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This script could be from the 90's

posted 10 years ago by vivienodom
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After watching it for the first time I was amazed that the storyline could have been written in the 1990's or 2000's because of the undercurrent of either PTSD from WWII (Irag/Afghanistan) or anger management or a combination of both.

[–] Goodbye_Ruby_Tuesday 9 years ago

I often imagine that if there had been a remake, a 90s-era Sean Penn and Robin Wright would have been a perfect Dixon and Laurel, as their real-life on/off, tumultuous marriage would have given a very real foundation for the on-screen relationship...

There's something I know when I'm with you that I forget when I'm away

[–] liscarkat (17028) 7 months ago

PTSD has always been around. In WWI they called it "shell shock", in WWII "battle fatigue". The ancient Greeks probably had a name for it. Maybe "sword anxiety".