Tonight we went to the local Budget Theater to see Woody Allen’s recent movie Midnight in Paris. Like many of Woody Allen’s movies this one has a light, romantic and humorous touch to it. But what I found interesting was the protagonist’s fear and fascination with death. In fear of death he was afraid to take risk yet he kept regretting his past decisions and was living in the past. He is transformed at the end of the movie to face death and finds new life in the present.

There is a lot more to the movie but this underlying theme of facing death, as some you know, was of special interest to me. Living with death and facing the fear of death head on is the only way to live fully in the present I believe. It is sometimes hard to articulate thoughts about death but this movie does it in an understandable, light and funny way.

Men and woman not afraid to die, like Earnest Hemmingway, appeared in the story talking directly about taking risk, even risk of death, to fully live. How to live in peace and face death is still a mystery to me but experiencing “Midnight in Paris shines some light on the subject.

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