A sculpture in Utrecht, I loved it, so happy :-)I tried to send this to several friends, but for some reason some got it as SPAM! Arrghhh..so I decided to post it here. Warning, it will make you cry
Film that makes a difference
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Hi Andrea, I saw this when you first posted it, but didn't comment at the time because my reactions were mixed and I was still figuring what I thought.
Yes, I did have tears in my eyes as I watched - but they dried up suddenly at the very end when it became clear that it wasn't a true story. So initially I felt moved - and deeply so - but then at the end I felt as if my emotions had been manipulated by the film maker. Something I'd assumed all along - that this was a true story - turned out not to be the case and I felt deceived.
Later on, when both sets of emotions had had a chance to balance each other, it set me thinking. After all, so much of art, be it writing, performance art or whatever, is intended to produce an emotional response - indeed, it barely has meaning unless it does produce such a response - so why was I cross with the film maker here? After all, it was never presented at the outset as a true story - that was my unfounded assumption.
I'm not sure now where this comment is going - I guess the lesson for me is that I should be more aware of the implications of making unfounded assumptions!
Hi Andy, I have to acknowledge that I went through the same process myself. I felt deceived. But after pondering on this, I realized that is like so many films that make us cry and think about certain issues, even if they are not true. So in this sense, I think this video achieved its objective, as to make us remember, that we can make a difference in people. Like for example, reading your comment in this almost-abandoned blog, made me smile and gives me the motivation -for later, to write a new entry. ;-)
Thanks :-)
Then I, too, have achieved my objective :-)
As it happens, I also wrote about something similar quite a while back.
Should you ever want to write that new entry, I'll be here to read it...
Andy, you almost made me cry. It really touched me this.
Thanks
:-)
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