Films as nostalgic postcards
Films can be a more beautiful reflection of a time in your life, a moment , a nano second. It might not have anything to do with the film, but you remember them forever because of what you felt at the time you watched these films. Some films like a good piece of cheese, " age" well. They are always timeless. But others when you revisit them seem childlike and silly.
I remember I went with my two best friends to see " the craft", which I was dying to see, and the music stuck in my head for a long time. We ditched a farsi class to go and watch it, and I missed out on seeing my crush to do so. I remember feeling as rebellious as the characters in their nineties -post grunge attire. I still love to see the scene where the dark goth witch goes crazy.
Titanic- i remember ditching my soroity sister rush to go to the movies with my real friends. I realized I would never fit in with them so I didn't care who they were, so watching Rose rebel against her mother was definitly identifiable.
There are certain films, that at the time causes us to sigh but then just reminds us of our x boyfriends. Even though we love the film, like the jacket that used to be his, tends to be tossed out as well.
Looking back at certain films that I watched as a kid, I feel a bit cheated. The dark crystal, although I was really young ( probably around four) I would replay in my head over and over years after I had watched it. When I went back and saw it on youtube the other day I was surprised how cartoonishly the puppets are. ( and the same holds true for legend, the neverending story, among others..)
Our views are different, and so are our tastes. Watching a film is like seeing a moment frozen in time, of who we were as a viewer, what we experienced and where we are now. But we cannot be there for that moment ever again, and therein lies the tragedy of loss.
I remember I went with my two best friends to see " the craft", which I was dying to see, and the music stuck in my head for a long time. We ditched a farsi class to go and watch it, and I missed out on seeing my crush to do so. I remember feeling as rebellious as the characters in their nineties -post grunge attire. I still love to see the scene where the dark goth witch goes crazy.
Titanic- i remember ditching my soroity sister rush to go to the movies with my real friends. I realized I would never fit in with them so I didn't care who they were, so watching Rose rebel against her mother was definitly identifiable.
There are certain films, that at the time causes us to sigh but then just reminds us of our x boyfriends. Even though we love the film, like the jacket that used to be his, tends to be tossed out as well.
Looking back at certain films that I watched as a kid, I feel a bit cheated. The dark crystal, although I was really young ( probably around four) I would replay in my head over and over years after I had watched it. When I went back and saw it on youtube the other day I was surprised how cartoonishly the puppets are. ( and the same holds true for legend, the neverending story, among others..)
Our views are different, and so are our tastes. Watching a film is like seeing a moment frozen in time, of who we were as a viewer, what we experienced and where we are now. But we cannot be there for that moment ever again, and therein lies the tragedy of loss.
