What Movie is Your Love Life - Part 4

In parts 1 -3 of What Movie is Your Love Life, we examined the positive and negative romantic models set by different films, from action movies to romantic comedies. In Part 4, we will continue with documentaries.

Documentaries

If nothing speaks to you like “Hoop Dreams” “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control” or “Bowling for Columbine” then here are is food for thought:

Qualities to Incorporate: A great documentary is a complete look at a real event or series of events. It is often made in the face of great peril and takes a tough stance on a controversial topic. Be brave and unafraid to stand up for what you know to be true…but be open to learning too.

Qualities to Avoid: Bad documentaries are biased propaganda as much inventions of editing and camera tricks as any other movie. They go into a situation looking to make a point, rather than leaving a situation with a new point. You don’t know everything – and don’t be aggressive or adversarial with people who are not attacking you.

Quirky Little Indie Pics

If the movies that you love most are closest to “Little Miss Sunshine” “Juno” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” then this would be the section for you:

Qualities to Incorporate: At their best, these little Indie films find a way to be both humorous and heartbreaking in a uniquely “small” manner. They seldom feature much in the way of special effects and tend to be heavy on irony. Be spunky and sarcastic and satisfied by even the most “insignificant” lot in life.

Qualities to Avoid: At their worst, little Indie pics are insufferable journeys through angst, angst and more angst. We get it – you don’t fit in. Like the surreal fantasy, the thing to most avoid here is in rejecting what is around you rather than projecting what is inside of you.

Obviously there are many more genres than the ten or so we’ve looked at over the past couple of weeks. Likewise, there many more lessons to be drawn from the multitudes of movies made over the past century. The important thing to remember when looking for guidance in art of any kind is to look towards that which you relate to on a guttural level. Don’t take advice from “Citizen Kane” because that is “the best movie ever made.” Look, if “Th13teen Ghosts” really gets you then take a long hard look at it and incorporate what makes it one of your favs into your love life. There is no such thing as good and bad, only what works and does not work.

Get your love life to work for you.

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