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RIP an Anerican patriot
RIP
Kerouac the creative flame
A forgotten favorite
Why kill Data?
Why no posts for this prolific creator?
Returning to Forever
"Who am I?"
A favorite moment
Performing in real life
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Who knew Godzilla was so sporty!
They're certainly exploring many of the same themes!
I won't insist that it's The Right View, either. Just my own feeling about it, as I was a teenager when the film came out & I first saw it. So, being shaped by that time & its favored forms of storytelling, that's where my first thoughts naturally go. In fact, I don't see why every view expressed in this discussion can't be equally true. A thoughtful, artistic film can have multiple valid interpretations, after all.
Films from that period were more comfortable with allegorical/symbolic storytelling, as were audiences. I wouldn't say it's all in his mind so much as we're perceiving his state of mind reflected in what's actually happening to him.
It's about so much more than the visuals, though. It's more like a symphonic tone poem that's meant to be experienced more than analyzed—although it's certainly open to extensive analysis & always has been, of course.
Beautifully said. I'm reminded of the late R.D. Laing's premise that breakdown is sometimes breakthrough.
Well said!
All topical references eventually become "dated"—but the ideas that such references deal with don't necessarily become "dated" as well. The surface always changes, but the substance remains relevant. Andre's ideas & philosophy may well have become naive & simplistic to James Berardinelli over the years—and that's certainly fair. But ideas & philosophies often come into & then out & then back into fashion with regularity. And at the very least, Andre is still shying something of value. something to ponder ... especially in a world increasingly dominated by technology, the digital world, and AI. Where & how does basic humanity fit into such a world? Or does it? Andre's questions are even more urgent & pressing today, I would say. But that'd just me, of course.
Andre Gregory is still living.
Not showing it is so much more effective. Whatever the most horrifying thing is that you can imagine, that's what's happening. Brrr!
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