Movies are popular. The
Ultimate go to source for the escapism. Movies are pretty much the
authenticator of all other forms of art. Wait for the movie. Don’t worry about
not reading the book, which has led to the overwhelming acceptance that the
book is better. As popular and financially stimulating movies are, it’s Film
that is, was, and always will be the most underappreciated form of art. At the
same time, Film takes 99.1% of the blame for influencing bad behavior and poor
ideals on the viewer.
To be as biased as I possibly can, Film is
the quintessential of the art of storytelling. The time invested into novels
gives you a comfortable idea that you are submerged in an intellectual artform,
but after growing up, reading a variety of literary works, that notion couldn’t
be anything further from the truth. Yes, your building within your own
imagination but limited to the specific elements the author presents you. Based
on your personal imagination, you choose the most relatable pieces of work.
Very dictating and shackling novels are, while at the same time never asking
you to surrender your ideals or perspectives.
The same can be said for music and
“movies” as well. You ever been to restaurant where the table wasn’t cleaned
off all that well. Dry mustard on the smooth soft table. You scrape it off with
your index finger and find the hard, crusty, yellowish substance resting in
your nail. Then, you go to the bathroom and rinse it off and forget that little
experience ever happened to you. That’s pretty much novels, “movies”, and
music, where it’s the themes, basic subtext, messages that take the place of
the simple crust on the surface. Why would go any deeper than that with being
presented something so relatable and comfortable. In all fairness, when it
comes to these categories of art, the work is never given to you. Going back to
the dry mustard, you can still see the little dry stain left by the spill, the
root. You get to the root of any of these works you’ll find Consumerism,
Progressivism, Cynicism, Individualism…etc. Which is why, over time, it can
become so easy to lose interest, especially in with surface movies getting the
most complaints about originality.
Although I guess I would give surface
movies a pass, since the start of the filmmaking industry built its foundation
on showmanship. The start of music and novels already had the presence of
artist, but as time passed, showmanship became the big thing. Novelty of novels
died ever since the purpose of writing a novel was to have it become a movie. You’re
not reading literature, your reading a money-making movie script. There are
even tips for how to write a novel to have it easily turned into a movie. Ulterior
motive has become money. This motive was already in full swing in it’s
beginning. Perfect example of a movie made off showmanship, Citizen Kane.
It wasn’t until years later until an
artist entered this domain. The first true artist in film is Sergio Leone. As
important as the Western setting was at that time for a showman in John Wayne
movies, it is meaningless to Leone who uses it as simply a tool to design a
variety of characters.
Then comes Craven, Carpenter, Coppola, De
Palma, Nolan, Lee, Scott, Bigelow the inviters bringing you into their
perspectives and ideals which are nothing like yours. Digging through minds of
these artist can be strenuous, making this kind of viewing of film the most
least route taken. An artist film is when you hear the directors voice through
his/her craft of unifying the actors, production designers, sound, light, cinematography,
costumes, scripts, meshing it together to give it to you. Authors can never do
this. Novels say build your intellectual. Music says listen to message
to include in your life. Surface “Movies” say look for messages, themes,
and positive imagery to help build your life. A Film says fuck you,
get in my head own my unrelatability and tell me what you think.
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