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SeeKer   

Mornings are never complete without perusing the NYTimes. I noticed there was a column about a competition by the experimental Parisian literary movement Oulipo – Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle (The Workshop of Potential Literature). The rules of the competition are simple one only has to stack their imaginary library according to any category they desire. The library can be of movies, books or music.

 

An example could be: The Green Mile,The Color Purple, Purple Rain, Moulin Rouge. Lady in Red, The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, A White Christmas, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, White Chicks, Pink Panther I & II, The Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Pitch Black, Black Hawk Down, Black Knight, The Golden Child.

 

How high can your stacks get? :D

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Cara.   

Not very high off the top of my head, but sounds like fun.

 

Math and numbers:

Life of Pi

The Golden Compass

Infinite Jest

Numb3rs (do TV shows count?)

Count Dracula

Se7en, Seven Pounds, 7th Heaven, Seven Samurai

Twelfth Night

The Three Musketeers, Three Kings, Three Amigos

28 Days Later

13 Going on 30

300

3:10 to Yuma

 

Body Parts

Heart of Darkness

Face/Off

Bones

The Bluest Eye

White Teeth

A Beautiful Mind (OK, maybe)

Fists of Fury

A Crooked Rib

Daddy Long Legs

Idle Hands

Left Hand of Darkness

 

Food, but not foodie films

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

American Pie

The Edible Woman

Green Eggs and Ham (hey, picture books count!)

Like Water for Chocolate

The Big Apple

Milk

Sweet and Sour Milk

Soul Food

Fried Green Tomatoes

 

Don't bash my choices Seeker :D

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Cara.   

Edible Woman

Prep time: 15-20 years

Cooking time: 5-10 years

Servings: 8

 

Take one female infant, raw, preferably intelligent, full of potential and curious about the world. Use a coarse cheese grater to file away unattractive edges. Wring out curiosity with plenty of mindwashing and busy work, knead personality to desired shape, then place in small pan until she has been molded into rigid social conventions. Bake at 350F, let cool, glaze and garnish with meaningless consumer goods.

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chubacka   

serves 8 :D , who are these 8 that will eat this poor ruined woman?

 

animals

 

the hungry caterpiller (loved this)

silence of the lambs

cat in the hat

the men who stare at goats

the lion, the witch and the wardrobe

Ants

Fantastic Mr Fox

Desert rats

planet of the apes

thunderbirds

The birds

Spider/bat man

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Naden   

All things Calendar come to mind:

 

Groundhog Day

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Independence Day

Training Day

The Day After Tomorrow

Die Another Day

Employee of the Month

A Month of Sundays

A Good Year

The Year of Living Dangerously

The Seven Year Itch

 

LOL @ edible woman. Cara, your avatar is positively frightening. What is it about young, white girls wearing early 20th century dresses that makes them so spooky?

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SeeKer   

^What shaydan do you see lurking in here Jacaylbro?

 

Cara lol you did way better than I did, I am still working on my stacks.

 

Chubacka some of those movies I haven't even heard of. I will have to look for them at the video store.

 

Naden add Seven Years in Tibet to your list, I sorta pictured it when I read the Seven Year Itch, and in lieu of Halloween Friday the 13th and Valentine's day. :D

 

Good job gals!

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ADNAAN   

Originally posted by Naden:

 

 

Cara, your avatar is positively frightening. What is it about young, white girls wearing early 20th century dresses that makes them so spooky?

this reminds of the movie,orphan

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Cara.   

^Not to mention The Exorcist, Carrie, The Others, The Shining, The Ring, Village of the Damned.

 

*Sidles up to Naden* Come play with me Naden. Forever and ever and ever...

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