![]() You want to set some groundrules first for this exploration of the dysfunctional family on film? SHAPIRO: I think the big white beard might muffle what you say into the microphone. MURRAY HORWITZ (Director and COO, American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center): Thank you, Ari. He is the patriarch of our Summer Movie Festival, and he also runs the American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Our guide through the vicissitudes of la famiglia is Murray Horwitz. Go to npr.org and click on Talk of the Nation. Our email address is And you can join the conversation on our Web site. Who do you see? The Tenenbaums, the Corleones, the Addams family? What's the dysfunctional film family that most resembles yours? Or which one do you secretly want to be adopted into? Our number here in Washington is 1-80. Later, it's your most memorable holiday reunions.īut first, look around at your own family this holiday. This hour, a smorgasbord of adultery, rebellion, mental illness, drug addiction, and the occasional criminal indictment. SHAPIRO: That was Chevy Chase, playing Clark Grisworld in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," just one iconic entry in one of the most beloved genres in film - the dysfunctional family. We're going to press on and we're going to have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny (bleep) Kaye. This is a full blown four-alarm holiday emergency here. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. ![]() CHEVY CHASE: (As Clark Grisworld) Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. (Soundbite of movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation") As Tolstoy said, "All happy families are alike and boring." Is it any wonder the movies keep returning to the unhappy ones? ![]()
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