Sunday, November 20, 2016
Ganja and hess
To be completely honest I had no clue what we were watching in class. When the movie began I hated the music in the background. Being that I came into class with a minor headache, that turned into an intense migraine. While watching the movie I tried my hardest to comprehend what I was seeing. From two men wrestling to there death, leading to a suicide scene. What weirded me about was when one individual shot himself in the chest and the other came in the bathroom and drank his blood off the floor. I don't know much about vampire movies but I'm more that likely sure that's no how they play out. Every time I heard that church choir music play in the background I knew to close my ears and look away. There would always be a scene where someone would get thirsty for blood or they are about to practice what ever they call that practice. I hope next class there is someone that can clarify what I watched and show me the purpose of filming such a movie. I am sorry if I sound like a huge critic but I thought to myself that this is a. Blog and I am voicing my opinion.
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Hi Vijay: I'm not sure you need anyone to "clarify" what you watched. It seems you understand what happened. As far as the purpose of the film, I'd like you to try to formulate an idea. What is the purpose of any film? To make money can a purpose. To make a work of art. To communicate to others. To make a film that is unlike others. I think it's probably not difficult to make a guess about why Bill Gunn might make a movie like this. Perhaps, also, he is trying to assault you w/ sound, to gross you out w/ the licking of blood. Why might he do that? Why might other vampire movies eroticize vampirism? (If you watch the TV series True Blood, you might have difficulty telling it from other late-night soft core porn.)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had a headache.