The Moving Medium's Mission

I believe video's ability to show an illusion and be accepted as reality is the greatest magic trick. We fail to see the sleights. It reminds me of politics and religion more than magic. You get people to believe something. In film, you get people to believe they are seeing motion. In a sense they are but the motion is relative. It is the movement of the frames in the projector that is reflected onto the surface.

I believe every movie's theme or philosophy needs to be viewable to the public and debatable. Without discourse, a film is only entertainment. Film can be more if looked at closely, but few have the time to consider the philosophies of films. I want to do this.

Tyler Durden: Do you know what a duvee is?

Narrator: Comforter.

Durden: It's just a blanket. Why do we know what a duvee is?

I like this video because it compresses some of Fight Club's philosophy into a chunk that is more easily processed and easier for the masses to question. I suppose its simplicity leads to thousands of questions but that reflects the amount we think we know (its an illusion).

Besides the concept of consumerism running through the statements it also raises another question. Why do we have thousands of words, things that are invented, in order to get on with life? We only use a small number of words a day and the extra words are distractions to the point.

Complex Statements for the Simple Minded
"The world's filled with apathy, but I don't care."

The two things are the same yet we have hundreds of words to say the same thing. The lessons get hidden within the new forms (the new way of saying something). Film is similar, and it seems like the statements made in Fight Club are showing this complexity. Should I put it in Layman's terms or Keep it simple?

I am unsure what to make with this blog except that film needs to be included and discussed. This blog is like a forum, so discussion is good.