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Re: The first one didn't go down too well

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Posted by Victor Khomenko on August 5, 2000 at 14:23:51

In Reply to: Re: The first one didn't go down too well posted by Dmitry on August 5, 2000 at 13:42:04:

***I don't think there are wrongs and rights here, Viktor.
Paraphrasing Ellington - "There are two kinds of movies, good and bad."

I think we may be talking a bit orthogonally here. I didn't say it was a bad movie, just that it did not resonate in me. For the reason that the subject is alien to me - that's all. It is unfortunate that it was more about subject than some general human emotions, aspirations, etc.

***There's nothing wrong with an intellectual film(some Bergman and Tarkovsky aren't digestible by most people, even the ones who've heard/read Strindberg, Swedenborg, Soloviev or Pascal). There are 2 ways of going about this.

I would not call Bergman's of Tarkovsky's movies "intellectual", but perhaps we have different meanings in mind. Which particular films do you have in mind?

***1.You say that you aren't educated in the matters of Catolicism.

I would not say 'not educated", but certainly less than in some others.

***Read a few good books and then perhaps see the same film in a different light. Same with those math problems; to an average Joe they are out of this world, to you they are pure enjoyment, because you know how to deal with them. The more educated you get in these matters, the more enjoyment you receive. No?

Enjoyment from that movie, yes, perhaps. But I mosty do deep studies on subjects that interst me, not every subject. This one has some interest to me, but not overwhelming.

***From here another problem arises - even if you dig those movies, math problems, constellations, chinese checkers, there will be few who will share your pleasure.:))

That is more to the point now. That is how I see that movie.

***2.Forget about it and enjoy Belle Du Jour(The older I get the more I tend to follow the second pathway).

That is not a bad movie eiher, it's been years and I probably would enjoy it again. I shall rent it.

***P.S. If you are interested in heresies(other than the ones you have read on this board far too many a time), witchcraft and clandestine movements in the Western Europe of the dark to middle ages, I can dig out a couple of really cool books that, I assure you, you would really be hip to.

Perhaps in some future. I guess I have several subjects ahead of it, but I shall consider your offer. We have a pretty good library, plus a friend of mine has gone through this stuff verrrry deeply and moved on, so I suspect I could pick from his shelves too.

Regards

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