I spent almost my whole day trying to track down the collector's edition Blu-ray of today's movie. Not that I needed it, mind you - but I wanted it! I kept envisioning it on the shelf at Best Buy where I remembered seeing it, but it seemed like every Best Buy I went to did not have it in stock. I tried to get help from an employee, and he came back to me, looking puzzled. "What movie were you talking about? One Fool over the what? And it has Jack who?" Hrm. Finally, I found a copy that was located farther away than I wanted to go, but at that point, it seemed horrible to have wasted so much time and not obtained the film. As I paid for it, the cashier, who was younger than me, looked at the box, and then up at me. "Wow, was this when like, Jack Nicholson was like, really young or something?" I suddenly felt so old - I couldn't remember a time didn't know that this movie was well-liked and "important". I was shocked that no one I talked to knew what it was!
Perhaps I had overestimated how famous this movie is? Maybe everyone I met today was just weird. Who knows. As it is for everyone, it's one of my favorites, and Milos Forman is such a great director. I've watched a few of his other films for this project, and have really developed a whole new appreciation for him.
