I Still Say That Move “Picnic” Is One of The Best Movies Made For 1960’s Nostalgia. Every Scene Invokes It For Me…

The houses, the way people dressed, screen doors that slam, porches, burning barrel by the side of a shed, the farmland and gardens, women drying their hair by hanging their head outside of their window in warm weather…the simple way people did things back then in small town America…and the angst to move away to a bigger city and start a new life, I remember my cousins doing it after high school, they knew there was more out there for them than just living in a small town. I caught the tail end of it just now and here I go again. I need to see the entire movie again.

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RenFur · 70-79, M

Screen doors that slam. That little detail evokes so much.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RenFur I’d love to have a screen door again. Have a glass storm door with a window that slides up. And entire screened door lets a breeze pull through the home to catch the cool air in early morning. I miss that.

RenFur · 70-79, M

@cherokeepatti

Oh, woman... when I was a kid laying in bed on a Spring or Summer saturday morn with the window open, I could tell which other member of the household had left or entered the back enclosed porch by the way each opened and closed the wooden screen door. The sounds were all different and unique to each person.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RenFur And someone yelling not to slam the door and the screen door gets slammed anyway.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@RenFur Haaa...not all screen doors slam. Some just sag instead, once a 3 year old discovers how to ride it :)

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Heartlander oh boy we never did that. But I think I swung a few times on a regular door till I got caught.