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In Reply to: Formulas are necessary posted by Bambi B on December 14, 2002 at 20:07:06:
I'm not sure what art is, have lots of thoughts, but to me music and movies are entertainment, like novels, they don't have to have a higher purpose that elevates them. They can, but I don't demand it during my times of relaxation, as long as it's not totally dumb.The new movie Adaptation has a main theme that is very much in line with your topic, so much so that I wonder if you might have seen a preview showing that got you thinking. This sounds like a movie that all movie buffs should see.
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cfraser,I don't expect art to always have a higher purpose to elevate- entertainment can be enough. To me, it's always interesting to separate out activities that are intended to affect people in some way and look closely. Then, there is a consciousness of what a single person or small group is saying to a larger group. With entertainment though can be packaged other content. In war-time America, it is interesting to watch the film portrayal of war and heroism. "Casablanca" is entertaining but can be also seen as beginning to end a message for the US (Rick) to stop it's isolationist attention to business (Rick's Cafe) and get into WWII (the Lazslos). M*A*S*H* and "Apolocalype Now" are fun but also talk about the meaning of becoming- or resisting becoming- warriors.
Thanks for mentioning "Adaptation." I think it is in general release this past week, but haven't seen it. The premise of the intertwining of life and film is always interesting. (There are so many strange films about film making- "Shadow of the Vampire"- director Murnau hires a real vampire to star in "Nosferatu.") It's a little difficult to imagine Cage and Streep together, but Cage has a dual role as identical twins, so it's Cage+Cage+Streep. If "A." has the quircky energy of Jonze's "Being John Malkovick" it should be fun!
BTW, I'm embarassed to say, but the only real studio preview I ever attended was "Flash Gordon" in 1980!
Cheers,
Bambi B
I have not seen Adaptation either, not sure if it's even out here yet. So what I say is just based on my interpretation of the story synopsis I read. Besides the intertwining of life and film (Woody Allen anyone?), a main theme is supposed to be a screenwriter trying not to succumb to the Hollywood formula for scripts, yet his life and subsequently his script does follow the pattern. It almost sounds like an "art imitating life imitating art", or "life imitating art imitating life" double whammy. One I'll have to get to.I have also only been to one "preview", and funnily enough it was Apocalypse Now in '79. The movie was pre-released in 3 or 4 cities to get audience reactions to different endings, before picking the release ending. The "Toronto ending" was not used, and I have never seen the released version...think I'll watch the Redux version tonight.
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