Wow, had a great class tonight for my international film history course. David Stratton took us through a selection of Australian films of the 1980's, until we arrived at the feature film for the evening, which we watch in its entirety. Tonight it was a movie made in 1989 called 'Sweetie', by director Jane Campion (of 'The Piano' fame). Anyways, as a special treat, David had brought in Jane to watch the film with us and then chat about it afterwards. Long story short, the film was really bloody impressive (particularly as i have rather ignorantly kinda shunned the Australian film industry up until quite recently), and Jane was really lovely and more than willing to share her thought-processes. She discussed the cinematography, the casting, the themes, and the poetic nature of the subtext.. but just when i had closed my notebook thinking it was pack up time, this was her answer in regards to the thinking behind her choices of soundtrack music:
"Look.. the thing is... some of the best art is done without philosophy.. and instead by just connecting with what is human"
I dove back into my bag and jotted that quote down, cos i reckon it's a really important point. Cos whilst educating yourself on the various philosophies within the art realm is great to develop a sense of history, and therefore a foundation from which to grow from... at the end of the day, if you don't connect with your true human side, all that you are going to express is simply textbook and derivative.
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