Showing the murder scene in Gimme Shelter this semester (in conjunction
with Blow-up) I examined out how the editing juxtaposed images of
sixties symbols (flowers) with images of violence, contributing to a
questionable apocolyptic end-of-sixties interpretation of the actual
event. Also talked about how the context of the event may have provided
an alternative interpretation. Also in that scene there is the break in
the Stone's streetfighting persona as Jagger shifts out of character, at
one point with Keith Richard hanging on with a somewhat slackened guitar
until Mick tells him to stop. Lots of complexity here in a documentary:
footage is all real but the meaning is much more complex.
John M.
Houston Wood wrote:
> I try to convince students that filmed events are not real events, but
> it is difficult. So I'm trying to compile a "Top 10 Reasons Films Are
> Not Reality" list to at least get them thinking.
>
> Would any of you be willing to contribute candidate items? What are the
> main ways that filmed events differ from everyday viewed events?
>
> I will collect and compile and then share with the list.
>
> (I'm refraining from offering any ideas to start off, thinking it would
> be better for list members to find levels of generality and proper
> vocabulary for formulating their ideas.)
>
> If you want to email your idea more privately, off list, I am Houston
> Wood at [log in to unmask]
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> Thanks much.
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