RANDY ELROD

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  • 68. Am I Middle-Aged?

    I turned 68 this year, and as I read a fascinating article in The Atlantic this week, the question hit me: am I still middle-aged? The instinct is to laugh it off. Sixty-eight sounds like a number that should settle the matter. But I’ve spent twenty years building a framework I call The Quest, My Theory of Being, that…

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  • The Odyssey: Imagination as Survival

    Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opened last week to $124.5 million domestically. It was the biggest live-action debut of the year, the best global launch of Nolan’s career, and a 95% on the Tomatometer. It is about a king who takes ten years to sail home from a war. The whole thing was shot entirely on IMAX cameras,…

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  • The Bully Who Wouldn’t Leave the Stage

    Sunday night, MetLife Stadium, and Spain had just beaten Argentina to win the World Cup. Rodri stood at the edge of the trophy platform, seconds from the moment his whole career had been circling toward. The hoist, the roar, the flag, gold confetti raining down on a team that had earned every inch of it.…

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