Benjamin Button
Born old, dies young
Benjamin Button refers to the title character of F.
Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 short story, a man born old who ages in reverse.
The name now describes anyone or anything that seems to grow younger over time or defy normal aging: She's pulling a Benjamin Button—looks better at fifty than she did at thirty.
The 2008 film adaptation popularized this figurative use.
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- makeupProducts for beautifying faces
Cate Blanchett · David Fincher · visual effects · adaptation · screenplay · flashback · timeline · period piece
- short storyBrief prose fiction
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
Jazz Age · literature · characterization · theme · symbolism · irony · satire · American literature
Return to former state
- youthState of being immature
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- infancyEarliest period of life
- lifespanTotal existence duration
time · transformation · rejuvenation · paradox · mortality · life cycle · wrinkles · vitality
Longing for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- lossBeing without something
- loveIntense fond attachment
- memoryMind's retention capacity
poignancy · tragedy · sorrow · longing · bittersweet · isolation · acceptance · impermanence
Brad Pitt
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
Cate Blanchett · David Fincher · makeup · visual effects · adaptation · screenplay · flashback · timeline · period piece · romance
F. Scott Fitzgerald
- short storyBrief prose fiction
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
1920s · Jazz Age · literature · characterization · theme · symbolism · irony · satire · American literature · prose
regression
Return to former state
lifespan · time · transformation · rejuvenation · paradox · mortality · life cycle · wrinkles · vitality · decrepitude
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- lossBeing without something
- loveIntense fond attachment
memory · poignancy · tragedy · sorrow · longing · bittersweet · isolation · acceptance · impermanence · wonder
- David FincherFight Club, Gone Girl, The Social Network, The Game, Panic Room
- Elderly ProtagonistsMiss Marple, Hercule Poirot, wise elder, grandfather figure, golden ager
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