Nearly Ten Years
“I guess it comes down to the fact that I take the escapism that movies provide very seriously, and that TV ‘entertainment news’ shows don’t. I’m not alone on this. There are millions of us who don’t necessarily think of movies as mere diversion. They can be opportunities for communion or transportation — a profound high.
“When a special movie comes along, a theatre can feel like a church. Maybe most people see movies in less reverent terms; maybe the true believers are a minority. But if the lore of movies was just about glamour, fun and ‘entertainment’, they wouldn’t be nearly as popular or connect with people in such primal, elemental ways.” — from a June 1999 Mr. Showbiz piece called “Stepford Showbiz News.” Here’s page 1 and page 2.
when a film really stinks, but your date won’t let you theater hop, it feels like being stuck in the wrong church – and you fear them breaking out the box of snakes.
I agree with you Jeff that you and I are in a minority of movie goers. I look around at my family and friends and I don’t see any of them with the same level of passion for movies that I do. A couple of them come close, but one is obsessed with Star Wars and the other is obsessed with horror movies, but I’m obsessed with movies in general.
I still remember the movie that changed my views: Schindler’s List. After seeing SL, I knew that movies weren’t a entertainment diversion, but something that was meant to be absorbed into one’s being.
there is a great D.H. Lawrence poem that describes the experience to a T.
anyone know it?
Am I the only one who thinks Wells should start using that picture again for the title bar?
there is a great D.H. Lawrence poem that describes the experience to a T.
anyone know it?