Influence of films on our lives

sci0x

This, being a film forum, is full of film gurus. Just thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss? What influence (if any) do films have on your lives?

ObeyGiant

I'm afraid you'll have to rephrase your question in the form of "What are your top 10 influential movies?!!LOL!!!!!!!11" to get a major response here.

sci0x

Good one giant! Ok people, what are you're top 10 influential films and in what way did they influence your life"

Rcuomo

thats a hard one,
i generally get inspired/influenced by a film for about an hour after seeing it then it justs fades and im back to the previous state,
what about yourself sci0x?

Rcuomo

films like the motorcycle diaries, shawshank redemption come to mind which had a greater effect kind of like don't let life pass you by type influence...

simu

I think films can change the way people perceive themselves and how they act profoundly, that people internalise certain characters and behaviours they see in films and use them in their own lives. Interesting question - let's discuss it from the original angle rather than doing yet another boring top-x list.

Hugh Hefner

simu wrote:

I think films can change the way people perceive themselves and how they act profoundly, that people internalise certain characters and behaviours they see in films and use them in their own lives. Interesting question - let's discuss it from the original angle rather than doing yet another boring top-x list.

Ditto.

That's not all I'm going to say.

They also take up alot of my time. What a revelation. Lol.

They they open people up to new ideas and views to be considered. You could liken watching a film to listening to the writer's/s' debate(s) on the subject matter (the death penelty for example).

Other times they can just be a way for people to relax and get away from it all by focusing on other people's lifes, problems, achievements (the charachters').

Meh.

Karl Hungus

It puts the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again.

simu

Karl Hungus wrote:

It puts the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again.

To quote from Napoleon Dynamite: Boy, I don't understand a word you just said.


Please explain - maybe it's my sleep deprivation getting to me.

Hugh Hefner

I think he's trying to say that films have turned him into a killer not unlike Buffalo Bill.

simu

Ah! Well, I'm just happy I got to use that quote.

This is not a pointless thread - that was an example of film at work, influencing the actions of a person i.e. me! That was at a conscious level - I suspect it also happens quite a bit at a subconscious level. People are drawn to certain characters or ways of visualising the space in which they find themselves although they might not quite be able to explain why.

This is all a big thang in film theory. Although I'm quite sceptical about much of the basis of the psychoanalysis-based analyses of which so many working within this field seem to be fond, tis quite interesting. More stuff on this here.

Karl Hungus

I think for the most part, film influences the way I walk. Last time I watched Monty Python And The Holy Grail, I galloped to the local shop. It's quite distressing too, because I watched the Elephant Man, and it took me 4 hours to shamble into town!

mycroft

simu wrote:

This is all a big thang in film theory. Although I'm quite sceptical about much of the basis of the psychoanalysis-based analyses of which so many working within this field seem to be fond, tis quite interesting. More stuff on this here.

Actually most people earning a crust in the field don't have much time for film theory. Its generally seen as a load of wanky academics who've never dirtied their hands making a movie.

My fav quote was a film theorist asking a director a specific question about the licence plate of a car used in the film how it ties into the plot, and the director said "nope thats just my licence plate, we used it so we wouldn't get into legal trouble

I watched fight club and quit my job in a call center to work as cook a japanese restaurant, the next day. I'm not saying I quit because of fight club, or if any of you ate their that you should avoid the chowder.

Hugh Hefner

mycroft wrote:

I watched fight club and quit my job in a call center to work as cook a japanese restaurant, the next day.

Is that true? If so, niiiccceee one. Why were you working in a call centre in the first place if you were capable of cooking in a restaurant?

mycroft

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Is that true? If so, niiiccceee one. WHy were you working in a call centre in the first place if you were capable of cooking in a restaurant?

Just out of college, spent three weeks in AOL tech support, quit the week of the staff share offer and the £300 millon merge with Times Warner (in hindsight a smart move, but at the time.......)

And I said cook, not chef. World of difference, cook just cooks the dish exactly the way the chef tells him to.

But I picked up a thing or two, I make a mean coconut and mushroom soup, and a pretty decent ramen.

solo1

The first time I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I was stumbling and mumbling and paranoid for a week.