Posted by Duffless at hide101.suffolk.edu on February 26, 2002 at 12:18:56:
In Reply to: Re: Crazy / Beautiful and other views posted by SexyJ on February 26, 2002 at 12:13:22:
Documentaries aren't always to entertain, sometimes they can entertain, such as Roger and Me(going to see M.Moore tomorrow)....
: arent all movies/films etc. made for entertainment purposes? they make the film/movie for people to see, enjoy and possibly be moved. of course those hollywood films are typical and not all that moving. the 'artsy films' are made more for the feeling, emotion of it and dont have the hollywood budgit but still made to entertain. if that wasnt the sole purpose then they wouldnt get made at all.
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: : Did any of you guys ever watch Crazy / Beautiful?
: : I raise the issue because...
: : 1) I watched the dvd last night,
: : 2) its a style of film / story-telling that's rather different from Kevin's stuff, and
: : 3)Though I see Kevin commenting on films ranging from cartoons (like Monsters Inc.) to war/action films (e.g. Black Hawk) - I rarely spot Kevin taking note of the darker and more emotionally charged films around.
: : I must say straight away that, though the film stars Kirsten Dunst - it most certainly is NOT one of those teen-movies..... and if it were a teen movie, its a pretty damn fucked up one!!
: : Does it require a certain fucked up person with an emotionally trashed history to relate to the darker and heavier side of what cinema is capable of protraying, or can happy light-hearted people such as your goodselves nonetheless delve into fathoms of those pits.
: : I find viewaskew films highly enjoyable myself, and I often look towards them from an almost escapist perspective - a mini-universe of discoveries, little escentricities and idiosyncracies.... Kevin often looks into and analyses many of the overlooked and easily accepted notions and concepts in life - but the investigation is often a happy though enlightening one, that rarely delves into the dysfunctional aspects of life.....
: : On the other hand, it is possible to view flicks as simply a mode of entertainment - we live in a world of sufficient sickness in reality, that one does not need to wallow in further shit by deliberately choosing to make / create / watch something that pushes those buttons.