Memento Movi Tags Your Place in Life with Films

Memento mori translates from Latin to mean "remember that you will die."  It alludes to a common artistic theme that began in the medieval period featuring skeletons and other symbols of death. To bring that idea into the modern age, Mefite condour75 created a generator that compares your lifespan to a movie. It's called Memento Movi. Enter your date of birth and expected lifespan (you can be as optimistic as you like, but the average is 79 years) and then pick a movie. You will get a frame from that movie that corresponds with the present day in your lifespan, like a progress bar. The list of films is alphabetical and extensive, so I picked The Blues Brothers. I got the image above and this explanation.

You are 87.1% through The Blues Brothers (1980).

I had to laugh, because not only am I too far into it, it's a wreck. You can try this with movie after movie, and you don't really have to be truthful about your age, but if you are, it can be jarring. How far is your life into Star Wars, Young Frankenstein, Home Alone, It's a Wonderful Life, or Jaws? -via Metafilter


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