Cinema Flask: April 2024

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

My Favorite 80's Music Videos

There's something endearing about 80's music video's because they didn't have the software we do today. That's why 80's music videos hold a special place in my heart.

By far my favorite is Pet Shop Boys' What Have I Done To Deserve This

The Titans That Built America- Documentary Assesment

It's a very interesting documentary, partly because you look around America and hear Dupont, Ford, J.P. Morgan Chase, Chrysler regularly, This documentary tells us the story behind all these names and it's intriguing, partly because it was a time where the regulations were a lot more relaxed.

This documentary illustrates the common things around us, like planes and shines light on how what we have today wasn't always the norm. I definitely think of Chrysler when going 70 mph on the freeway. I never thought there were interesting stories behind such an everyday occurrence.

The story of the age of 'Easy Money,' aka car loans, and how they came about, to dethrone Henry Ford and his extremely affordable Model Ts was fascinating. It's amazing how they take an everyday occurrence and give us a narrative which is dynamic and out of the ordinary.

It's important to note the need for a great professional sounding narrator! I remember watching a documentary on the history of film (I forgot the name of the doc) and the narrator's voice was so distracting because he just didn't sound like a professional voice actor. Then i went to the comment section, there was around 100 comments and 75% were complaints about the narrator!

Monday, April 29, 2024

Far And Away Movie Assessment

Joseph's last conversation with his father was about land and when his father was on his death bed, he said "Without land a man is nothing. Land is a man's very own soul. A miricle is what you're looking for. And By God if you manage it, your old dad will be smiling down on you from heaven above."
This serves as motivation for Joseph in addition to his ambition to one day own land. I can't believe how cut throat they are, burning his home down, during the funeral procession! But after I think about it, it seems familiar from reading history. People are brutal.
I love Shannon's spunk. I love that era. It's so adorable when she switched from the drab piano to the 'modern band music.'
It's completely hilarious when Shannon takes the latter up to Joseph's room and enters in a full blown 'modern' gown.
It's nice and makes sense that they both would like to be land ownerd and she dreams of living a modern life in America.
The story is really well written, Shannon continually proves she's a bold person with her actions.
Joseph and Shannon really do seem to have the same spirit. It conveys so much in a profound way, when Shannon asks Joseph "Am I beautiful?," and he replies "I've never seen anything like you." Her cold reply of "Good," then his reaction of starting his boxing career as oppose to working in the factory really marinades the story with creating a strong desire for the audience to want them to end up together.

Joseph's deep affection for Shannon is conveyed very profoundly through his actions. Like when he looses the important boxing match because Shannon decides to be a cancan dancer. The actions of Joseph create an intense need for the story to have some sense of closure where they end up together. It's very intelligently written.

It isn't too ridiculous or far fetched that they both end up in Oklahoma. I've heard of outlandish coincidences.

The race scene is so glorious and what blockbuster movies are made for. Watching it is extremely exhilarating, makes me really love this movie. Having an old school photographer there & Native Americans standing by watching really enriched the story, along with the solders. i just loved it. When they put the steak in the ground together after the previous drama it created a beautiful and heartfelt ending

My sister traced our Mexican Ancestry back to 1500 Portugal.They're just names on a baptismal records, but all those names have intense stories of love, loss, struggle and hopefully success. When I watch Far And Away its like the puzzle pieces have in some way been filled in in some odd way with mirroring circumstance.