.

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[–] YouFightLikeACow 16 years ago

Im 18 now, I read it when I was 15. I loved the book to death, and the movie as well. The movie had such beatiful images.

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[–] rhammersborg 16 years ago

[–] Mr_Ectoplasma 15 years ago

I saw it when I was 13, and it's stuck with me ever since. I read the book last year, and it was equally wonderful. Everything about the film, though, is just so... hypnotic. It's beautiful, disturbing, mysterious, and haunting all in one - such a great film. The book is as well. I own the movie on DVD, but caught it midway through on television tonight. I watched it to the end, and was reminded of how much I loved it.

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