responding to my observation about student taste scott asks:
>>Would you mind elaborating? I'm teased by your term _sensation,_ and
would
>>like to know more about what you see.
but he then answers his own question better than i could hope to:
>>People to laugh, cry, vicariously experience a
>>great ride, be adventurous, see spectacular things, get _jolted,_
have
>>positive outcomes affirmed, see drama that challenges them and makes
them
>>think about their world, be inspired... and, in short, have some
experience
>>that temporarily displaces them from everyday life and changes their
mood.
it's the "spectacular" and "jolt" parts that i find in great demand, though
some
of the more conservative students look for admirable characters who end
up victorious . . .
but--an important but--this has NOTHING to do with sending messages . . .
many
movies i don't like and/or distrust have clear and even moral messages,
while some
films that i admire and respect and love [DAYS OF HEAVEN; BAD TIMING;
DREAMLIFE
OF ANGELS; TWO FOR THE ROAD] really have none . . . lubitsch's TROUBLE IN
PARADISE has been called the most wonderful film ever made -- not the
greatest,
not the best, just the most wonderful -- and that makes some kind of sense
--
and certainly if ever a movie had no message that movie is the one
so it's not message vs. non-message, or good message vs. bad message . . .
but
it's something else . . .
mike
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