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January 31, 2005
David Thomson fantasizes The Whole Equation
Excerpted in The Guardian: "The fascinating thing about the history of Hollywood is the dream that you might have it both ways—have your cake and eat it, make a fortune and win the Nobel prize for film. And after more than 40 years' thinking and writing about the movies—and American movies, above all - I am still no clearer in my mind as to whether that double assault on culture and posterity is possible, hopeful and very American—or demented, dangerous and very American. It's plain, I think, that film promotes fantasy as a basic form of existence, that it can detach us from reality, and that it may have shifted the pursuit of happiness from a phrase on paper to a kind of imperialism where presidents cannot help but behave like characters from old movies."
Posted by Ray Pride at January 31, 2005 02:06 PM
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