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In Reply to: 'Pod People -- Wall Street Journal on "Feature Films on Tiny Screens" posted by clarkjohnsen on February 24, 2008 at 12:38:29:
...I quite happily did lots of things by myself. This frequently included the viewing of movies, "alone," in theaters. I know that I, at least, never felt the presence of others in the theater; I neither cared about nor was aware of a "communal" experience. There may be an organic dimension of togetherness that never rose to the level of consciousness, but I don't believe that was the case for me.
As far as I'm concerned it was me and the movie. The arrival of videotape was about the same, psychologically, for me. I might or might not watch with someone else. It was me and the movie. DVD made that more portable; for those that watch moving pictures shows on them the iPod even more so. I don't have an iPod-scaled video player but can easily watch TV or a movie using my laptop. It isn't that different.
I wonder if, to some degree, nostalgia for this type of lost communality isn't a sentimental illusion. Can't say I know for sure, but I wonder. Anyway, there are so many factors contributing to alterations in our sense of community in recent decades that citing this in isolation doesn't strike me as very fruitful. I can also imagine a busy woman having too little time for herself and who is constantly giving to others; who's to say that for her it's isolationist to watch a "movie-in-a-movie." Maybe it's helping keep her sane.
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Follow Ups
- For years, before I married and settled down... - EBerlin 17:05:00 02/24/08 (2)
- I love the theater experience... - Harmonia 18:30:48 02/26/08 (0)
- Communality may work for comedies and horror films... - dave c 04:38:29 02/25/08 (0)
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