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In my movie there would be a lot of portrayals of the dualities of American life, and I think, at least for me, When the Saints Go Marching In is one of those songs that is both happy and sad at the same time.  You could say it’s an all-purpose song, but I have specifically happy and specifically sad thoughts about it when I hear it, and the imagery it would be matched up with could bring up both emotions.  It’s also classic Louis Armstrong, who is classic jazz, from the Jazz Age, the 1920s, where the arc of my movie would peak.