Life_As_A_House

Life As A House I have chosen the movie, “Life as a House,” to illustrate three of the housing theories we have discussed in class. “Life as a House,” is a story about a man named, George, who works at an architecture firm, making models. He lived in the house he was raised in, for awhile. Then he tore it down and moved into the garage, while planning to rebuild on the property. He has lived in this condition for twenty-five years, failing to ever rebuild. The garage became his home, but George let it deteriorate, along with his quality of life. Meanwhile, a nice neighborhood has built up around George’s home, and George is the neighborhood nuisance. The ironic thing, I noticed, was that his little shack happened to be sitting on prime real estate. His neighborhood is right on the coast, and his shack is on the edge if a cliff overlooking a panoramic view of the ocean. George’s ex-wife lives across town with her wealthy husband, their two children, and George’s son Sam. Sam is a troubled teenager, whose once strong connection with George (his father), is non-existent. In the george, life, sam, home, house, george’s, garage, condition, value, lived, himself, family, even, theory, son, rebuild, land, didn’t, wouldn’t, without, social, property, personal, over, outside, neighborhood, need, movie, meet, living, let, however, housing, familiar, beginning