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Why I like films

Why I like films.

Because we’re all trying to figure out life. Since we all have a limited viewpoint, and since time and thus experience are finite, we can only get a better picture by sharing stories. Films are the latest and most advanced form of story-telling.

Because of our modern culture, most everything on the mass-culture, living room portal comes in the way of sound bites. People are reduced to stereotypes. Simple, one dimensional, humanoid-robo-tons. Films use modern technology, take glimpses of life, and return people to their basic, n-dimensional shapes.

Because, when it’s done right, we can weave the stories, the people, the environments and glimpses into subtle shades of gray, look inside people’s DNA, their motives, their situations, point the camera in a unique way, and get a peek into ourselves. It becomes art.

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