5/18/2007
Not Just a Movie
Some movies aren’t just movies. Some movies have the power to capture the imagination in such a compelling way that it becomes an obsession.
This article, a reflection on Star Wars, which was released 30 years ago this month, is a beautifully compelling account of one man’s love affair with a movie. Although it’s about Star Wars — and there is no shortage of Star Wars obsession in the world — swap the details out, and it would serve as a wonderful expression of someone else’s obsession with some other movie.
What is it about a series of sounds and images that can compell the mind so? I don’t even know. But they have that power, and that’s why I love the movies.
joem18b (231) said,
May 19, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Films/topics that could be obsessed over? One-minute list:
Gettysburg
David Lynch
A Star Is Born
Wizard of Oz
Bond
2001
Garbo
Mona Lisa (for Cathy Tyson)
Ferrick (140) said,
May 22, 2007 at 11:28 am
A Star Is Born? Do I dare ask you to explain?