Groundhog Day — Naomi Alderman

This Movie Changed Me

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4.6 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Groundhog Day is a classic movie for two groups of people: Bill Murray fans and anyone who was alive in the ’90s. But writer Naomi Alderman falls into a wholly different category of fandom. The author of The Power first watched Groundhog Day when she was 18 and has seen it dozens of times since then. She says the movie has offered her solace for her existential angst and helped her devise a routine for the times when she’s stuck in a rut. Naomi Alderman is a professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University. Her books include “Disobedience,” which was adapted into a feature film starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. She's also a game writer whose work includes the alternate reality game, “Perplex City,” and the fitness game, “Zombies, Run!” Find the transcript at https://onbeing.org/series/this-movie-changed-me/ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter at https://onbeing.org/tmcmletter/

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow movie fans. I'm Lily Percy and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with
0:04.5	writer Naomi Alderman about the movie that changed her life, Groundhog Day. It's okay if you forgot
0:10.9	what the movie's about, Naomi and I are going to give you all of the details to follow along.
0:19.8	Chances are that if you're a Bill Murray fan, you've seen Groundhawk Day.
0:23.6	Or quite frankly, if you grew up in the 90s, you've probably seen Grownhawk Day.
0:26.6	But I guarantee you that you've never looked at this movie the way that writer Naomi Alderman
0:31.6	has looked at this movie.
0:33.6	Even though it's funny and warm and romantic at times, there are also real practical life lessons you can get from watching the movie.
0:41.0	I won't say too much about the plot of Groundhog Day
0:43.6	because we're going to hear all of that in my conversation with Naomi.
0:47.2	But what I will say is that Groundhog Day centers around Phil Connors,
0:51.2	this weatherman played by Bill Murray,
0:52.9	who finds himself
0:54.2	living the same day over and over and over again.
0:58.6	Morning!
1:00.0	I'll have to see the groundhog?
1:02.4	Yeah?
1:03.2	Think it'll be an early spring.
1:05.6	Didn't we do this yesterday?
1:08.0	I don't know what you mean.
1:10.5	Don't mess with me, poor job.
1:12.6	What day is this?
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