"Words and pictures. We live among their shadows almost always.
Why do we need art? Who do we write and paint? Communicate? When did mere paint strokes, cave paintings, and grunts take the form of hieroglyphics, various languages, and written words?
After all, isn't the written word also a picture? Isn't it a painting, in fact, that has a specific meaning in a specific language?
What is typography then? A space where the two meet to form a new type of art...
If and when and where both words and pictures fail, we need music...Do they fail? Have they ever?"
Such thoughts have been circling my mind ever since I watched words and pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. Written, directed, and produced by Fred Schepisi and Gerald DiPego...
A movie that reminded often about Dead Poet's Society (even without the not-so-subtle references to it in this movie). It's a very moving film that deserves to be watched again and again... And yes, it helps when you have a writer and a painter watching the film together.
Maybe after five years when we rewatch it, we may see it differently because our definition of what art is changes every few years... Or, does it?
We'll wait and watch.
Why do we need art? Who do we write and paint? Communicate? When did mere paint strokes, cave paintings, and grunts take the form of hieroglyphics, various languages, and written words?
After all, isn't the written word also a picture? Isn't it a painting, in fact, that has a specific meaning in a specific language?
What is typography then? A space where the two meet to form a new type of art...
If and when and where both words and pictures fail, we need music...Do they fail? Have they ever?"
Such thoughts have been circling my mind ever since I watched words and pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. Written, directed, and produced by Fred Schepisi and Gerald DiPego...
A movie that reminded often about Dead Poet's Society (even without the not-so-subtle references to it in this movie). It's a very moving film that deserves to be watched again and again... And yes, it helps when you have a writer and a painter watching the film together.
Maybe after five years when we rewatch it, we may see it differently because our definition of what art is changes every few years... Or, does it?
We'll wait and watch.
