Comments on: Branded on the brain: Notes on “imprinting”

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:58:42 +0000

When approached by a waitress who is preparing to take my order, I am sometimes reminded by the scene in 5 Easy Pieces, when Jack Nicholson becomes irate because the restaurant won’t serve him chicken salad the way he wants it served.

When my kids are bundling up to play in the snow, they often joke that they can’t put their arms down, thanks to numerous viewings of Christmas Story.

And that shower scene in Psycho, sharks at the beach/ocean-thanks Jaws!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:22:30 +0000

It’s hard not to think of Psycho when I’m the shower or giant sharks when I’m in the ocean. My fear of swmming in the ocean runs pretty deep thanks to Jaws.

On a somewhat lighter note, I can’t smell rice cooking without thinking of Jo Shishido and his obsession with the smell of rice in Branded to Kill.

Like Jeff above, I’m weary of using binoculars for fear of having spikes jammed into my eyeballs thanks to seeing the Horrors of the Black Museum.

I live in the Bay Area and every time I cross the Golden Gate Bridge I’m worried that a giant octopus is going to rise up out of the ocean like it did in It Came From Beneath the Sea and attack the bridge.

I could go on and on… movies have made a lot of “imprints” on me.

By: Robot Monkey

Robot Monkey — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:21:35 +0000

Right there with you on Stealer’s Wheel “Stuck In The Middle With You”. My wife shudders every time she hears it and my brother glares at me since he hated “Reservoir Dogs” and liked that song.

By: Jerry Kovar

Jerry Kovar — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:44:35 +0000

Any cemetery visit with my sister.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:37:19 +0000

I’m completely with you on garbage disposals. That scene in ROLLING THUNDER has stayed with me for years. I might have a worse fear of binoculars due to seeing HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM when I was barely seven. Spikes in the eyeballs is the worse thing I can image besides being buried alive. Ok, that brings up THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE VANISHING, PREMATURE BURIAL….why did you start this? I’m gonna be up all night now!