American Beauty

This week I took a break from the Six Feet Under Reading and Read the screen write for American Beauty. One thing that I found astonishing is how similar is how easy it is to tell that the same person wrote Six Feet Under. They both have that sense  of morbid sarcasm and irony. But even more so this movie had the same styling by having the main character play out in their mind about how they want reality to work, which is exactly what happens in Six Feet Under. One thing that is apparent in both bodies of work are the essence of death through out the stories as well as common issues of homosexuality. I think that being able to show how aligned the two pieces of work are, but also be able to bring up the differences between the two.

American Beauty Quote:  (Ending Scene)

I guess I could be pretty pissed off

about what happened to me... but it's

          hard to stay mad, when there's so much           beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel           like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's           too much, my heart fills up like a           balloon that's about to burst...

          ...and then I remember to relax, and stop

          trying to hold on to it, and then it           flows through me like rain and I can't           feel anything but gratitude for every           single moment of my stupid little life...               (amused)           You have no idea what I'm talking about,           I'm sure. But don't worry...                                                 FADE TO BLACK.                      LESTER (V.O.) (CONT'D)           You will someday.