Why Ghostbusters Is Such An Awesome Architectural Film

Why Ghostbusters Is Such An Awesome Architectural Film

The sad news that actor, screenwriter, and director Harold Ramis passed away earlier today has unsurprisingly resulted in a wave of cinematic nostalgia, with #ghostbusters trending globally on Twitter and seemingly everyone, at least in this office, talking about films such as Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, and National Lampoon’s Vacation.

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Wake Up at the B&B from Groundhog Day Every Morning for Eternity

Wake Up at the B&B from Groundhog Day Every Morning for Eternity

Just a day after the real-life Punxsutawney Phil forecast six more weeks of winter, the bed and breakfast where Groundhog Day was filmed hit the market. You could buy it, set an old-fashioned clock radio to go off at 6:00 a.m. playing "I Got You, Babe," and relive the same day over and over—and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

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This Ghostbusters Fanatic Built a Perfect Replica of Their HQ

If you thought you were a big fan of Bill Murray movies, you’ve got nothing on one Italian fan who’s built an impossibly perfect replica of the basement of the Ghostbusters’ firehall headquarters. More »

Scrooged: The Ghost of Bill Murray Past

Watching a movie for exactly the second time ever, when you haven’t seen it since you were a young kid, is a pretty amazing experience. I streamed Scrooged the other night. I hadn’t seen it since shortly after its 1988 release, when I was about six or seven. Total flashback. The terrifying ghouls under the cloak of the ghost of Christmas Future. The incomprehensible mania of a drunken, laid-off Bobcat Goldthwait. The pointless distraction of the love story. Those things were not, I can report, a bunch of scary nonsense this time around. More »