Favourite films

Cm114 said:

In repy to  Mlle Lermontova,is it the re telling of the same story by different people/medium that interests you? I ask as Ive enjoyed the different stances in telling the same story e.g Invasion of the body snatchers has been retold through many different lenses, very interesting.

I do think the way an original story is interpreted is very important because the person or persons doing the re-telling have latitude in placing their own perspectives on the basic framework of the plot.

I liken it to a piece of music: No two interpretations of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, for example, will be identical because the conductor will want to 'sculpture' the work in his own, subjective manner. This is what art is all about. This goes for any piece of music, movie, book, etc.

Stanley Kubrick seemed very dedicated to interpreting whatever he did in his personal style, and we are richer for it.

Cm114 said:

In repy to  Mlle Lermontova,is it the re telling of the same story by different people/medium that interests you? I ask as Ive enjoyed the different stances in telling the same story e.g Invasion of the body snatchers has been retold through many different lenses, very interesting.

I do think the way an original story is interpreted is very important because the person or persons doing the re-telling have latitude in placing their own perspectives on the basic framework of the plot.

I liken it to a piece of music: No two interpretations of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, for example, will be identical because the conductor will want to 'sculpture' the work in his own, subjective manner. This is what art is all about. This goes for any piece of music, movie, book, etc.

Stanley Kubrick seemed very dedicated to interpreting whatever he did in his personal style, and we are richer for it.