AKA, the movie that has something for everyone: Hippie propaganda, the best manic pixie dream girl depiction to date, life lessons, edgy humour, aaaaand western shotacon (FOR SYMBOLIC REASONS ONLY) (I PROMISE).

Harold and Maude is an early-70s cult film that flopped miserably on release but garnered a massive fanbase of Real Ones who Got It over time. Why did it flop? Probably because most people didn't want to watch a film where a 20-year-old who looks 11 dates... an 80-year-old... Promotional material for the film certainly didn't depict it as the profound art piece it was; there's a lot of emphasis on "Harold's girlfriend" and a tragic lack of "this will change your life," of "we packed this thing up to its eyeballs with symbolism, hello, English majors?" It's a tricky one to summarise, but it is free on youtube. Go, my soldier, and return a better human.

there will be occasional general bud-cort/ruth-gordonposting on here as well.
Mkay, McCloud?