субота, 31 березня 2018 р.

MFT: Gone in Sixty Seconds - 48 female names

I was watching "Gone in Sixty Seconds" recently. It was very clumsy and incredibly inspired impressionist poem with a slight notion of a narrative bound together by relentless symphonic ebbs and flows of its erratic innocuous pace.

It is a blast for some reason. The film is literally built around car chases of all walks of life and gives little to no damn about the fact that there are any narrative rules that hold together the film as a medium. H.B. Halicki was doing it his way. And you have to respect that.

One of the more fascinating elements of the film is the list of hijacked cars. All of them have female names because of course cars have female names - they are beautiful et al. One of them - final "girl/boss/etc" Ford Mustang known as "Eleanor" is actually a character (though it is just a car) with a purpose and even attitude. It is even billed in the credits along with Mr. Halicki. (cue Sid "My Way").

If you look at the list of the names of the cars featured in the film outside context - you will get a fine little found poem made of female names. It can be anything you want. You can rearrange the list by the length of the names or by alphabet or randomize it.
  1. Marion
  2. Barbara
  3. Lindsey
  4. Dianne
  5. Nicole
  6. Ruby
  7. Julie
  8. Frances
  9. Mary
  10. Joanne
  11. Beverly
  12. Patricia
  13. Ruth
  14. Elizabeth
  15. Terri
  16. Eileen
  17. Susan
  18. Claudia
  19. Rosie
  20. Maria
  21. Sharon
  22. Kathy
  23. Alice
  24. Leona
  25. Kelly
  26. Nancy
  27. Betty
  28. Patti
  29. Judy
  30. Carey
  31. Jackie
  32. Laurie
  33. Sandy
  34. Christy
  35. Michelle
  36. Tracy
  37. Marilyn
  38. Maxine
  39. Lorna
  40. Jean
  41. Paula
  42. Renee
  43. Annie
  44. Janet
  45. Karen
  46. Dorothy
  47. Donna
  48. "Eleanor"

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