Film
I feel cultured, showing up at an actual film screening. It doesn't matter that it is a documentary that probably only saw a couple of film festivals and church-group showings. The security guard at the new headquarters of LucasFilm motions me undergrounnd, into the parking garage. When I arrive in the bowels of this building, a second or third security guard directs me to a parking spot, then instructs me to follow the dots on the floor to building B. I have a box full of magazines and a bag containing other supplies: pens, subscription forms, a bunch of cds. I already carried the box all over the city. I regretfully pull it out of my car. At the top of the elevator, another security guard motions me toward the theater. Two women sitting at a table point to the area where I will be setting up my display. I am couched at a table between The Breast Cancer Fund and Amnesty International. All the sponsors have already arrived. And those attending the screening are quickly filing into the theater. Only a few people pause to glance through my magazines.
The inside of the theater is new, full of plentiful, comfortable seats. And the screen is wonderfully large, not like the screens at the multiplexes that seem to diminish in size every year. After a few speeches made by representatives of the non-profit organizations sponsoring the event and an introduction by the writer/director, the film begins. The sound in the theater is magnificent, and makes even this low-budget film seem richly textured. The size improves everything: big screen, big sound. The film is simple, the execution of an idea hatched one night in a moment of optimism. The filmmaker spoke with Nobel laureates about the state of the world today. Despite the dire subject, the film was strikingly optimistic. The message that was carried through the whole film was about action. When an idea is executed, good things can happen. Maybe they won't change the world, but they could pave the way. One Nobel Laureate simply said that you have to get off your ass and do something. At the end of the film, I felt like going out into the world with a camera as well.
Nobelity
The inside of the theater is new, full of plentiful, comfortable seats. And the screen is wonderfully large, not like the screens at the multiplexes that seem to diminish in size every year. After a few speeches made by representatives of the non-profit organizations sponsoring the event and an introduction by the writer/director, the film begins. The sound in the theater is magnificent, and makes even this low-budget film seem richly textured. The size improves everything: big screen, big sound. The film is simple, the execution of an idea hatched one night in a moment of optimism. The filmmaker spoke with Nobel laureates about the state of the world today. Despite the dire subject, the film was strikingly optimistic. The message that was carried through the whole film was about action. When an idea is executed, good things can happen. Maybe they won't change the world, but they could pave the way. One Nobel Laureate simply said that you have to get off your ass and do something. At the end of the film, I felt like going out into the world with a camera as well.
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