How did you first learn about death? For some children it's from the death of a beloved family pet, for others they lose a grandparent. I'm sure there are even those out there who lose someone in there immediate family or similar. But I've lived a relatively charmed life - knock on wood - I haven't lost a person I've truly been close to to death.. After reading on The AV Club, one of my favorite sites for film geekery, that Rob Zombie's next attempt to make the world a more violent place will be a remake of the 1958 classic "The Blob" it all came flooding back to me.
Because for me, this was the film that introduced me to the concept of death. Like most of my friend's I've learned many lessons from film. Janean Garofalo in "The truth about cats and dogs" reassured me that you could totally get the guy if you were funny instead of pretty - something I have banked on for most of my life. "Dazed and Confused" made me believed that high school was full of mad parties and good times. But when I saw "The Blob" when I was 4 or 5 at the hands of my sadistic cousins, that's when I started asking questions. It's one of my earliest memories, talking to my mom on the car ride home from my aunt's place and I just started asking little questions. I couldn't seem to wrap my head around why, if this creature was defeated, the people it ate wouldn't escape and go back to their families. This may be why I'm so resentful of many animated film endings and why I hate the musical "Rent." Because people more often than not don't get to come back to life and go back to their loved ones.
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