Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on January 19, 2004 at 07:54:43

In Reply to: You misunderstand my position posted by Troy on January 18, 2004 at 09:46:06:

the converse, as well, i.e. all films are bile-coated and super-realistic?
By necessity, film must compress time, events. Paradoxically, to make the "story" believable (within its context), it must alter it substantially, i.e. exaggerating some events, diminishing others---and all the while, using sound, light, definition, etc. to create EMOTIONALLY within the viewer a sensation which he must experience second-hand.
Of course, it could be I'm missing the nuances of your point: I'm not the brightest bulb in the set.