6:28- That is such a good point you made about life. It's not a series of perfectly-structured narratives with a clear cut ending. It's EXTREMELY messy and unpredictable.
I agree. Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.' really changed my perspective of my life. There’s definitely something magical about the "never to be answered" mysteries presented in the film. Mysteries about a nightclub where the medium isn’t really live singing. No one is playing the music, its all going on ; while we live in an illusion that we control our life , in reality we being there or not being there doesn't really matter because the music goes on. We control nothing about it. We are as helpless and inconsequential about our own life like puppets in a show. Someone somewhere else is plotting our life and we have no clue who is doing it. David Lynch proved that he has unnatural ability to bring avant-garde surrealism into the mainstream and make it less an exercise in unique style and more as a fascinating way of exploring powerful story lines and themes, and blurring the line between dreams and reality. Overall, You can really discover a lot about yourself by experiencing Mulholland Dr. One of my favorites! You watch a good movie, but you EXPERIENCE a GREAT ONE.
I become obsessed with Mulholland Drive during a difficult losing my mind period of my life. It's a very powerful movie. Thanks for sharing your very personal feelings about art and reality. Storytelling can cause a bit of pain for people who are not mainstream thinkers.
To me, Blood Diamond really changed my life. I don't consider this movie to be one of my favorites and it is also not a flawless movie. But, after watching this, I did get suicidal thoughts for a long time. Among others, Melancholia, Detachment, Shawshank Redemption, Tree of Life and some others really disturbed me. Every video I watch of yours, it bugs me more and more that you haven't seen A Separation yet or, at least, haven't reviewed it yet :( It is perfect portrayal of life! I look forward to your more reviews :)
I am so glad you did this. Unlike you, I never loved movies as a child, anymore than other kid around the block. It was my years in college that opened up cinema for me. So, the perspective that comes with age has helped me steer clear of all the things that affected your growing up years. But, I feel my love for movies has made me lose out on real human connections; I relate more to fictitious characters than real people; thankfully it has all been good till now. You must be proud of what you do. Most of the movies that influenced me; I first heard them here. So, thanks to you, The Tree Of Life made me look at my life in a new light and Synecdoche New York helped me come to terms with my mortality! So, yeah thank-you for doing this, and keep doing this, because you have contributed to people's lives and you may not even know it. :) cheers. PS: I write for an independent website, probably because of Mulholland Dr. I watched it and I realized I wanted to write about movies :)
I really luv movies too, sci fi are my fav genre but I really like a film called The Remains of the Day about missed and lost opportunities and basically unrequited Love. Cause thats the situation Ive put myself in. Before I left fb, I found out a certain special person's fav movie was Dear John, and that kind of changed my thoughts on how they felt about me.
Have you heard the song Movies by Weyes Blood? The lyrics focus on a lot on her relationship with movies and it draws a lot of parallels with what you said in this video. And it sounds great too.
+iamsheep When I started doing youtube videos the recorder I used to flip the image. I started to actually like the flipped look better than when it was normal so I kept doing it.
Somehow, I suspected you would answer this question in an unusual manner -- HA! It is interesting that as you get older (but still young, of course! :)) you find yourself more attracted to indie or avant-garde film. There is much to your conclusions regarding that, but sometimes I feel that the "honesty" of indie films is a false veneer. So much narcissism and pedantic musings in so many of them that they can be difficult to slog through to get to the good stuff. I kind of find myself coming full circle and now appreciate the "mainstream" or blockbuster movie as being more "honest" in a strange way. Ahhh... I won't drone on about that as it will turn boring quickly -- HA!Mulholland Drive was a very strange movie, as I recall, but also one that "sticks" with you, so to speak. I am going to have to watch that again.
+Johnnybtv3 I have learned to appreciate mainstream films for what they are, but I can't deny that I feel a certain amount of bitterness towards it too.
Noah Smith I found it interesting but I would need to see it again to see if I have a new perspective on it. It annoys me that Darren Aronofsky copies so much of that film.
I would expect that someone like yourself would get so much from that novel, which is so beautiful and brutal, and has so many layers of meaning. I've read it multiple times and I find that at different points in my life I see it from very different angles - it changes with me. I think that people who try to sum it up in a phrase, "it's a satire", or "it's a denunciation of romanticism" are missing so much of what it has to offer, its complexity - it has real psychological depth, and Flaubert's prose is to die for (it's cinematic before there was a cinema) - it's written with the concentration of poetry. "Bovary" isn't a didactic book, it really is art for art's sake, it puts that "sob in the base of the spine" that Nabokov sought as his ideal, an expression of aesthetic bliss. If you don't read french the translation is super important. I recommend the one by Lydia Davis, or a lesser known one by the poet Adam Thorpe. I'm a Bovary addict so I love reading different people's take on it - as is the case of any powerful work of art, it can often be divisive.
I really hope your channel grows. It's good to see honest, intelligent, non-clickbaity content on youtube.
Art is a criticism of reality. That is its own "rebellion".
My head was, and still is, in the clouds as well.
6:28- That is such a good point you made about life. It's not a series of perfectly-structured narratives with a clear cut ending. It's EXTREMELY messy and unpredictable.
I agree. Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.' really changed my perspective of my life. There’s definitely something magical about the "never to be answered" mysteries presented in the film. Mysteries about a nightclub where the medium isn’t really live singing. No one is playing the music, its all going on ; while we live in an illusion that we control our life , in reality we being there or not being there doesn't really matter because the music goes on. We control nothing about it. We are as helpless and inconsequential about our own life like puppets in a show. Someone somewhere else is plotting our life and we have no clue who is doing it.
David Lynch proved that he has unnatural ability to bring avant-garde surrealism into the mainstream and make it less an exercise in unique style and more as a fascinating way of exploring powerful story lines and themes, and blurring the line between dreams and reality. Overall, You can really discover a lot about yourself by experiencing Mulholland Dr. One of my favorites!
You watch a good movie, but you EXPERIENCE a GREAT ONE.
I become obsessed with Mulholland Drive during a difficult losing my mind period of my life. It's a very powerful movie. Thanks for sharing your very personal feelings about art and reality. Storytelling can cause a bit of pain for people who are not mainstream thinkers.
To me, Blood Diamond really changed my life. I don't consider this movie to be one of my favorites and it is also not a flawless movie. But, after watching this, I did get suicidal thoughts for a long time.
Among others, Melancholia, Detachment, Shawshank Redemption, Tree of Life and some others really disturbed me.
Every video I watch of yours, it bugs me more and more that you haven't seen A Separation yet or, at least, haven't reviewed it yet :( It is perfect portrayal of life! I look forward to your more reviews :)
You really are a girl after my own heart. Please never stop making videos. I'd be crushed.
Very profound. I enjoy listening to you opine about topics like this.
I am so glad you did this. Unlike you, I never loved movies as a child, anymore than other kid around the block. It was my years in college that opened up cinema for me. So, the perspective that comes with age has helped me steer clear of all the things that affected your growing up years. But, I feel my love for movies has made me lose out on real human connections; I relate more to fictitious characters than real people; thankfully it has all been good till now.
You must be proud of what you do. Most of the movies that influenced me; I first heard them here. So, thanks to you, The Tree Of Life made me look at my life in a new light and Synecdoche New York helped me come to terms with my mortality!
So, yeah thank-you for doing this, and keep doing this, because you have contributed to people's lives and you may not even know it. :)
cheers.
PS: I write for an independent website, probably because of Mulholland Dr. I watched it and I realized I wanted to write about movies :)
Brilliant answer. Informative and very introspective. Keep up the good work :D
Your answer was great . You are for sure a smart girl .
I really luv movies too, sci fi are my fav genre but I really like a film called The Remains of the Day about missed and lost opportunities and basically unrequited Love. Cause thats the situation Ive put myself in. Before I left fb, I found out a certain special person's fav movie was Dear John, and that kind of changed my thoughts on how they felt about me.
Have you heard the song Movies by Weyes Blood? The lyrics focus on a lot on her relationship with movies and it draws a lot of parallels with what you said in this video. And it sounds great too.
one of my favourite songs! wonderful suggestion
I Figure out I love movies And series they are amazing.
You are so introspective.
Thanks! :)
@@deepfocuslens have you seen the matrix trilogy
hi, really like you reviews. could you recommend what the best movies are from the last 2/3 years. thanks
+CQKRIS30 Thanks. Off the top of my head I'd go with Inside Llewyn Davis, Boyhood, and Phoenix.
Good question
Good Answer
Good Video
Good Gravy
I love you. Please start a podcast!
I really wish you the best.
what are the most under rated films ever made? What city would you most like to be seen, finally, in a movie?
Thanks for sharing.
Just wondering...why did you flip the image?
+iamsheep When I started doing youtube videos the recorder I used to flip the image. I started to actually like the flipped look better than when it was normal so I kept doing it.
+deepfocuslens Fair enough. :)
Somehow, I suspected you would answer this question in an unusual manner -- HA!
It is interesting that as you get older (but still young, of course! :)) you find yourself more attracted to indie or avant-garde film. There is much to your conclusions regarding that, but sometimes I feel that the "honesty" of indie films is a false veneer. So much narcissism and pedantic musings in so many of them that they can be difficult to slog through to get to the good stuff.
I kind of find myself coming full circle and now appreciate the "mainstream" or blockbuster movie as being more "honest" in a strange way. Ahhh... I won't drone on about that as it will turn boring quickly -- HA!Mulholland Drive was a very strange movie, as I recall, but also one that "sticks" with you, so to speak. I am going to have to watch that again.
+Johnnybtv3 I have learned to appreciate mainstream films for what they are, but I can't deny that I feel a certain amount of bitterness towards it too.
Since you mentioned Black Swan, have you seen Perfect Blue?
Yep. I have.
deepfocuslens What did you think of it?
Noah Smith I found it interesting but I would need to see it again to see if I have a new perspective on it. It annoys me that Darren Aronofsky copies so much of that film.
deepfocuslens Ok cool. Only asking because Satoshi Kon is one of my favorite anime directors along with Masaaki Yuasa.
2:27 pretty much ditto. Wow.
I would love to get your opinion on the korean movie new world (www.imdb.com/title/tt2625030/).Can you review it?
As far as fixating on the ideal rather than the real, I have to wonder if you've ever read "Madame Bovary".
No, I have not.
I would expect that someone like yourself would get so much from that novel, which is so beautiful and brutal, and has so many layers of meaning. I've read it multiple times and I find that at different points in my life I see it from very different angles - it changes with me. I think that people who try to sum it up in a phrase, "it's a satire", or "it's a denunciation of romanticism" are missing so much of what it has to offer, its complexity - it has real psychological depth, and Flaubert's prose is to die for (it's cinematic before there was a cinema) - it's written with the concentration of poetry. "Bovary" isn't a didactic book, it really is art for art's sake, it puts that "sob in the base of the spine" that Nabokov sought as his ideal, an expression of aesthetic bliss. If you don't read french the translation is super important. I recommend the one by Lydia Davis, or a lesser known one by the poet Adam Thorpe. I'm a Bovary addict so I love reading different people's take on it - as is the case of any powerful work of art, it can often be divisive.
so what sort of mental health problems did/do you have?