Post by spiderwort on May 6, 2017 2:49:46 GMT
I first came to understand film as an art form in 1961 with the films of Elia Kazan (starting with Splendor in the Grass) and Ingmar Bergman (starting with Through a Glass Darkly). From there I worked my way backwards to the beginnings and forward to the present to explore all the permutations and potentials of the medium.
I love film's ability to convey emotion and create empathy, catharsis, and enlightenment in the audience. That, along with its extraordinary plasticity, makes it a potential art form of the highest order. (I say potential, because we all know that not all films are art.)
I appreciate the medium's power to entertain, too. But I believe the best films are, at their core, ART DISGUISED as entertainment. For me, there’s no greater magic than that.
It is such a mystery, isn't it? This thing so many of us in one way or another devote so much of our lives to. Art in the form of moving images? A gift from the gods, truly.
Please share your thoughts on this subject, and your experiences as a viewer of this amazing medium.
I love film's ability to convey emotion and create empathy, catharsis, and enlightenment in the audience. That, along with its extraordinary plasticity, makes it a potential art form of the highest order. (I say potential, because we all know that not all films are art.)
I appreciate the medium's power to entertain, too. But I believe the best films are, at their core, ART DISGUISED as entertainment. For me, there’s no greater magic than that.
It is such a mystery, isn't it? This thing so many of us in one way or another devote so much of our lives to. Art in the form of moving images? A gift from the gods, truly.
Please share your thoughts on this subject, and your experiences as a viewer of this amazing medium.