Tuesday, June 1, 2021
My Heuristic of Movie Analysis
The tool I commonly use to evaluate movies is seemingly paradoxical: the movie must be at once realistic and unrealistic. The best movies are realistic in character, but unrealistic in plot. If we get a true to life character, we identify with them and the evocation of emotion, which movies are better at than any other medium, begins. If we get a true to life plot, though, we quickly get bored. Put realistic characters (Rick and Elsa) in unrealistic / unusual situations (Nazi resistance in Northern Africa) and the magic begins.
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