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I LOST AND FOUND MYSELF AT THE MOVIES December 11 2018, 0 Comments
Casablanca
The movies offer many creative ways to occupy time: escapism, complexity, humour, mystery, connection, inspiration. Great movies transport us to a different time and place.
Why should I care what happens to fictional characters? Because I identify with them, I see the characters as versions of myself, their fates matter to me, and I get wrapped in their stories.
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When I want the luxury of escapism, the right movie can transport me to a time and place I've never been--like Alice going through the looking glass into a fantastical world.
The theme of cinematic voyerism appeals to my curious nature, and in the movies, I experience voyerism from the comfort of my armchair. How I interpret what I see is up to me. And I'm inspired to try new things.
Some Like It Hot
Great movies comfort me and make me laugh. The world is knowable, and I feel safe. Especially when I'm viewing Some Like it Hot, for the twentieth time. It's a great movie, and it stands the test of time: all great movies do. I believe that there are movie fans somewhere out there like me, who laugh like me. I'm connected to strangers.
Toy Story
Great movies create a powerful sense of emotion and engagement. I'm inspired to become a bigger better version of myself.
Great movies inspire memorable quotations. Just a word or two or three and we know the movie source, and memories begin. A few words can instantly transport us to Casablanca or Paris, to Infinity and Beyond with the toys, singe our funny bones with Some Like It Hot, and know the power of a little furball.
I've created some home decor items which display quotations from the movies. They're available on Society 6.
ESCAPISM amigos, is ultimately why I started going to the movies. Discovering somethings about myself is why I'll always return.
Hasta luego,
Val