What's That Movie?
It is quite fascinating how a song could make you recall the title of old movies in which they are popularly known to be OST to.
I was playing the classic Secrets of Mana last night when I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) got played in MYX. It had snippets of Johnny Depp doing street mime and Mary Stuart Masterson acting very astonished, awestruck, and interested. My homie asked if the song is a soundtrack to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I wasn't really paying attention to the music video at first, quite busy leveling up my characters, but I had to hastily save the game. I then automatically exclaimed "that's from the movie Benny and Joon," after like a split-second from recognizing the song! It got me scared a while actually, having blurted out the title without giving it much thought. Mind it was the first time I have seen the music video.
The movie, released in 1993, is actually a favorite of a former classmate in college. She had this thing about feel-good stuff and actually did a cassette tape recording of this song, repeating itself for 90-minutes on auto-reverse. And it stuck in my long term memory bank.
Tata, the classmate, would talk about movies and actors and shit everytime she gets a chance. I could recall some instances when I could not remember the title of a movie or actors in a specific film. I would automatically dial her number and she would give the information I need without consulting anything! (She'd make a great movie critique, but I wonder where she is right now.) I'm quite sure we all have our fair share of people who we could phone-in for info on this category and I'm looking for a substitute because I lost mine after graduating from college.
I searched for the song and made a wav file of a 30-second portion. Thus, the ringtone.
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posted by Fritz @ 11:07 PM
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I love Benny and Joon! cute nung movie na yon!!! And may recall talaga yung I'm Gonna Be (yun pala title nun!
Ringtone ko na sya ains, hirap hanapin ng song pero ayun nagawan ng paraan. I remember having watched the movie more than once pero I think I have forgotten na. Basta abnormal dun si Sam (Johnny Depp) and si Benny and Joon ay magkapatid. Hehehe. :D
dude, sana sinabi mo sa akin...meron akong mp3 nun! ;)
Ngapala, ikaw ang repository ng kakaibang mga kanta? How could I have forgotten. Cge, nek time, tanung kita agad. Kulit ng kantang to.
Mali pala yung ikinatakot ko na na-link ko agad yung song sa movie. Mike, an officemate heard my phone ring, went to my area and asked, "sayo yung Benny and Joon?" Hehehe. Ibang klase!
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