The title is fairly self-explanatory. Let's call this a first step. The topics are:
1) Songs I Would Want to Play Over The End Credits of a Movie About My Life. "My Life" being an entirely subjective perspective. Criteria would include:
- The end of the movie begins with me in a car - which shouldn't be a beater, per se, but a car that Can Get Me There, luxury cars also excluded
- The song plays as I drive along this stretch of road, alone, with various close-ups shots: My index and middle fingers, of my right hand, clutching worry beads/a chain of some personal value/a cigarette/a physical objective of some emotional value; my eyes, my left hand grabbing alternately the vehicle's steering wheel and the area slightly above and to the right of my left breast; the road itself and various signs along the road; the rear view mirror, preferably showing my fixated gaze; my right thumb and index finger showing me showing me flipping through my iPod, obviously showing me ultimately choosing the song that would play over the course of the end credits
- After all the cuts to various close-ups and long-shots of me driving, would end with a 15-20 second cut of me just driving, at medium shot distance, before I look at the camera just before it cuts to black - with either a knowing look or a look of mild apprehension, depending on the viewer's interpretation - showing rolling credits, thus lending itself to a song that has a dramatic transition or at least a point in the composition that lends itself to such a cutaway
- A certain amount of ambiguity - the song cannot be too happy, nor too sad, lest it lend itself to a particular interpretation, as neither would be appropriate.
2) A modern extrapolation and explanation of Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Illuminating examples on the national level; the local level; and the personal level.
3) Songs I Would Want To Dance To At My Wedding. Not linked to either # or #2 on this list, although related to both. Discuss what those choices me about both myself and a general view of humanity.
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