I have been watching more films than usual of late and felt the urge to share. Broken Embraces was such a beautiful film, the scenery with the vivid colors served as almost another character. The art in the homes, the layout of the homes, the bookshelves... I loved it. And then I started thinking about themes of films and the difference between being entertaining and being important to the genre/director/zeitgeist. The theme of the meta-reality of a failed/faded artist in the film. Affluent white people with their failures vs. the war film vs. the heist etc. I just like seeing the world someone else might see it, instead the way I see it. I suppose that's why people watch films.
For Aftermath-letes, obscenesters, pomosexuals, recovering techoholics and those looking for myopic clarity. “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.” "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." Myself : I suffer from culture envy, delusions of complexity. "Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops." If gift shops were pop-up ads, shopping for meaning.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Lame
I have been watching more films than usual of late and felt the urge to share. Broken Embraces was such a beautiful film, the scenery with the vivid colors served as almost another character. The art in the homes, the layout of the homes, the bookshelves... I loved it. And then I started thinking about themes of films and the difference between being entertaining and being important to the genre/director/zeitgeist. The theme of the meta-reality of a failed/faded artist in the film. Affluent white people with their failures vs. the war film vs. the heist etc. I just like seeing the world someone else might see it, instead the way I see it. I suppose that's why people watch films.
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