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Harvey
1950 · Film · 104 min
Directed by Henry Koster
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
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When considering which qualities to favor in people, I'd be happy if you consider this quote from the 1950 movie Harvey:
"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."
I am slightly embarrassed to say that yes, I watch movies over and over. All of them off of a shared hard drive using Kodi on an Apple TV to watch.
I recently through away all my CDs, DVDs, and BluRay after carrying them from apartment to apartment for years (in notebooks) and never once opening them during those years.
As for the embarrassment. I get from some POV it's a waste of time but I easily have a list of ~400 movies all of which I've watched 3-20 times each. Examples might be a movie like The Matrix I'm sure I've watch 10+ times. A movie like Harvey, 2 or 3.
My guess is it's an ironic reference to the stage play and film from 1950 called Harvey, about a man with a best friend who is a tall white invisible (silent) rabbit called Harvey.
"In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." ― Elwood P. Dowd
Main (human) character from the movie “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart, 1950.
"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened." ― Lawrence Durrell from the novel “Clea”, 1960.
For a great depiction of a grown-up with friend, that may or may not be imaginary, see the movie Harvey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(film)), James Stewart is great in it.
Here is an excerpt from the about page, I don't know enough to argue for or against the architecture but this part caught my eye.
"those who believed in Harvey were thought to be insane, but eventually found not to be."
So they recognize that many will think it is an insane idea but are playing a long game to prove that to be incorrect.
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About the Name
So, why “Harvey”? Mostly because we liked it, but there are at least 3 other good reasons based on the origins of Plan 9 operating system:
Harvey is a movie, Plan 9 is a movie too. Harvey is a rabbit, Glenda is a bunny. Most importantly: in the movie, those who believed in Harvey were thought to be insane, but eventually found not to be.
https://harvey-os.org/about/
White? US Citizen?
That's saying more about you than about the name "Harvey".
It came from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/
For, and if anybody was wondering, the name is a reference to the Jimmy Stewart movie "Harvey"[1] , in which Jimmy Stewart is a grown man who has an imaginary best friend, a 6 foot tall bunny rabbit.
[1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/