tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post8821504100548083555..comments2024-02-02T16:47:52.931-08:00Comments on the groundhog day project: the show must go onrobert e g blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055327935875718742noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177211463845465336.post-15526899120947093702015-02-19T13:19:28.755-08:002015-02-19T13:19:28.755-08:00Nope, it's not too much to ask, and it's v...Nope, it's not too much to ask, and it's very well put! I've thought a LOT about this over my movie-viewing and cinema-going life. I do think there is a big difference between people who watch a movie to while away an hour or two and those who get more worked up about movies. I also came to the conclusion a long time ago that I want a movie to change my life-- to change my world-- and not necessarily in a trivial way. Not only to the obvious and limited extent that everything changes you, more profound than that. When I see a really good movie-- or a really bad movies that speaks to me-- somehow I feel I never really STOP watching the movie.<br /><br />And a film makes a new reality, yes, I certainly believe in that world-creating power of movies-- of all art, but of movies especially, as they are so immersive. When I read novels, I usually imagine the fictional world based on my own experiences, but a movie gives you the entire look and sound of its world. Apparently Heidegger wrote about this world-shaping power of art.<br /><br />Funnily enough, Moulin Rouge the almost the only musical I can remember enjoying. It came out in 2001, the year I really discovered the cinema. Before that, ridiculous as it sounds, I was too nervous to buy a cinema ticket! After that, I couldn't get enough.<br /><br />I'm glad to hear things are looking up for you. And, as I've mentioned before, I am personally of the opinion that ALL writing is enlivened by the 'personal touch', even academic writing. After all, we are human before we are anything else.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.com