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i had to change the title on my last entry. it was a lame attempt at a title and not accurate at all. the best i could come up with is a line from "airbag," but it works so well. i love that song because it's taking encouragement from tragedy.
this time last year, i was (about to be) wholly immersed in new wave cinema. i'd like to get back into watching movies like i used to. but it's hard to find people who truly love movies. so many people hate watching dubbed movies, or subtitled movies. i would watch more alone, but it's much more fulfilling to watch these kinds of movies with someone else.
i felt much more creative a year ago. i had ideas radiating from my head but i couldn't write any of them down. i need to get my screenplay put together. that's something i want to do... even if i'm the only one who will ever read it.
i saw ocean's 12 over the weekend, and i liked it a lot. i'll probably see it again. heist films have been done to death, but there are so many of them because people find them exciting. i like soderbergh. people are quick to categorize the movie as "hollywood fluff" because of the cast, but i like watching the new-wave shots -- the handheld shots, the rough cuts, the unorthodox sequences. how many other directors do you know who do that with such an ensemble in front of them? how many could even get away with doing it once in a movie?
and i like his reasons for doing it -- i don't remember the exact quote, but he was saying how people are instinctually drawn to movement and energy -- that though they can appreciate "perfection," that most of what we know is imperfect, rough, or will become imperfect, and yet we are drawn to these very things for their vitality. we can find comfort in the vitality -- and that's the feeling i get watching his movies. that's why i like them, really, for the subtle asthetic aspects that people tend to miss in passing. all of it also draws attention to the fact that you're watching a movie, without breaking your suspension of disbelief. i also like fincher for his asthetics. the two have similar styles but their deliveries are quite different, but i love how they blend the abstract/post-modern themes and styles with these darker realist themes and styles. true auteurs.
this time last year, i was (about to be) wholly immersed in new wave cinema. i'd like to get back into watching movies like i used to. but it's hard to find people who truly love movies. so many people hate watching dubbed movies, or subtitled movies. i would watch more alone, but it's much more fulfilling to watch these kinds of movies with someone else.
i felt much more creative a year ago. i had ideas radiating from my head but i couldn't write any of them down. i need to get my screenplay put together. that's something i want to do... even if i'm the only one who will ever read it.
i saw ocean's 12 over the weekend, and i liked it a lot. i'll probably see it again. heist films have been done to death, but there are so many of them because people find them exciting. i like soderbergh. people are quick to categorize the movie as "hollywood fluff" because of the cast, but i like watching the new-wave shots -- the handheld shots, the rough cuts, the unorthodox sequences. how many other directors do you know who do that with such an ensemble in front of them? how many could even get away with doing it once in a movie?
and i like his reasons for doing it -- i don't remember the exact quote, but he was saying how people are instinctually drawn to movement and energy -- that though they can appreciate "perfection," that most of what we know is imperfect, rough, or will become imperfect, and yet we are drawn to these very things for their vitality. we can find comfort in the vitality -- and that's the feeling i get watching his movies. that's why i like them, really, for the subtle asthetic aspects that people tend to miss in passing. all of it also draws attention to the fact that you're watching a movie, without breaking your suspension of disbelief. i also like fincher for his asthetics. the two have similar styles but their deliveries are quite different, but i love how they blend the abstract/post-modern themes and styles with these darker realist themes and styles. true auteurs.