I saw this movie at church camp when I was in high school that was about a bunch of kids living in a place where it rained all the time. Seriously, the rain never stopped. It rained so much they were required to go into UV chambers to get enough radiation to be healthy. The rain never ended.
We eventually find out the kids are living on Venus because Earth was either overpopulated or too polluted to sustain life (I can’t remember).
All the kids were way excited. They were excited because a day was coming when the sun would come out for a brief moment and they’d get to see what it looked like (it hadn’t come out in their lifetimes). They were curious about what real sunlight looked and felt like and they couldn’t wait for this grand occasion. They knew it would be brief, but they were beside themselves because all they knew was rain and gray. They couldn’t even fathom what a bright, sunny day was.
This is what it’s like to be in Tokyo right now.
The best part is everyone keeps telling me the “rainy season” doesn’t start until next month. By the time that ends I’ll be smoking cloves, rocking in the corner muttering “melancholy” over and over and wearing black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside. Get Andrew Eldritch on the phone!
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shane. | 21-May-04 at 12:25 am | Permalink
Can you say “(b)rainwashing”? Was Kirk Cameron in that movie?
My week of Swans and Sisters of Mercy has been crowned by a dashing (and bilious) new Morrissey album so you might be on to something. There’s a pall in NE Kansas. Please post photos of Goth Acker-san.
Pam | 21-May-04 at 12:50 am | Permalink
Welcome to my first fall/winter I had to good ole’ Frederick. 3 months of no sun and one very SAD Pam. It sucked, but I survived on beer and nachos! Glad you seem to be settling in and glad to know now is not the time to visit.
I do plan on making a trip though, just let me know when the sunny season begins. Cheers.
XDM | 21-May-04 at 1:24 am | Permalink
The movie was “All Summer in a Day” and was based on a Bradbury short story. Don’t forget that poor girl Margot, who got locked in the closet and missed the sun and the flowers. Every time it rains nonstop for days on end I say to people, “I feel like that girl from the movie who never sees the sun..” It was all the blank looks that led me to researching what the hell the movie was. RARELY does anyone ever say, “Oh yeah!!”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195517/
JK | 21-May-04 at 1:47 am | Permalink
Hey, but in the Bradbury story at least the poor girl who misses the sun gets to ditch her bastard schoolmates to move back to Earth.
I also ask you to consider your other options for perspective. Here, it’s already too hot to touch anything that’s been set in the sun, the humidity makes sheets stick to one’s skin, mosquitos outnumber people 300 to 1, and George Bush is still president. Cut your losses and go play pachinko.
de vogel | 21-May-04 at 2:25 am | Permalink
http://www.odedodea.edu/instruction/curriculum/lars/ela_lab/PreK-Grade%206/Docs/All%20Summer%20in%20a%20Day.doc
Heather | 21-May-04 at 11:29 am | Permalink
I love that movie! And Shane, just because he saw it at church camp doesn’t mean it’s a Jesusy flick. You know me, I wouldn’t like Jesusy flicks.
judy | 26-May-04 at 7:27 am | Permalink
I was beginning to convince myself that that movie was a figment of my imagination, something out of a childhood dream… I’m glad to know others have heard of it…
kyle | 08-Nov-04 at 4:28 pm | Permalink
does anyone know where on this planet one might acquire a copy of that movie? i know it was made for grade school viewing