HAROLD AND MAUDE



This delightful movie was made the year I was born. The late 60s and early 70s are particularly interesting decades for me because I feel as if the spirit of these decades were somehow woven into my psyche. Harold and Maude has gained enormous cult status and some even consider it the most popular cult movie ever. Here's a great scene that I just love. Maude, played by Ruth Gordon, tries to pep-up Harold after he explains to her why he would rather be dead.

I understand a lot of people enjoy being dead, but they're not really dead. They're just backing away from life. Reach out. Take a chance. Get hurt, even. But play as well as you can. Go, team, go! Gimme an "L," gimme an "I," gimme a "V," gimme an "E." L-I-V-E. Live! Otherwise you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.