movies about things that aren't stupid
Movies should be creatively sound. They should push the boundaries of what we know to be our experiance and there are a lot of ways to do that. I don't think I'm alone in thinking this but I'm close. The expectations people have for movies are so low you can hear it when you come out of the theatre, "It wasn't bad...it was entertaining."
I have a hard time reading any modern novels because I feel they are setup very similarly and that through the guise of symbolism and metaphor the real goal is the entertainment one finds while unraveling a mystery. People don't seek depth anymore from these forms of media, they find it elsewhere. I cannot.
My father only read one book his whole life and it was a book of short stories I remember it because he used to talk about it all the time. He really loved that book of short stories but his learning disability prevented him from enjoying all the good books my mother could and so he depended on movies for his inspiration. His Shakespeare and Dante were Paul Newman and Steve McQueen and the movie that held together his story was a film called The
Hustler.
The main character Fast Eddie is from Oakland, CA like my father was. He couldn't read and wasn't educated like my father was but he was good at pool and as long as he found something to be good at he was an artist and that was his craft. My father has spent his whole life looking for that one thing.
That movie means a lot to me but a lot of people don't want to watch it with me. It's not a slapstick comedy or bromance. It doesn't have explosions and for gods sake its not even in color. Its emotional and not Jude Law at the end of ALfie emotional.
I'm not a snob. I can enjoy a movie reliant on fart jokes but I can also draw the line and seperates that from a meaningful movie experiance.
Here are some examples of Movies that I don't feel get enough love.
Japan
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Akira Kurisawas dreams
Tokyo Story
Red Beard
Ikiru
Branded to Kill
Russia
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Destiny of a man
Commisar
Battleship Potemkin (silent movie)
Italy
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La Strada
Amarcord
I vitelloni
France
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Alphaville
Breathless
United States
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City Lights(silent movie)
Vertigo
Lady from Shanghai
Double Indemnity
The Apartment
Shadow of a doubt
I have a hard time reading any modern novels because I feel they are setup very similarly and that through the guise of symbolism and metaphor the real goal is the entertainment one finds while unraveling a mystery. People don't seek depth anymore from these forms of media, they find it elsewhere. I cannot.
My father only read one book his whole life and it was a book of short stories I remember it because he used to talk about it all the time. He really loved that book of short stories but his learning disability prevented him from enjoying all the good books my mother could and so he depended on movies for his inspiration. His Shakespeare and Dante were Paul Newman and Steve McQueen and the movie that held together his story was a film called The
Hustler.
The main character Fast Eddie is from Oakland, CA like my father was. He couldn't read and wasn't educated like my father was but he was good at pool and as long as he found something to be good at he was an artist and that was his craft. My father has spent his whole life looking for that one thing.
That movie means a lot to me but a lot of people don't want to watch it with me. It's not a slapstick comedy or bromance. It doesn't have explosions and for gods sake its not even in color. Its emotional and not Jude Law at the end of ALfie emotional.
I'm not a snob. I can enjoy a movie reliant on fart jokes but I can also draw the line and seperates that from a meaningful movie experiance.
Here are some examples of Movies that I don't feel get enough love.
Japan
------------------------------
Akira Kurisawas dreams
Tokyo Story
Red Beard
Ikiru
Branded to Kill
Russia
------------------------------
Destiny of a man
Commisar
Battleship Potemkin (silent movie)
Italy
-------------------------------
La Strada
Amarcord
I vitelloni
France
----------------------------------
Alphaville
Breathless
United States
----------------------------------
City Lights(silent movie)
Vertigo
Lady from Shanghai
Double Indemnity
The Apartment
Shadow of a doubt
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