The Joy of Positivity: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
It's joy, pure child-like joy!
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When I was nine years old and my dad worked at a Caldwell Banker at a mall I saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure in the mall movie theater five or six times. It was one of those movies that made me fall in love with film as a medium. It began an intense obsession with the films of Tim Burton that, needless to say, has receded tremendously since 1996. Burton was my first favorite director and also the first director to break my heart.
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