Films that mirror the age of printing in the age of television

When I saw that it was written on the cover, 1941 was a film that shocked the film industry as much as "Citizen Kane". I couldn't stand the temptation, so I bought it and watched it. The glorious dream of the man, and the religious self-denial and forbearance, really have the American flavor of adolescence. The skills are alright, some of the non-point-of-sight shots are rather weird, but people and scenes have a feeling of being watched. At the end, the devil looks directly at the camera and smiles at people, which may be the reason why he shocked the film industry.

Coincidentally, not long after watching this film, I began to read "Entertainment to Death" reviewed by the Beijing News. Chapter 4 commented on the ideology and culture of the American printing press era. When it came to the speech culture at that time, I mentioned this Daniel Webster and the "famous short story" from which the film was adapted. Thinking about it this way, it is true that different media reflect different world views and form different epistemologies. In the United States of the printing press, the "great American people" were rational and serious because of their words, so they actually believed that with the incessant words of a lawyer and a politician, they could impress a notorious villain and finally save the original from the devil. clean soul. By now, Webster Spielberg should replace Webster and become the conscience that saves the world. Perhaps, at present, the world has fallen into the era of riotous dance because of the proliferation of vision, because all solid things have collapsed, and it doesn't matter whether the devil is a devil or not, the important thing is the rules between the devils.

Therefore, watching a "fresh" American adolescence film, only to see the budding American dream, and to see the forbearance of religion, is my superficial knowledge. Such a film is still in the visual era dominated by TV. As a tribute to the era of printing dominated by books, perhaps we can no longer accept Webster's long speeches. We began to pursue the fragmented expression of "Citizen Kane", and the pursuit of the camera beyond the garden. The visual pleasure brought by the wall crossing the window, the pursuit of a world that is ultimately meaningless; perhaps we cannot form the serious and rational thought transmitted by printing, but get lost in newspapers, TV-like magazines and overwhelming advertisements; perhaps we It is impossible to enjoy the fragrance of quiet reading, but at least it must be allowed. In the video, in a broken and forgotten corner of the history of film, there are still some hallucinations and memories of the past, as well as the struggle and hard work of the entire human adolescence. dream.

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