![]() ![]() As the magazine prepares to shutters its print edition to stave off what I can only assume is financial insolvency, Walter is unable to find the final issue’s cover photo. His job is to curate the iconic images that come through the magazine’s photo department for each edition of the cover. In this particular story, Walter Mitty is a man who has worked for Life magazine for the past 16 years. In Thurber’s original premise, Mitty is forced to find refuge from what is an otherwise joyless and uninspiring life. The movie is very, very loosely based on a James Thurber short story that appeared in The New Yorker in 1939 since then, Thurber’s tale of a man who seeks freedom from the mundane has seen several incarnations, including two cinematic versions that have graced the big screen. Though it’s not an exact wording of what Life founder Henry Luce actually published in the magazine’s real-life first issue, the film remains true to the maxim’s spirit. Says the so-proclaimed motto of Life magazine, at least according to this rendition of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. “To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a good place to start. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s nothing better than ringing in the New Year with some popcorn, and to figure what’s next in the grand adventure of life. ![]()
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