Say Anything — Hadley Freeman
This Movie Changed Me
On Being Studios
4.6 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, movie fans. I'm Lily Percy, and I'll be your guide this week as I talked to Guardian writer Hadley Freeman about the awesome 80s teen movie that changed her life, say anything. |
| 0:11.3 | If you've seen the movie, you know what to expect. But if you haven't, get ready to fall in love with Lloyd Dobler. |
| 0:24.6 | Lloyd Dobler, Lloyd Dobler, Lloyd Dobler, Lloyd Dobler. He is the reason why I say anything is one of the iconic movies of the 80s. |
| 0:30.6 | He's kind of the archetype for the dreamboat that every girl wants to date, and every girl also wants to be best friends with. |
| 0:36.6 | So, Lloyd, what are you going to do now? |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah, Lloyd. |
| 0:41.3 | What are your plans for the future? |
| 0:43.3 | Spend as much time possible with Diane before she leaves? |
| 0:47.3 | Seriously, Lloyd. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm totally and completely serious. |
| 0:51.3 | No, really. |
| 0:53.3 | You mean our career? |
| 0:55.0 | I thought about this quite a bit, sir, and I would have to say, considering what's waiting out there for me, |
| 1:01.0 | I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. |
| 1:05.0 | I don't want to sell anything bought or processed or buy anything sold or processed, or |
| 1:10.0 | process anything sold, bought, or processed, or buy anything sold or processed or process anything sold or processed or repair |
| 1:14.6 | anything sold, bought, or process. |
| 1:16.3 | You know, as a career, I don't want to do that. |
| 1:18.8 | So what I've been doing lately is kickboxing, which is a new sport, but I think it's got a good |
| 1:24.9 | future. |
| 1:26.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:26.5 | I can't figure it all out tonight, so I'm just going to hang with your daughter. Lloyd Dobler is played by John Cusack in kind of one of the definitive roles that he did in the 80s. It was around the time period that he did better off dead and kind of all the other nerdy guys that he was known for. Say Anything also has Lily Taylor starring as Corey, |
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