We, you and I, stand watching. Watching what, precisely? Well, movies, you see?
In film, we have narrative and visual metaphor meeting for tea; the poetics of characterization walking alongside a tailor-made musical score.
Is there plenty of tripe? Certainly. But when a film like Magnolia can psychologically rearrange and emotionally deconstruct me in the same manner as Crime & Punishment once did, I simply cannot help but acknowledge the inherent power of this medium. Moving snapshots of you and me, lost in the lives of those on the screen.
This month, I start my formal study of Western Civilization’s “great books” alongside a major in screenwriting. The book says, “We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.” Art interacting. Glory awaits.
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