The most popular thing to write about is love in the form of a story. Why not? Hearing that there is a chance to connect with another person on such a grand level for everyone, creates happiness in sharing this time together. From Bogart and Bergman to Kidman and Jackman, through humor and holidays, to despair and war, the tale of love endures. The way that most of these stories play out is with the introduction of two characters together or apart. The individual story on either side is told for understanding and empathy, for the two leading characters. Then there comes a setting that brings the two's first meeting that seems extraordinary, but rings true only for the other main characters and not for the witnesses that encounter this normality. The encounter upon being retold is artfully embellished for dramatic affect and the love develops for each party. Some instances of encounter are of opposites, some are of commonality, some seem of common interest and an outside factor infect a constructive or destructive quality. In love stories, there develops a duality or a multi-faceted idea that brings lookers-on into the event and makes the story worth telling. The culmination of interaction between the two can end in separation, and that theme may be where the story ends for postulation of possible love or continues into fantasy. These stories do the expected, but require phenomenal circumstances of climax for the tale to show worth. Most commonly, the extreme circumstance that brings the two together for love is war, at least presently. Stories of love develop through Roman times, Medieval times, the french revolution, World Wars, minor conflicts, and extraordinary torture. True to life love stories give way to inventing a love story that may not be true, but becomes the wish of the listener to hear the end. The love story has so far worked it's way in a timeless manner, and let's hope that it continues in this manner for the sake of great love and storytellers everywhere.
Everybody has a collection of films that they go back to throughout their lives for inspiration and insight. Films excite emotions that are not readily accessible from moment to moment. Some movies give laughter, sadness, fear, adventure, boredom, confusion, or instruction. Few of the overall viewed, provide the extreme of this anticipated outcome. What I find enjoyable about films is the writing and the unexpected from an obvious conclusion. Granted that every writer strives for this goal in developing something that is ground-breaking, but few productions achieve this goal, in my opinion.
One film that gave me a feeling of hope was the movie Sabrina,1995: Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear, and Julia Ormond. As a young man, I felt an attraction to the lead woman and her misunderstood personality. Her travels to France and the ensuing ambiance was intoxicating in the coffee shops of Paris while La Vi En Rose played as a theme. This film is frequented for insight into what still remains the most pleasing features of the opposite sex. Another couple of films are grouped together and provide vision for possibility though improbable, a basis for an ideal personage or peer set. These films are:
-A Beautiful Mind,2001: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Ed Harris
-Pi,1998: Sean Gullette
-Primer,2004: Shane Carruth and David Sullivan
The far reaching possibilities of mathematics taken from a science fiction stand point are brought down to the probable. The easily relating story lines give-off an intoxicating affect and one that I go back to for inspiration and a reason for writing. These movies may not be directly linked, but all of them bring fiction and mathematics together eloquently. There are many movies that attempt humor and hold the viewer's laughter for a time, but lose out in the long term to the farther reaching more basic forms. Slap-stick is a timeless humor that Charlie Chaplin will always be associated with, but has been adapted for many actors. Some of the ones that make my sides split are:
-Pure Luck,1991: Martin Short, Danny Glover
-Robin William Live,1981: Robin Williams(Not a movie, stand-up, but extremely funny)
-Groundhogs Day,1993: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
There are so many more movies that I enjoy watching over and over again. None have the staying power in my opinion like these few movies, but this sort of area is always changing. I'll always have a place for the old movies, but the progress that computers have made for the industry, well I guess that is another article.
One of the most memorable movie moments that ever come to mind is a scene from the movie Being There, 1979 with the great Peter Sellers. The only references that his character, Chance Gardner, ever makes is to gardening and still the usefulness/placement of his comments seem relevant. The development of the relationship between these abstract remarks and current events as presented by the media in general creates a persona very prophetic, even like a messiah. Sitting on the couch on a cold fall Saturday afternoon, thinking about the meaning of life and how to go through it without expertise was an enthralling contemplation. Chance Gardener, a character from a novel written by Kosinski, 1971, provided inspiration from the silver screen, even decades after the famous leading man passed away. In those final scenes, where nothing seemed to come together, appeared an epiphany. The moment where everything seemed to be tied together only tangentially, brought every thought into a single moment that can only be summed up by the Title. Something has to be said for great movies like this and to learn more visit www.petersellers.com .
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