Woody Allen & Nihilism - AGAIN

**musical mood preference: The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday**

This dialogue from Woody Allen's Play It Again Sam (1972) just made me think of the weather today and how it makes me feel when its like this outside. The power of a smile and a laugh is immeasurable.

A recent discussion with a cute lady about Nihilism and Existentialism immediately made this portion of the movie stick in my mind.

WOODY ALLEN: That’s quite a lovely Jackson Pollock, isn’t it?
GIRL IN MUSEUM: Yes it is.
WOODY ALLEN: What does it say to you?
GIRL IN MUSEUM: It restates the negativeness of the universe, the hideous lonely emptiness of existence, nothingness, the predicament of man forced to live in a barren, godless eternity, like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void, with nothing but waste, horror, and degradation, forming a useless bleak straightjacket in a black absurd cosmos.
WOODY ALLEN: What are you doing Saturday night?
GIRL IN MUSEUM: Committing suicide.
WOODY ALLEN: What about Friday night?
GIRL IN MUSEUM: [leaves silently] .