06/02/2026
On the surface, the film Chocolat is about temptation. But through a Mortality Movie lens, it's about death, grief, and the many ways the dead can shape the lives of the living.
Mortality Movie Chocolat: When the Dead Still Tell Us How to Live | A Good Goodbye
On the surface, Chocolat is about temptation. But through a Mortality Movie lens, it's about death, grief, and ways the dead can shape the lives of the living.
05/29/2026
Check out this interview with Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, on the Best Life Best Death podcast, hosted by Diane Hullet. Thanks so much for this wonderful interview! Best Life Best Death https://bestlifebestdeath.com/podcast-247-mortality-movies-to-see-before-you-die-gail-rubin-author-educator-and-the-doyenne-of-death/
05/26/2026
In Montmartre, Paris, we explore Mortality Movie themes in the film Amélie, featured in 98.6 Mortality Movies to See Before You Die.
Skeletons, Romance, and Paris: Mortality Themes in the Film Amélie | A Good Goodbye
A French Mortality Movie I recently rewatched is Amélie (2001), in the Mortality and Living Fully chapter of 98.6 Mortality Movies to See Before You Die.
05/19/2026
Paris, Je T’Aime is a film that features love, loss, laughter, and vampires in the City of Light.
Paris, Je T’Aime: Love, Loss, Laughter, and Vampires in the City of Light | A Good Goodbye
Paris, Je T’Aime is a collection of five-minute stories directed by different filmmakers, each in a different Paris neighborhood. Some are Mortality Movies!
05/18/2026
Over the weekend, the last three videos for the Route 66 ash scattering road trip were posted online. The stops were in Clinton, Oklahoma at the Oklahoma Route 66 History Museum, Groom, Texas at the gigantic Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and on the east side of Amarillo at the Slug Bug Ranch. Links to each video are below:
Route 66 History Museum: https://youtu.be/eS4hiLbdELY
Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: https://youtu.be/EgG-IGNlKwg
Slug Bug Ranch: https://youtu.be/Dz2AS_adWOQ
Thanks to Martie McNabb for accompanying Gail Rubin on this journey, and thanks to Passages International, Inc. - Green Funeral Products and Etern.Life for the scattering tubes and memorial website!
(Photo from the Oklahoma Route 66 History Museum)
05/15/2026
Reached the turn around point for the Route 66 ash scattering trip for my brother-in-law Steven Bleicher. Included in this video is part of an interview with Blaine Davis, the son of the man who built the Blue Whale of Catoosa. Martie McNabb and I happened to meet him in the gift shop of the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma. What are the chances? Thanks to Passages International, Inc. - Green Funeral Products and Etern.Life for the scattering tubes and memorial website placements!
Catoosa, Oklahoma: The Blue Whale Scattering
https://etern.life/memorials/steven-bleicher/ took a road trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Catoosa, Oklahoma, to scatter the cremated remains o...
05/12/2026
Two unlikely films about facing death - 1966 King of Hearts and 2007 The Savages.
From Battlefield to Nursing Home: Two Unlikely Films About Facing Death | A Good Goodbye
We can discuss death in two very different ways, watching the films King of Hearts and The Savages. Mortality Movies come in many different forms!
05/11/2026
Gail Rubin was scattering ashes along Route 66 at The Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, and the wind was brutal! Thanks to Martie McNabb for your camera work, Passages International, Inc. - Green Funeral Products for the scattering tubes and Etern.Life for the memorial website.
Amarillo, Texas: Cadillac Ranch Scattering
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05/08/2026
At the midpoint of Route 66, my epic ash scattering road trip for Steven Bleicher continues. Thanks to Passages International, Inc. - Green Funeral Products and Etern.Life for the scattering tubes and memorial website, and to Martie McNabb for the camera work!
Adrian, TX Midpoint Scattering
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05/07/2026
Check out the World's Largest Flipflop in San Jon, NM, as my Route 66 ash scattering road trip for Steven Bleicher continues. Thanks to Passages International, Inc. - Green Funeral Products for the scattering tube kit, and the Etern.Life memorial website! Thanks also to Martie McNabb for your camera work.
San Jon, NM Scattering
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